Very good idea, indeed!
#1 Sergei (http://top.choice.pp.ru) on May 2 2008, 08:40 Reply
bob i just read what you had to say about the domain drag and drop scheme and i thought it was a great article with a great point and all.
But what about those who are trying to make a living online but cant seem to get there domains unparked! say 0258one or two are being advertised as available and have already been bought why is it that they were parked for anyway your friend.
scot corbett
But what about those who are trying to make a living online but cant seem to get there domains unparked! say 0258one or two are being advertised as available and have already been bought why is it that they were parked for anyway your friend.
scot corbett
The drag and drop scheme is a way to make things easier for those who have problems with coding. Nice post Bob
#4 All Natural Penis Enlargement Program (http://www.penis-enlargement-products.biz) on Nov 27 2007, 09:31 Reply
Since it would only happen during the initial creation of the pointers legitimate users wouldn't be affected. Sure new domains wouldn't be usable as quickly as they are now, but how often do you need to set up a new domain right now
....Another solution would be to shorten the add/drop period while also delaying the initial creation of the DNS Another solution would be to shorten the add/drop period while also delaying the initial creation of the DNS
Wow! Very good idea, indeed! But I don't think anybody is willing to applicate it, nor ICANN will do...
Jean-Marie
Jean-Marie
Since it would only happen during the initial creation of the pointers legitimate users wouldn't be affected. Sure new domains wouldn't be usable as quickly as they are now, but how often do you need to set up a new domain right now
i too was registering a domain using nameboy and added it to shopping cart and came to pay for it and it showed it sold! to CAPITOLDOMAINS, LLC, belguim entity or something, dug around and it was under psychic whois. i thought i made a mistake, but then found your info and felt some sense of relief. felt like doing it all day long to let them continue buying other domains. but more than anything, it felt like an invasion, a rudeness that upset me. how many people would buy a person's last name for a domain? their market it small for such domains. how horrible. thank you for letting me know i wasn't going insane.
Since it would only happen during the initial creation of the pointers legitimate users wouldn't be affected. Sure new domains wouldn't be usable as quickly as they are now, but how often do you need to set up a new domain right now
Bob,
I posted on another thread talking about your super bowl ads, which I disagree with. But one reason I love your service is because you fight problems like this and i will point it out to anyone who complains about the ads. Thank you.
MKP
I posted on another thread talking about your super bowl ads, which I disagree with. But one reason I love your service is because you fight problems like this and i will point it out to anyone who complains about the ads. Thank you.
MKP
I know a better idea, called CAPTCHA.
Look at this post form. You see the "spam-prevention image" there? It is called captcha, but a very easy-defeated one...
By simply requiring a little harder captcha to be entered if a domain should be purchased or dropped. And require that vision-imparied persons using screen reader should click on a voice link to hear the code.
And using different TYPES of captcha each time a domain should be registred or dropped.
And make captcha an requirement to register an domain, by letting VERISIGN's server send a captcha that the organisations that sell domains, must relay to the end user purchasing a domain.
And in the WHOIS record publish the captcha validation result so users can see that its not an bot that has registred the domain.
www.laamer.com
Look at this post form. You see the "spam-prevention image" there? It is called captcha, but a very easy-defeated one...
By simply requiring a little harder captcha to be entered if a domain should be purchased or dropped. And require that vision-imparied persons using screen reader should click on a voice link to hear the code.
And using different TYPES of captcha each time a domain should be registred or dropped.
And make captcha an requirement to register an domain, by letting VERISIGN's server send a captcha that the organisations that sell domains, must relay to the end user purchasing a domain.
And in the WHOIS record publish the captcha validation result so users can see that its not an bot that has registred the domain.
www.laamer.com
Yes this is very bad thing because a person paid for that link and various thing attached with that link and after some time you drop that name.
Sohf Go Daddy is addressing a true problem and not omitting information or lying about this situation… if you had any business sense, you’d make that fee non-refundable and increase it to double… to fund research that stays in contact with the industry watchdogs… to hire young genius to stop the abusers in their tracks.
Strange,
I never knew something like this could happen.
I never knew something like this could happen.
Bob,
Don't know if you will reply to this, but belgiumdomains.com pounced on one of my client's domain name after they accidentally let it expire. They had thousands of dollars in advertising promoting their domain name, one of several, which all pointed to the same web site where they sell coins. The domain is 1866thecoin.com and, just as you said, it points to search engine links that sell coins, NONE of which point to my client's site. NICE.
Im sure that belgiumdomains.com used the add/drop scheme which ICANN allows registrars to utilize to steal web traffic, and belgiumdomains.com quickly discovered that this particular domain was profitable, so they pounced and purchased it... now what is my client to do? Pay thousands of dollars to get it back? It's outright theft. ICANN needs to provide a legitimate service to the users of the internet, not the thieves and scammers of the internet. I've watched ICANN for some years now continue to service scam artists until the public cry gets so loud they have to do something or face government action. Maybe it IS time for government action. What is ICANN's problem? IS ICANN making money on this ADD/DROP scam? OF COURSE THEY ARE! Which is why they won't address it until they are forced to.
