{"id":770,"date":"2005-09-21T08:50:22","date_gmt":"2005-09-21T15:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/wp\/2005\/09\/sneaky_sneaky\/"},"modified":"2005-09-21T08:50:22","modified_gmt":"2005-09-21T15:50:22","slug":"sneaky_sneaky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/artfulmanager\/main\/sneaky_sneaky.php","title":{"rendered":"Sneaky, sneaky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My weblog neighbor, Drew McManus, has been slogging through orchestra web sites for his second annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/adaptistration\/archives\/2005\/09\/2005_orchestra_5.html\">Orchestra Website Review<\/a>, which this year ranks 80 websites of professional orchestras based on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/adaptistration\/archives\/2005\/09\/2005_orchestra_2.html\">his detailed criteria<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year, he decided to teach an important lesson to symphony marketing departments about the on-line world, specifically, the importance of grabbing Internet domain names that shouldn&#8217;t be available to anyone else. To make his point, Drew registered the following domains as his own, and posted a placeholder page on each:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newjerseysymphony.org\/\">http:\/\/www.newjerseysymphony.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.northcarolinasymphony.org\/\">http:\/\/www.northcarolinasymphony.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.buffalophilharmonic.org\/\">http:\/\/www.buffalophilharmonic.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.toledosymphony.org\/\">http:\/\/www.toledosymphony.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/charlestonsymphony.org\/\">http:\/\/charlestonsymphony.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mississippisymphony.org\/\">http:\/\/www.mississippisymphony.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westvirginiasymphony.org\/\">http:\/\/www.westvirginiasymphony.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newmexicosymphony.org\/\">http:\/\/www.newmexicosymphony.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eriephilharmonic.org\/\">http:\/\/www.eriephilharmonic.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wichitasymphony.org\/\">http:\/\/www.wichitasymphony.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhodeislandphilharmonic.org\/\">http:\/\/www.rhodeislandphilharmonic.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.longislandphilharmonic.org\/\">http:\/\/www.longislandphilharmonic.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ftwaynephilharmonic.org\/\">http:\/\/www.ftwaynephilharmonic.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lachamberorchestra.org\/\">http:\/\/www.lachamberorchestra.org\/<\/a><br \/>\n<LI><a href=\"http:\/\/www.stlouissymphony.org\/\">http:\/\/www.stlouissymphony.org\/<\/a>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t registered all the obvious domains for your organization (even if you only redirect them to your official site), you might want to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mydomain.com\/\">do so now<\/a>, before Drew gets to them&#8230;or before they fall into the hands of someone with less benevolent intent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My weblog neighbor, Drew McManus, has been slogging through orchestra web sites for his second annual Orchestra Website Review, which this year ranks 80 websites of professional orchestras based on his detailed criteria. 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