AOL Gives Out Free .Com Domains

[Dave_Z]

http://news.com.com/2061-10802_3-6103557.html?part=rss&tag=6103557&subj=news

Any takers? :D

 

[Kenny]

What a dilemma... free, but...

There's a catch. You don't own the domain name; AOL does.

Tempting, but I'll pass on this one.
(wonders if AOL free bonus tracking and intrusionware is included)

Good one Dave

 

[Robert Allen]

What a dilemma... free, but...
Tempting, but I'll pass on this one.
(wonders if AOL free bonus tracking and intrusionware is included)

Good one Dave

Lets all create 1million accounts each and make aol broke.

Robert

 

[dotnom]

It will be spammers paradise if they can change a domain every week without paying

However according to the article they have a point

 

[Omnishare]

Seems like the same thing OneSite.com is already doing for students. Who knows how bad their forced ads will be though!

 

[Keral_Patel]

This can certainly create ups and downs in domain market.

EX: If someone goes there and starts registering 3 character .net's which are very less available this will create a rising in the price of 3 character.net market.

Same thing goes for LLLL.coms too.

So now domainers will be able to create situations where the domains are not available. Without spending a dime from their own pocket.

I think this is certainly going to be misused.

 

[dotnom]

As everything, they all start innocent until aol update their policy with certain limitations

If they left it as it is then as nick_mayhem said it will be mis-used a LOT

 

[Flaresolutions]

I wouldent go anywhere near anything that AOL offers for free. You just have to see the mass amounts of complaints and problems they cause. You might get it free now but I doubt you'll have an easy time transferring it out and you'll probably have to pay extorionate rates on renewal.

 

[dotnom]

You might get it free now but I doubt you'll have an easy time transferring it out and you'll probably have to pay extorionate rates on renewal.

Transfer what out ?
Their policy says that the name belong to aol

 

[gou]

So now domainers will be able to create situations where the domains are not available. Without spending a dime from their own pocket.

I think this is certainly going to be misused.

I guess it could be a way to artificially inflate the prices of LLLL.com names.

 

[fonzie_007]

I haven't read the agreement, but if the domain belongs to AOL, I also assume they also could be held liable for TM infringments.

 

[techie474]

Just like I got my first domain for free from NameZero.com and had to pay $70 twice to renew it. They got funds from my Ist check but they didnt't renew my domain. I wanted the domain badly so I sent another check after several emails to helpdesk. Next year I found out how to transfer the domain.

Free things are just too bad

 

[killaklown]

I haven't read the agreement, but if the domain belongs to AOL, I also assume they also could be held liable for TM infringments.

Time to register some microsoft domains, email microsoft about selling the domains to them, and then watch AOL fall :P

 

[fonzie_007]

Time to register some microsoft domains, email microsoft about selling the domains to them, and then watch AOL fall :P

I would suspect there would be something in the agreement about indemnifying AOL for any legal actions that are brought upon them from user's mishaps; however, that still doesn't mean that companies who's TMs were being infringed on couldn't go after AOL. In a sense, AOL is just leasing the domain to users and is (or should be) ultimately responsible for the use of the domains.

 

[MadAboutDomains]

yay! Lets cybersquat on big company names... and leave AOL to pick up the pieces!

So in other words they want to become the next NetIdentity.com :bingo:

 

[Kenny]

There's also a second way that AOL benefits. Good domain names are hard to find nowadays. AOL is enlisting its vast member base in a quest to locate the good ones, which it henceforth owns. If some fall into disuse, AOL should be able to sell them at a tidy profit.

Wait a minute.... AOL might have an alt agenda? Hard to imagine.
Customers do all the mining, dev, seo, and AOL still owns the name.

Plus with thier state of the art tracking proggys, they still get to sell
the surfing habits of customers and surfers alike.
Everybody wins.

Well, almost everybody.

 

[Anthony]

Well, as long as the name generates at least $6 in revenue, then it is worth it for AOL to continue to offer it for free to a user.

 

[Belfour20]

I definately wouldn't touch anything related to AOL... Although this could be good for those teens just starting out and not wanting to invest any money, would look better then a redirector...

We'll have to wait and see how this one plays out I guess... :td:

 

[Robert Allen]

Finally someone that agrees. I have been on AOL for ages, and i have tryed batch downloading, mass downloading, i must use 1GB/day and AOL just dont care. I am actually trying to get myself BANNED from the AOL service because my Mum WONT LET ME CHANGE ISP. It seriously pisses me off.

Robert

 

[Isaac1]

I wouldn't touch this offer with a 10 ft. pole. Momma told me AOL was the devil. And she was right.