Defensive Domain Name Purchases

<p><em>[l:http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/05/09/menino_camp_tries_to_curb_cybertricks|<br /> Politicians who neglect to understand the impact of Web addresses have regretted it.]</em></p> <p>It is truly amazing that so many politicians (or rather their staff or campaign staff) fail to see the value in spending a few hundred dollars a year protecting their "brand identity". The above article in the boston globe refers specifically to boston mayor menino buying a bunch of derrogatory domain names to protect himself from potential negative web sites in the upcoming campaign.</p> <p>Recently hillary Clinton [lk:http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/ericjsinrod/2005-04-20-hillary-clinton_x.htm|won her case against a cyber squatter] but i think it would be much harder to fight someone who has purchased a domain like "GeorgePatakiMoron.com"</p> <p>Spend the money, buy the domain names…</p>