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The Domain Names Database for Competitive Intelligence

The Domain Names database (File 225) is an excellent addition to my competitive intelligence toolkit as well as to my intellectual property tools. Two of the file's strengths compared with Whois databases are the ability to do a worldwide search and to search by owner/company.

While working on an example for a CI presentation, I discovered:

1. XXX domains owned by said company provides an interesting business model that is not common knowledge. In fact, it might perhaps be hidden knowledge.
   
   
2. The record showed me domains that are not currently in use. These may hint at future plans of a company or point toward failed businesses. They are something to explore further.

Here's the search:

E on=interlego		EXPAND on the organization's name (ON).
S E number(s)		Select appropriate E number(s).
REPORT s1/DO,ST,ED/all		Create a report with the domain names (DO), status (ST), and date of expiration (ED).

Daphne Raban, University of Haifa, Israel

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