Bob, please provide a forum for the public to address this problem to the regulators of ICANN directly. You are the only one I know of with the integrety and wherewithall who can actually pull this off.
Don't know if you will reply to this, but belgiumdomains.com pounced on one of my client's domain name after they accidentally let it expire. They had thousands of dollars in advertising promoting their domain name, one of several, which all pointed to the same web site where they sell coins. The domain is 1866thecoin.com and, just as you said, it points to search engine links that sell coins, NONE of which point to my client's site. NICE.
Im sure that belgiumdomains.com used the add/drop scheme which ICANN allows registrars to utilize to steal web traffic, and belgiumdomains.com quickly discovered that this particular domain was profitable, so they pounced and purchased it... now what is my client to do? Pay thousands of dollars to get it back? It's outright theft. ICANN needs to provide a legitimate service to the users of the internet, not the thieves and scammers of the internet. I've watched ICANN for some years now continue to service scam artists until the public cry gets so loud they have to do something or face government action. Maybe it IS time for government action. What is ICANN's problem? IS ICANN making money on this ADD/DROP scam? OF COURSE THEY ARE! Which is why they won't address it until they are forced to.
Bob, please provide a forum for the public to address this problem to the regulators of ICANN directly. You are the only one I know of with the integrety and wherewithall who can actually pull this off.
Don,
Belgiumdomains just did the same thing to one of my clients domain names and we're in a tail spin to figure out how to get it back. Did you have any luck? Thanks Jay
Belgiumdomains just did the same thing to one of my clients domain names and we're in a tail spin to figure out how to get it back. Did you have any luck? Thanks Jay
I'm sure you are aware of the UDRP procedure which costs about $1500 and offers a fast and effective way to regain registrations which infringe trademark rights. We are intellectual property attorneys in the UK and have successfully handled a couple of UDRP cases recently, so let me know if you would like more information. The policy is here: http://www.icann.org/udrp/
Good luck!
Good luck!
I know a better idea, called CAPTCHA.
Look at this post form. You see the "spam-prevention image" there? It is called captcha, but a very easy-defeated one...
By simply requiring a little harder captcha to be entered if a domain should be purchased or dropped. And require that vision-imparied persons using screen reader should click on a voice link to hear the code.
And using different TYPES of captcha each time a domain should be registred or dropped.
And make captcha an requirement to register an domain, by letting VERISIGN's server send a captcha that the organisations that sell domains, must relay to the end user purchasing a domain.
And in the WHOIS record publish the captcha validation result so users can see that its not an bot that has registred the domain.
Look at this post form. You see the "spam-prevention image" there? It is called captcha, but a very easy-defeated one...
By simply requiring a little harder captcha to be entered if a domain should be purchased or dropped. And require that vision-imparied persons using screen reader should click on a voice link to hear the code.
And using different TYPES of captcha each time a domain should be registred or dropped.
And make captcha an requirement to register an domain, by letting VERISIGN's server send a captcha that the organisations that sell domains, must relay to the end user purchasing a domain.
And in the WHOIS record publish the captcha validation result so users can see that its not an bot that has registred the domain.
nice article
#22 פסיכומטרי (http://www.e-mago.co.il/quiz/) on Jul 30 2006, 05:02 Reply
Here is an article in eWeek describing another problem related to domain problem you describe: someone is somehow spying on WHOIS search results:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1991365,00.asp
r
The thing described in the article happened to me, too. I searched for a domain, and it was not taken. I tried to buy it a few hours later, and it was taken.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1991365,00.asp
r
The thing described in the article happened to me, too. I searched for a domain, and it was not taken. I tried to buy it a few hours later, and it was taken.
Here is what happened to me recently: I came up with a cool domain name, and I used the WHOIS at dnsstuff.com to check it. It was free. Then, later today, I tried to buy it.. and it was registered by a guy called Wang Lee:
Wang Lee Domains Ltd.
Suite 410, 4th Floor
Barkly Wharf
Le Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis
MU
+852.30149162
+852.30149162
contact@wangleedomains. com
I have searched the web. This happened to lots of people.
He seems to somehow SPY on WHOIS searches and buy the good-sounding domain names from them.
I have contacted him later and he asked for $995 for the domain name.
How is this possible? How can some guys spy on WHOIS searches?
Please write an article so that everybody is warned!
Thank you.
Wang Lee Domains Ltd.
Suite 410, 4th Floor
Barkly Wharf
Le Caudan Waterfront, Port Louis
MU
+852.30149162
+852.30149162
contact@wangleedomains. com
I have searched the web. This happened to lots of people.
He seems to somehow SPY on WHOIS searches and buy the good-sounding domain names from them.
I have contacted him later and he asked for $995 for the domain name.
How is this possible? How can some guys spy on WHOIS searches?
Please write an article so that everybody is warned!
Thank you.
I have am unusual name, so it was easy for me to find {myname}.com available for registration a few years ago.
