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My blog’s url is localkine.org and my chosen name is Local Kine Hawaii.  However, I was just emailed by the owner of localkinehawaii.com (which I didn’t know existed until a few hours ago) kindly requesting that I stop using Local Kine Hawaii as my title as he in the process of registering it as a trademark.

Well, I guess I need to retitle and rebrand my blog.  My question is does ‘Hawaii Local Kine’ sound okay? If not, can I get suggestions on another name or perhaps some advice on the situation.

BTW:  ‘Local Kine’ is a very familiar expresssion used in Hawaii which is why I chose the domain and for it to be part of my title and brand.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer 

Why can’t you just make an add-on to the tiltle?

Local Kine Hawaii News

Local Kine Hawaii Today

Local Kine Hawaii Aloha

Local Kine Hawaii Hang Loose

Local Kine Hawaii Island News

ETC…

Denise 

lol … I see why he noticed you … you got first spot, above him, for "Local Kine Hawaii" in Google.

I think it was pretty nice of you to change your blog’s name.  Given the fact that Local Kine is such a common expression here in Hawaii, I don’t think the fact that he’s "in the process" of trying to register it as a trade mark give him the right to ask you to stop using it.

That being said … 

"True Pictures of Hawaii" will probably work out better for you in the long-run anyway.

If the guy was smart, he would have been hitting you up to find out how you outranked him, rather than asking you to stop.

:-)

Thanks Denise & Todd,

Well, it seemed like a big deal to
me at the time but all I had to do was switch a few words around and it
worked out fine.  I wasn’t sure about the legal aspect, but it’s better
not to make any enemies right?

Thanks for the suggestions Denise. 

I
checked the localkinehawaii dot com website out, and although the site
has been running for several months, the owner has done very little as
far as SEO goes which is probably why I outranked him lol…

Aloha Team said:

lol … I see why he noticed you … you got first spot, above him, for "Local Kine Hawaii" in Google.

I think it was pretty nice of you to change your blog’s name.  Given the fact that Local Kine is such a common expression here in Hawaii, I don’t think the fact that he’s "in the process" of trying to register it as a trade mark give him the right to ask you to stop using it.

That being said … 

"True Pictures of Hawaii" will probably work out better for you in the long-run anyway.

If the guy was smart, he would have been hitting you up to find out how you outranked him, rather than asking you to stop.

:-)

Aloha Team you are right on target. KEYWORDS, Keywords, then some more keywords! Its on every page!!!!! And if your using keyword sniper its on every title!!!!!