Facing a Reputation Crisis Network Solutions

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Facing A Reputation Crisis, Network Solutions...

By: Andy Beal
2008-01-10

...Front-Running Practice. As we reported yesterday, Network Solutions has been in a lot of deep-water after many people discovered the company...

...to Changewas guilty of "front-running""the practice of registering a domain name after someone has checked on its availability.

Today, CNET is reporting the company is reeling from the backlash and has announced they will make changes to their practice.

"One change is that the company will offer only an "under construction" page for sites that it has reservedAnother change coming soon is that Network Solutions will register domains only when people search for domains from the companys home page. No longer will it do so when people use the companys Whois search page."

It make you wonder what went through the minds of the executive that make these reputation-risky business decisions"probably just dollar signs.

Seriously, when you thing about the potential value to your bottom line, consider more than just the cash that comes in the door. A great reputation takes many, many years to build and trust is hard to gain, but easy to lose.

While NetSol might have fattened their revenues over the past couple of weeks, theyll now likely lose out in the long run. Of course, 95% of their customers will have no clue of the dirty tricks that just backfired, but those that did hear about it"marketers, webmasters, web designers"are the ones that can influence others.

Imagine the next time an ordinary business owner asks his web designer, "Where should I register my domain name?" Do you think that guy is going to recommend Network Solutions?

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About the Author:
Andy Beal is an internet marketing consultant and considered one of the world's most respected and interactive search engine marketing experts. Andy has worked with many Fortune 1000 companies such as Motorola, CitiFinancial, Lowes, Alaska Air, DeWALT, NBC and Experian.

You can read his internet marketing blog at Marketing Pilgrim and reach him at [email protected].


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