Alvin Brown provides this tutorial for discovering how many Whois searches have been performed on your domain names registered at GoDaddy. Deciding which domains to renew can be quite challenging for domain investors, especially for newly minted domain ... Continue Reading12 Comments
Wow: this is what public Whois could look like in 2018
· Policy & LawGood luck figuring out what individual in the EU owns a domain name. The European Union will begin enforcing its General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May of 2018. As I've written about before, this will have a major impact on Whois. How big? ... Continue Reading14 Comments
How GDPR will affect you – DNW Podcast #152
· PodcastsNew EU regulations will have an effect on everyone in the domain industry, regardless of where they are located. Whether you're a domain investor, registrar or registry, the European Union's new GDPR privacy regulations will affect you. On this ... Continue Reading1 Comment
It’s out of control: how do we block SMS spam and robocalling based on Whois info?
· Policy & LawSomething has to be done. Robocalling, SMS spam and email spam to contacts collected from newly-registered domain names are out of control. Simply out of control. I registered a domain name last week using a Google Voice number so I could track the ... Continue Reading52 Comments
Sean Spicer brings more attention to Whois privacy
· UncategorizedHe didn't use whois privacy. Most people don't. Sean Spicer has made plenty of enemies in his short time as White House Press Secretary. And now, thanks to some domain names he registered long ago, people have a way to contact him about it. As ... Continue Reading6 Comments
Snapchat’s first investor connected with it through Whois search
· UncategorizedInvestor used Whois search to connect the dots. Snapchat (or just Snap) has filed to go public and its IPO is sure to make its early investors a nice return. Lightspeed Ventures was the first venture capital firm to invest in the company. And how ... Continue Reading9 Comments
Thick Whois is on its way to .com
· Policy & LawCurrent plan is to introduce it for new domains by May 2018. ICANN has opened a comment period about the implementation of Thick Whois in existing top level domains including .com and .net. .Com and .net currently use what's called a "Thin whois". ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment
DomainTools is about to get more expensive for some users
· ServicesCompany is eliminating old plans in favor of new "Personal" accounts. DomainTools began as a company catering to the domain name industry, but has shifted to the enterprise security market in recent years. This summer, as part of that process, ... Continue Reading62 Comments
Another disturbing Whois data service
· ServicesInternet marketer selling access to whois data. Many people are selling cheap access to whois information culled from recently registered domain names. Now an internet marketer is getting into the act. A new service called FreshDomainLeads.com ... Continue Reading9 Comments
New TLDs, Whois and IANA with Michele Neylon – DNW Podcast #61
· PodcastsThe perspectives of a mid-sized domain name registrar. Michele Neylon runs Irish hosting and domain name company Blacknight. On today's show, he gives thoughts on new TLDs from the perspective of a mid-sized domain name registrar...and you'll find his ... Continue ReadingLeave a Comment