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

 

[TheBulldog]

I think it is highly unlikely. Just weird coincidence I would say.

By the way, love the drapes in your living room, they match your eyes.

 

[Name Trader]

I think GoDaddy's seach is compromised, but I forget the name of the organization which is collecting the searches. Maybe Chesterton Holdings.

 

[domaindigger]

Is search tapped on godaddy?

YES, YES, YES, and a resounding YES.

It has happened to me and other people I know SEVERAL times, especially with domain tasters (e.g. Wang Lee Domains). Search for a few domains on Godaddy.com, come back the next day to register them, and BOOM they're gone. Most of the times the Domain Taster will drop it within 4 days, but I still can't believe the largest domain name registrar is corrupt.

Write a letter to GoDaddy.com and they will fervently deny it. That's why I stopped using GoDaddy.com a long time ago.

 

[scoops22]

I have known about the domain tasters thats why if Im searching for names and I see its available I immediatly write it down and dont check it again untill I am ready to purchase it.(but I thought tasters only pick up drops or cancellations)How would an individual who is a member of this forum get it tho?Unless maybe he is an employee of GD??Im not going to point out what name it is ,but like I said before it would be a shocker if it is just coincidense.It is a dot com and hasnt been registered all this time but sudenly I have an idea to register it and in the same week someone else all of the sudded has the same idea? And by his post he only has it to resell so it is just hard for me to believe.I wasnt buying to resell,I was going to establish a site with it(not that this really makes a difference)but just seems to make it all the more suspicious to me.I dont harbor any hard feelings to the new owner.I would just like to know for sure what is going on so that this doesnt happen to me or anyone else reading this post again.Thanks again..

 

[slaughterbeck]

I have an available list of over 7,500 domain names and just about every time I check it a few hundred will have been registered. There are a great deal of people in this game these days and it's presumptuous to think that if you have found a good name that it will still be available in a few days.

At posting, Namepros.com has 54,170 Registered Members, and, it's growing at a faster rate than ever before. Simply put, domain name speculation is competitive than ever before.


Best wishes,
Kimmy

 

[Dave_Z]

Been talked about a lot here. Go Daddy consistently denies it as domaindigger
said, but that hasn't stopped him and others from believing otherwise.

Go Daddy's made noises about it in 2 ICANN meetings. It remains to be seen.

 

[dhscott]

Never EVER use a registrar to search for available domain names, use a reputable Whois Site. There's plenty out there and they're usually faster too!

 

[VirtualT]

namecheap is fine for whois searching

 

[TestCase]

Though I KNOW some (many???) domain lookups are "compromised", coincidences DO happen. There have been several times where I've gone to check the availabilty of a domain only to find it regged. Then when I'd do a whois look up I'd find they were registered just a few days before.

This includes 2 recent checks on a couple of typos. Both regged within the previous week, one was regged by IREIT, the other by another well known domain portfolio group (sorry, the name escapes me at the moment).

Guess it just goes to show, "Great minds think alike."

 

[AzN]

Never EVER use a registrar to search for available domain names, use a reputable Whois Site. There's plenty out there and they're usually faster too!

Correct! Never use a registrar as they might register your domains... BUT even whois sites like Whois.sc register your names :td:

 

[lzy]

I found some awesome cctld keyword domains on domaindiscount24.com and the next day, they were all registered.

So definitely avoid domaindiscount24.com.

 

[verbster]

I found some awesome cctld keyword domains on domaindiscount24.com and the next day, they were all registered.

I'm surprised you didn't registser them.

 

[robertjr]

"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.

 

[floatingworld]

I would recommend moniker as a clean search facility

 

[GreenGambler]

Correct! Never use a registrar as they might register your domains... BUT even whois sites like Whois.sc register your names :td:

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.

 

[seeker]

GD has a habit of doing that, especially by saving your searches and displaying them to others.
AFAIK, they are the only registrar that does this, but there might be others.
It isnt just coincidence. It actually happens at GD very frequently, so I stopped looking through their interface. Hadnt had a problem since.

 

[scoops22]

I guess we all need to just keep our thoughts to ourselves untill we are ready to register.I really appreciate all the input and I am sure that all interested parties do to.Thanks everyone.Keep it rolling ,Lets learn more on this subject.

 

[Source]

Bob's only goal is to make money and he will do anything required to achieve his goal. Never check domains on GD, because if you do and wait to register them more than 5 minutes, it will surely be gone.

 

[user-7256]

GoDaddy logs domain searches like any other lame registrar would do. If people knew they did that, they'd just claim it was for statistics and the improvement of their services.... lame lame lame lame lame! I too have had domains oddly snatched up when searching on GoDaddy.