Comments on: Cork Wins cork.eu ADR Against Traffic Web Holding BV http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/02/01/cork-wins-corkeu-adr-against-traffic-web-holding-bv/ Search Engines, Domains, Statistics and Analysis Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:52:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: John McCormac http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/02/01/cork-wins-corkeu-adr-against-traffic-web-holding-bv/#comment-56862 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:49:25 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/02/01/cork-wins-corkeu-adr-against-traffic-web-holding-bv/#comment-56862 The problem with .eu is that the ADR process should not have been necessary for many domains. The management of EURid should never have been awarded the contract for .eu ccTLD. It costs nearly 2000 Euros for an ADR and with legal fees, it could be more expensive. Most companies that did not get their .eu in Sunrise 2 have decided not to pursue ADRs. This has left .eu with a major lack of credibility. The morons in EURid management are too stupid to realise the damage they have done to the .eu ccTLD. Upwards of 50% of .eu may be cybersquatted. The problem with .eu is that the ADR process should not have been necessary for many domains. The management of EURid should never have been awarded the contract for .eu ccTLD. It costs nearly 2000 Euros for an ADR and with legal fees, it could be more expensive. Most companies that did not get their .eu in Sunrise 2 have decided not to pursue ADRs. This has left .eu with a major lack of credibility. The morons in EURid management are too stupid to realise the damage they have done to the .eu ccTLD. Upwards of 50% of .eu may be cybersquatted.

]]> by: John http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/02/01/cork-wins-corkeu-adr-against-traffic-web-holding-bv/#comment-56810 Sun, 18 Feb 2007 21:46:56 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/02/01/cork-wins-corkeu-adr-against-traffic-web-holding-bv/#comment-56810 .eu had unfortunately some problems with cybersquaters, but because of adequate dispute resolution system(www.adr.eu) these problems are solved the months ahead. .eu had unfortunately some problems with cybersquaters, but because of adequate dispute resolution system(www.adr.eu) these problems are solved the months ahead.

]]> by: Cork Wins ADR http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/02/01/cork-wins-corkeu-adr-against-traffic-web-holding-bv/#comment-55660 Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:45:11 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/02/01/cork-wins-corkeu-adr-against-traffic-web-holding-bv/#comment-55660 [...] John has covered the ADR in more detail. [...] […] John has covered the ADR in more detail. […]

]]> by: John McCormac http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/02/01/cork-wins-corkeu-adr-against-traffic-web-holding-bv/#comment-55576 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:55:32 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/02/01/cork-wins-corkeu-adr-against-traffic-web-holding-bv/#comment-55576 That's the problem Richard - most people don't realise the mess that EURid has made of .eu ccTLD. As for SEO, .eu is a bloody disaster area because there is no country called EU but rather a pile of countries with different languages. Though the best one is this: www.google.eu does not exist. That’s the problem Richard - most people don’t realise the mess that EURid has made of .eu ccTLD. As for SEO, .eu is a bloody disaster area because there is no country called EU but rather a pile of countries with different languages.

Though the best one is this:
www.google.eu does not exist.

]]> by: Richard Hearne http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/02/01/cork-wins-corkeu-adr-against-traffic-web-holding-bv/#comment-55573 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:12:40 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/02/01/cork-wins-corkeu-adr-against-traffic-web-holding-bv/#comment-55573 Do you think this will change anything? I bumped into a guy who has a property website hosted on a .eu. He couldn't believe it when I told him it the whole .eu TLD was full of squaters. Poor guy almost cried. Do you think this will change anything?

I bumped into a guy who has a property website hosted on a .eu. He couldn’t believe it when I told him it the whole .eu TLD was full of squaters.

Poor guy almost cried.

]]> by: John McCormac http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/02/01/cork-wins-corkeu-adr-against-traffic-web-holding-bv/#comment-55570 Thu, 01 Feb 2007 14:23:12 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2007/02/01/cork-wins-corkeu-adr-against-traffic-web-holding-bv/#comment-55570 Yep Danny, The problem is that the ADR process moves so slowly that it destroys any confidence in the process. Cork council should not have taken the initial ADR against EURid. Traffic Web Holding BV is clearly a cybersquatter and there are grounds for revoking more its dubious registrations but  EURid would not do such a useful thing. Given the massive cybersquatting going on in .eu, it is hard for any businesses to have confidence in EURid or the European Commission. Yep Danny,
The problem is that the ADR process moves so slowly that it destroys any confidence in the process. Cork council should not have taken the initial ADR against EURid.

Traffic Web Holding BV is clearly a cybersquatter and there are grounds for revoking more its dubious registrations but  EURid would not do such a useful thing. Given the massive cybersquatting going on in .eu, it is hard for any businesses to have confidence in EURid or the European Commission.

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