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Registrant:
This Domain is available at NetworkSolutions.com
13681 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300
HERNDON, VA 20171
US
Domain Name: GOOGLE-COME-AND-TRY-TO-SUE-US.COM
Administrative Contact, Technical Contact:
Network Solutions, LLC
13681 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 300
HERNDON, VA 20171
US
1-888-642-9675 fax: 571-434-4620
Record expires on 11-Jan-2009.
Record created on 11-Jan-2008.
Database last updated on 11-Jan-2008 09:47:12 EST.
This quote seems interesting:
"Wade said the company was making adjustments in response to feedback but considered its measure a benefit for customers — by preventing domain name speculators and others with questionable intentions from grabbing the name first.
"We are not front running," she said. "We are not monetizing the page. We have no intent in keeping it. We have no intent in selling it in secondary markets at inflated prices — that is front running.""
Shouldn't she say "We are not monetizing the page ANY MORE"?
Here is what NetSol is really saying now:
"Oops.... see, we made a little mistake.... um......um..... um....ya' see, we had hoped this did not make mainstream media, but, now that it has, which reaches our customers on TV, Newspapers, Internet News.... we would really like to reverse it now. Our intentions were wholly good, you understand.....right? But, we are still exploring making some money off this PR tragedy...... ya' see...."
they dont seem to see that there is a huge discrepancy in what they are saying- like it has been said many times- they claim it is to protect the client, yet anyone can go to netsol and buy the name-
there is NO protection and they will not fess up to that-
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They did not show any PPC Ads on their landing pages.
They're squirming considering their only "semi-reasonable excuse" for doing what they did was to protect their clients.
Saying as there was a big list posted on a forum of all their clients "safe names" that were searched + Google indexed them all for the world to see with a big "this domain is for sale sign" what can they say. Their argument has some seriously BIG HOLES in it.
Will they admit it - nah, I doubt it - it's now the damage repair spin
Well basically I was referring to the fact that they essentially lock up the name and make it impossible for you to register it somewhere else. This seems rather anti-competitive to me. Not only does it prevent other registrars from competing for those customers/domain names, but it also prevents consumers from having a choice of supplier.
Obviously the PR is proving to be a very bad thing for them and perhaps they will change their policy. But I can't help feeling that other registrars should be taking legal action in order to protect their business and the interests of their customers as well.
It's one thing for the domain community to go up in arms and try to make the PR backlash hurt Netsol's wallet. I wouldn't expect less from the great people in this industry However, I guess I just expect a bit more from the registrars, then a harsh word.
Well, now you're potentially putting words in their mouth. Domain tasters have
generally put commercial parking pages on the domain names they've tasted,
which NetSol has never done.
I just tried a new test with their systems. It's in their holding account, but is
not showing anything.
One question there, then, is why would one search the domain name through
NetSol, find it available, then try to register it through their preferred registrar
instead, since the latter is also capable of doing that? Aren't they confident?
If anything, it can prevent a user who might "coincidentally" think up the very
same name at another registrar another originally found available at NetSol's
site for about 120 hours. I don't know how likely that will happen, though, but
the domain name might be available by then.
Ads that are likely more profitable than PPC - ads for products by a company called Network Solutions.
The only thing that wasn't an ad as such (if memory serves) was a prominent anouncement that the domain can be registered at Network Solutions.
Now they've relented and no longer do that. They have also put a warning in the bottom right hand corner of their home page titled "New Protection Measures".
Agreed. But the name is now locked for 4-5 days and there is only one place to get it - or risk losing it to somebody else
At checkout some inexperienced people may realize that the netsol fees are grossly inflated so they may want to look for cheaper options elsewhere... and then - surprise
No word from icann('t) yet.
With a toothless dog like that not surprising registrars are always pulling tricks out of their sleeves.
it isnt going to take much for a script to be altered/written that these other guys use to see if a name is avail at netsol and not other registrars- i am sure it has already been wrote-
wont take much to run a report and see what names are now in the Netsol Hold- and grab them during the 4 day period-
stupid stupid stupid
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That's one possibility. Unfortunately they're unnecessarily expecting the name
they looked up to be available, which no registrar on earth can guarantee will
remain that way if they don't take it on the spot.
Then again, we'll probably never know how many are having that issue versus,
say, how many find this beneficial. Unless someone's willing to do a statistical
analysis. (I've mostly become sleepy back in my statistics classes...)
The name will be held up for 120 hours. It's just that some people can't wait,
which I don't necessarily blame them for.
Come on, don't you read the earlier threads? Netsol was splashing ads all over the page. They only took down the ads after the criticism from the domaining public. See? If they had no intention to profit from the PPC ads, they wouldn't have splashed any ads on the pages in the first place.
I agree with you that tasters generally put commercial parking pages on domain names, but it is not a requirement to domain tasting. One person could taste a domain simply by just putting up a "Hello World!" html index file and just analyze his Analytics or AW stats. While the first taster aims to see if he can get any PPC revenue, the second taster aims to see if there's any traffic and its traffic sources which he could then monetize using affiliate, Adsense or simply redirect to his other domains.
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Maybe someone oughta expand on the part I put in bold if what NetSol placed
originally in those domain names qualify as such. But isn't it tasters generally
put in commercial links of sorts to make money from advertisers, which NetSol
never showed on them at any time except their own?
The only option NetSol placed back then was to register the domain name at
their website and nothing more. So what's with all these claims of PPC pages
I saw here and other places?
I'm not necessarily defending NetSol here. But I ain't ready to join a lynch mob
just yet.
FYI, NetSol no longer turns over their expired domain names to SnapNames. I
really don't get why people think they're an evil empire out to take over the
whole wide world when no one's required to do business with them.