I checked domain name availability near 11 pm using Yahoo Small Business system, but I hesitated a bit, because I was looking for a great registrar and I didn't have any experience with Yahoo. The next day, at about 3am, the domain name was registered by another guy in the US, named Charles M. Hatcher. I Googled him by that time, and did not find anything. I recently checked him, and found some interesting results about his whereabouts.
I was so mad!!! How was it possible. I checked every internet source on domain felonies, but this kind of "robbery" was not described. SNIPING/SQUATTING was described everywhere, but it was related to EXPIRED DOMAINS being captured after the original owner missed the renewal. In my case, that domain name had never been registered before, so there was no way to prove that it was lost due to spying.
Sadly, I didn't learn the lesson the first time, and I lost not only my name, but also 3 great domain ideas, ALWAYS AFTER USING YAHOO to check domain availability. It has never happened to me using GoDaddy, but definitely I have learned the lesson: whenever you have a great idea on domain names, don't hesitate, don't take a nap, go register it and you won't be sorry. Never check availability and go away if that particular name is important to you.
I think that we, the victims of such spying, should organize the available info and make a website to expose these guys, wherever they are.
Note: I managed to acquire {myname}.com after bargaining it from $1000 to $250. So much for hesitating about a $19 registration (they weren't as cheap as nowadays). Lesson learned.
I checked domain name availability near 11 pm using Yahoo Small Business system, but I hesitated a bit, because I was looking for a great registrar and I didn't have any experience with Yahoo. The next day, at about 3am, the domain name was registered by another guy in the US, named Charles M. Hatcher. I Googled him by that time, and did not find anything. I recently checked him, and found some interesting results about his whereabouts.
I was so mad!!! How was it possible. I checked every internet source on domain felonies, but this kind of "robbery" was not described. SNIPING/SQUATTING was described everywhere, but it was related to EXPIRED DOMAINS being captured after the original owner missed the renewal. In my case, that domain name had never been registered before, so there was no way to prove that it was lost due to spying.
Sadly, I didn't learn the lesson the first time, and I lost not only my name, but also 3 great domain ideas, ALWAYS AFTER USING YAHOO to check domain availability. It has never happened to me using GoDaddy, but definitely I have learned the lesson: whenever you have a great idea on domain names, don't hesitate, don't take a nap, go register it and you won't be sorry. Never check availability and go away if that particular name is important to you.
I think that we, the victims of such spying, should organize the available info and make a website to expose these guys, wherever they are.
Note: I managed to acquire {myname}.com after bargaining it from $1000 to $250. So much for hesitating about a $19 registration (they weren't as cheap as nowadays). Lesson learned.
I also came up with a unique name and did not search the whois register. I just did my search on godaddy. The name that I choose would not mean a hoot to anybody else. I am a stay at home mom with a small art hobby. I built my own web page and everything. When I tried to register my domain name it was taken that same morning by that shister Wang Lee. This is just not fair to every day people just needing a small web page like myself. I believe he has a tap on GoDaddy's search engine. To me, that sounds like a breech in security. I think they should invest in some type of firewall for their search engine. This shady shister needs to be stopped!!!
Well I have a question? For some one to answer where do people get off on Domain names, and why do these guys own domains that are in other peoples names.
Where did they get the licences to sell our domain names. Did they just do what they did in the big land rush just go and claim everyones names and keep adding too it.
I mean really how does it work i thought air space was endless and that we will never run out of cyber space.
Where did they get the licences to sell our domain names. Did they just do what they did in the big land rush just go and claim everyones names and keep adding too it.
I mean really how does it work i thought air space was endless and that we will never run out of cyber space.
Hi Bob and everyone here,
I'd like to name registrars and registrant who catch domains and then release them.
(#15 Krysti Mikkonen) is the registrant DOMAINBOT and registrars Belgiumdomains LLC, Domaindoorman LLC and Capitoldomains LLC ?
Because i had the same situation, and it is very strange im using DomainPunchPro for domain name check, and as soon as i check the domains, they are registered within a day by the same registrant ! after that i do not use this kind of applications to check domain availability, now around 50 software engineers in our company are analysing this application for spyware and if so we are going to start official investigation.
P.S. this is not for this article, but this is idea for Bob,
it is time to do something with SORBS, i think they are just extortioners, and the idea is to build AntiSORBS community, and i'm sure a lot of hosting providers will support this idea
I'd like to name registrars and registrant who catch domains and then release them.
(#15 Krysti Mikkonen) is the registrant DOMAINBOT and registrars Belgiumdomains LLC, Domaindoorman LLC and Capitoldomains LLC ?
Because i had the same situation, and it is very strange im using DomainPunchPro for domain name check, and as soon as i check the domains, they are registered within a day by the same registrant ! after that i do not use this kind of applications to check domain availability, now around 50 software engineers in our company are analysing this application for spyware and if so we are going to start official investigation.
P.S. this is not for this article, but this is idea for Bob,
it is time to do something with SORBS, i think they are just extortioners, and the idea is to build AntiSORBS community, and i'm sure a lot of hosting providers will support this idea