I was recently made aware of certain domain names that were stolen. As in they were hijacked from their respective owners without their knowledge and consent. Worse is they’ve been transferred out from their respective registrars to another. When a domain name is moved to another registrar, unfortunately that makes recovery harder and longer...
Domain registrar Go Daddy has released a public coupon where you can register your .com domain name for just $1. Coupon code is GETFIT. As usual, there are restrictions. Namely: - You can only use it once per customer, and for only new registrations. - Applies to the first year only of new registrations....
DaveZan.com is thankfully up again! I’m sorry for the downtime, folks. You might have come across the “resource exceeded” message if you typed or clicked on my site. That occurs if you go beyond your host’s assigned amount of memory or resources for your site. With my current host x10hosting, what should happen is...
Domain registrar bankrupt? Imagine you find out one day that happens. What can you do? Last time, I said I would create an article series on what happens with a domain registrar bankrupt. After a long and careful review, it looks like all those can still be explained under this single article today. As...
Registrar bankruptcy…what if that happens? That’s a question I’ve been asked a couple of times. I thought it was easy to answer, but I’ve since discovered there’s a whole lot more to it. It’s a scary thing to think of: what will happen if your domain registrar goes bankrupt? What can you do? Maybe...
Can the Google search engine pierce or see through a domain name’s WHOIS privacy? That’s a question I’ve seen and been asked a couple of times these past few weeks, all for understandable reasons. It’s an interesting question. Lots of people use the privacy service (or private domain registration) of their domain name registrar...
It was just reported that cell phones company Xperia Sony Ericcson has effectively shut down review blog XperiaBlog.net. They made their final blog entry last October 19. The Xperia Blog has more: It is with great sadness that we have to bring you the news that this will be the last post on this...
Former heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson will go for another knockout. Only instead of using gloves, he’ll try with words. This time, Mr. Tyson filed an administrative dispute to get his domain name-sake MikeTyson.com. It was just reported by Fusible: Michael Gerard Tyson (better known as “Mike Tyson”) has filed a complaint (case #...
SOPA – What It Is And How It Can Affect You
SOPA…so what the heck is that? That’s what I got online users asking me this time. SOPA is a bill filed in U.S. Congress that some people (especially those lobbying for it) hope to turn into law. It stands for “Stop Online Piracy Act”. As the name implies, the bill aims to address online...
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