So I have — er, had — this client. Let’s call him Mr. X. I didn’t design his website originally; I inherited him from a colleague who had designed it and was hosting it, and who wanted to get out of the business altogether. The colleague had Mr. X’s domain registered in his own account, […]
...Keep reading »Your Domain is a Valuable Business Asset — Treat It Like One
Once again, I’m trying to help a client track down and gain control of their domain. A couple of years ago, they hired someone to develop their web site for them. He registered their domain in his name, and he apparently renewed it a year ago. But now he’s disappeared and they can’t locate him. […]
...Keep reading »Watch Out for Domain Registrar Phishing Attacks
Official-looking e-mails appear to be from prominent registrars — they’re really attempts to steal your domains Both eNom and Network Solutions, two very large registrars that handle millions of domain registrations, are the target of a major phishing attack. It is believed that the perpetrators’ purpose is to acquire the login details for victims’ domain […]
...Keep reading »Network Solutions Caught Front Running
“We had to destroy the village in order to save it, sir!” That was basically the response of Network Solutions when it was caught with its hand in the cookie jar, registering domains for themselves that people had looked up in their whois registry. NetSol basically defended their contemptible practice by saying, “In order to […]
...Keep reading »Choosing a domain name
You’ve decided your business needs a web site. Good, that’s the first step. You have a lot of additional steps to get through before you actually have a web site. One of those steps is selecting a domain name for your site.
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