Leading seniors' informational site decries attempt by company to create confusion over domain names
United States of America (Press Release) January 13, 2008 --
St. Louis, MO, January 13, 2008—The publisher of www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com, a leading informational website for America’s Seniors, says the effort of a cyber-space squatter that has a history of attempting to use domain names identical to or so similar to legitimate websites, has shown total disregard for the well-being of America’s aging population with his attempt to use a name virtually the same as www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com .
Daniel Hines, publisher of the respected and authentic seniors site www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com notes that a company called Texas International Property Associates based in Dallas, TX has a long history of actions taken by other sites and companies against it because it has based its business on attempting to either use identical domain names or ones so similar to established domains as to create confusion among Internet users and direct them to their sites which are nothing more than pages of pop-up ads, or links to companies or services that have nothing to do with the subject implied by the ‘name’ of the site. Hines points out, for example, that in the case of the legitimate site of www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com, Texas International Property Associates dropped the ‘s’ from the ‘Seniors’.
“To show how this can have an impact, consider that I found out about this only by happenstance when I made a typo while entering what I thought was my domain/site name,” Hines said. “It is important that our visitors understand that www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com has absolutely no association with the site of Texas International Properties.”
“It is indeed unfortunate that this is possible, and is made even more so by the fact that since 1999, millions of America’s seniors, caregivers, advocates and policy-makers have found www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com to be a reliable and valued source of information on issues, challenges and opportunities of aging,” Hines said. “The people responsible for potentially causing any of these people to be denied or confused about access to information that is so important to aging issues should be ashamed for the consequences that might occur.”
Hines said that he has attempted to contact Texas International Property Associates, but the number listed in domain registration forms is a non-working number. He was able to locate an email address and has sent them a letter asking them to withdraw its site. He said he is also going to pursue all administrative avenues to protect the name of www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com which continues to publish the stories on aging issues that have made it a leading informational website for millions of people since its inception in 1999.
“We will continue to meet our commitment to America’s seniors and those who are involved with shaping policies, caregiving and creating environments for successful aging,” Hines says.
He says that he has posted an open letter on his site to let visitors know of the matter.
Daniel Hines, publisher of the respected and authentic seniors site www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com notes that a company called Texas International Property Associates based in Dallas, TX has a long history of actions taken by other sites and companies against it because it has based its business on attempting to either use identical domain names or ones so similar to established domains as to create confusion among Internet users and direct them to their sites which are nothing more than pages of pop-up ads, or links to companies or services that have nothing to do with the subject implied by the ‘name’ of the site. Hines points out, for example, that in the case of the legitimate site of www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com, Texas International Property Associates dropped the ‘s’ from the ‘Seniors’.
“To show how this can have an impact, consider that I found out about this only by happenstance when I made a typo while entering what I thought was my domain/site name,” Hines said. “It is important that our visitors understand that www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com has absolutely no association with the site of Texas International Properties.”
“It is indeed unfortunate that this is possible, and is made even more so by the fact that since 1999, millions of America’s seniors, caregivers, advocates and policy-makers have found www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com to be a reliable and valued source of information on issues, challenges and opportunities of aging,” Hines said. “The people responsible for potentially causing any of these people to be denied or confused about access to information that is so important to aging issues should be ashamed for the consequences that might occur.”
Hines said that he has attempted to contact Texas International Property Associates, but the number listed in domain registration forms is a non-working number. He was able to locate an email address and has sent them a letter asking them to withdraw its site. He said he is also going to pursue all administrative avenues to protect the name of www.TodaysSeniorsNetwork.com which continues to publish the stories on aging issues that have made it a leading informational website for millions of people since its inception in 1999.
“We will continue to meet our commitment to America’s seniors and those who are involved with shaping policies, caregiving and creating environments for successful aging,” Hines says.
He says that he has posted an open letter on his site to let visitors know of the matter.
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