Is search tapped on GoDaddy?

[scoops22]

Does godaddy have some sort of alert/tracker system that alerts when someone searches a domain?I am just wondering this because recently I searched some ideas to see if they where available and after waiting a few days I finally decided on the one to reg. : THEN I see the exact domain here in the appraisal forum.Im not saying that someone couldnt have thought of it practally at the same time as myself but it would be a pretty big coincidence IMO.I have had this happen to me before on more common names and I wasnt as surprised.Anyway would someone please answer this for me?I am feeling like someone is watching my every move now.Im starting to wonder if Im in the Matrix.Someone help me stop the paranoia before I go insane,Thanks

 

[jasonmjt]

I think it makes sense for a registrar to do that, and I agree with it. It's not as if they are waiting for you to do a search and then buying the domain before you have a chance to check out, right? They give us a few days and then buy it themselves, or they show the domain to other people who perform related searches. I do, however, believe that most of the domains are purchased by other users because it came up as a related domain following the original search, and not registered by the registrar. But who knows?

 

[Dave_Z]

I guess we all need to just keep our thoughts to ourselves untill we are ready to register.

Simple solution to a simple problem.

 

[oblongpeg]

Never check domains on GD, because if you do and wait to register them more than 5 minutes, it will surely be gone.

2 nights ago went to godaddy looking for a new eshopping name for an affiliate site for a friend.

Spotted a screamer in the alternate suggestions and procrastinated for 6 minutes looking for another. It was gone.

It could have been someone else searching as it was a good shop keyword in the search but I do have my doubts.

 

[simonj]

Yep, I've heard others complain of this too. I never search on GoDaddy.

Does godaddy have some sort of alert/tracker system that alerts when someone searches a domain?I am just wondering this because recently I searched some ideas to see if they where available and after waiting a few days I finally decided on the one to reg. : THEN I see the exact domain here in the appraisal forum.Im not saying that someone couldnt have thought of it practally at the same time as myself but it would be a pretty big coincidence IMO.I have had this happen to me before on more common names and I wasnt as surprised.Anyway would someone please answer this for me?I am feeling like someone is watching my every move now.Im starting to wonder if Im in the Matrix.Someone help me stop the paranoia before I go insane,Thanks

 

[hellmet]

You guys are so right. I used to use NetworkSolutions to look up names, until they started reg'ing them all.. Of course a company isn't gonna let the collective of all our imaginative DN thinking minds go to waste.. There gonna use that info in whatever way profits them the most.

Anymore, once I find a great DN that I just must have, I register it immedietly.. OK so I do wake up the next day sometimes saying "why did I do that" but I don't loose any great available DNs anymore either.

I usually use my friendly reseller to search and register domains too.. very very trustable.. Even those two times that I had to use GD to buy names, I used my friend's site to see if they were available, and then imm. regged them on GD..

 

[Name Trader]

iWhois.com isn't tracking your searches. It's good because it searches most major tld's if you ask it.

 

[scoops22]

"tapped" or not, GoDaddys search remembers and keys on searched terms. So, the terms you search WILL show up in subsequent searches by others.(Hmm...I wonder how many people that is?) Just try it yourself and you will see.

......Ahhhh,yes this would explain alot.This would explain how the member on here "coincidentally" registered it soon after I searched it.My paranoia was justified,maybe I wont go insane now. I HAVE learned a very valuable lesson here.

 

[sierra]

this happened to me yesterday actually.

I made a typo trying to register a domain with godaddy, the typo was thesises.com (which was available - but not an English word so it didn't interest me and I'm not interested in typo domains) ... I was meaning to type theses and see what derivatives were still on offer, but none where that were attractive to me.

Anyway.. this was yesterday.... today as I log in my account - I have another play with the word 'theses' (which is the plural of thesis) - and thought (after seeing this thread yesterday) to check my earlier typo - and low and behold it was registered yesterday for the first time - looks like about 1/2 an hour after I did a godaddy search. This can't be coincidence.

Now... I think more fool the person who registered this word - as it only makes him/her appear a bit illiterate (if this isn't a Portuguese or other non-English word that is etc) and couldn't be used for any academic use as isn't correct. Hardly a common typo - I only made the mistake as my keyboard skin shifted as I was typing (I washed it yesterday and it's still regaining its shape).

B/c I've been registering all that I want - right then and there - I never encountered it before - using godaddy's search I guess wouldn't be harmful if you register immediately, but if you plan to sit on it for more than 10 minutes I'd search elsewhere.

 

[slaughterbeck]

I now must admit to being dead wrong. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, nor do I consider myself paranoid, however, a few days ago I put together a list of pronounceable 4 letter .com domain names and used a reseller (I will not name at this time, prior to contacting them to discuss this) to check their availability.

Today I was prepared to register 30 of them and it does not appear to be a coincidence that 26 of them were registered within minutes of my inspection.

This was not Godaddy.com but I now understand why these threads have been so prevalent.

 

[lzy]

I'm surprised you didn't registser them.

Didn't have enough money in my account at that point unfortunately.

 

[RogueWriter]

"tapped" or not, GoDaddys search remembers and keys on searched terms. So, the terms you search WILL show up in subsequent searches by others.(Hmm...I wonder how many people that is?) Just try it yourself and you will see.

WOW, that would explain a LOT.

 

[Epic]

I now must admit to being dead wrong. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, nor do I consider myself paranoid, however, a few days ago I put together a list of pronounceable 4 letter .com domain names and used a reseller (I will not name at this time, prior to contacting them to discuss this) to check their availability.

Today I was prepared to register 30 of them and it does not appear to be a coincidence that 26 of them were registered within minutes of my inspection.

This was not Godaddy.com but I now understand why these threads have been so prevalent.

Well, I wouldn't be too surprised if that happened to me.

It's not like nobody registers LLLL.com's anymore. Yes, its easy to blame it on the registrar but it could be a coincidence.

 

[RogueWriter]

Checking the suggestion box for top keywords daily, and seeing the new searches appear, if what has been implied does occur, would be a sneaky way of generating income. I would have to test that a bit before believing it.