It’s been mentioned many times to register your own name or if you’re a public pop icon, defensively register variants of your name in the new gTLD’s, as well as the ones that you missed in the dot com space.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R) seems to be the latest victim after announcing his presidential campaign as suggested by CNN.
With that being said, he may not have known that a domain name could taunt him during a 2016 election year with a website stating, “SUPPORT PRESIDENT OBAMA,” which may be subject to change once his opponent steps up.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R) seems to be the latest victim after announcing his presidential campaign as suggested by CNN.
New York, New York (CNN) -- Some Internet domain owners troll to make a ruckus, while others are just trying to meet politicians they like.
According to Wikipedia, Ted Cruz assumed office as the Solicitor General of Texas in January of 2003, while the whois onIn the wake of Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz's announcement that he's kicking off a presidential election campaign, several domains like www.tedcruz.com/ and http://tedcruz.ca/ appear to have been purchased to invite controversy or embarrassment for 2016 presidential candidate.
tedcruz.com states that the domain name was registered April 20th, 2004. This gave Cruz ample time to register his own name as he may have already known that he was going to pursue a career in politics.With that being said, he may not have known that a domain name could taunt him during a 2016 election year with a website stating, “SUPPORT PRESIDENT OBAMA,” which may be subject to change once his opponent steps up.
Full Article: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/03/23/politics/ted-cruz-president-announcement-website/When CNN reached out to Cruz's campaign, they confirmed tedcruz.org as their official site with no additional comment.
