WARNING: Do not check domains at Network Solutions
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Based on a post I read by Graywolf titled Hey Network Solutions Sniffing Domain Searches By Chance I thought I’d check it out myself.
So I headed over to Network Solutions and entered “jlhstesttoseeifyouregister.com” [JLH's test to see if you register]. Waited about 2 minutes.
Then I visited the name in my browser, to see a parked page. Checking the whois data, you can see that it was indeed registered by Network Solutions. Heck even Aboutus.org has a page up already proudly serving Adsense, so their is a Google slant to this.
So bottom line is that if you are using Network Solutions to check for available domains, if you don’t buy it instantly they’ll double the price of the domain and sell it to you later at $19.95. Why anyone would pay $9.95 or more for a new domain is way beyond me as there are always plenty of cheaper options willing to pay Google Adwords for a click .
Now, I must wonder if Network Solutions has to at least pay the icann registration fee on these. If so, why wouldn’t somebody set up a script to check millions of goblety-gook domain names at Network Solutions? I’m just saying…
On January 26th, 2008, dockarl said:
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