[kictanet] [Skunkworks] True patriotism and Presidential candidates websites

[Mark Mwangi]

Using a .ke or a .co.ke is a choice that should not be treated trivially.
The .com suffix was meant to indicate that the site is a commercial
site wasn't it? The cost of buying a .co.ke domain is trivial in the grand
scheme of things what with the billions spent in campaigns. This just goes
to show the advisors figure a website is a website and nothing more. if a
.biz domain happened to be cheaper they would probably have bought and used
it.
There are however bigger fish to fry and more important problems for them
than feeling kenyan on the internet.


On Mon, Dec 31, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri at semacraft.com>wrote:

> While it would definitely be great to see them use .co.ke domains it is
> good to take into account the 'netsavyness' of their advisors and cost
> decisions made by the vendors who provide the websites, strategy etc. At
> the end of the day, none of these candidates are digital natives and
> probably one tld is to them as good as another.
>
> Part of Kenic's outreach program should be to provide incentives for these
> campaigns to use .co.ke rather than .com
>
> *************************
> sent from my mobile device.
> On Dec 31, 2012 2:21 PM, "Davis Onsakia" <mautidavis at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> You don't have to buy many domain names; cyber squatting (also known as
>> domain squatting ) is punishable by law - through ICANN - and hence
>> illegal. The only challenge is that you will have to prove your case in all
>> the involved instances.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Davis M Onsakia
>> "One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the
>> shore for a very long time."
>>
>>
>> On 31 December 2012 00:07, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You will find that other than Martha Karua's site, .co.ke domains exist
>>> for the other sites, though it isn't clear if it is domain squatting (the
>>> Raila one is clear domain squatting).
>>>
>>> When choosing a domain name, it's often prudent to buy alternative
>>> spellings and also common misspellings. Good examples are gogle.com and
>>> facbook.com. For large corporates, it becomes costly, since you have to
>>> buy  domains in as many countries as you can. ie apple.com, apple.co.keand
>>> apple.co.ug
>>>
>>> On 30 December 2012 21:52, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The pathetic state of Kenyan presidential candidates choice of brand
>>>> Kenya.
>>>>
>>>> www.peterkenneth.com
>>>> www.raila-odinga.com
>>>> www.musaliamudavadi.com
>>>>
>>>> www.joinmarthakarua.com
>>>>
>>>> Quite pathetic that aspiring presidential candidates can opts for .com
>>>> domain rather than a .ke. If as a president you cannot buy Kenya and
>>>> promote the local brand, who will?
>>>>
>>>> We need to emulate the pride of Deutsches, who have the second biggest
>>>> TLD in the world .de, rivalled only by .com. Surprisingly one of these
>>>> presidential candidates spent a considerable amount of time in
>>>> Deutscheland yet he has not borrowed those ideals and replicated them
>>>> in Kenya.
>>>>
>>>> teamuhuru.co.ke is the only candidate who scores 100% on this metric.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, "Brand Kenya" is now a campaign issue.
>>>>
>>>>
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Mark Mwangi

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