The Church of Scientology knows a thing or two about gripe sites. Not only is the controversial organization subject to countless sites lobbing allegations about it, but it also runs its own gripe sites. For example, it runs a site at WhoIsJeffHawkins.com to discredit critic Jeff Hawkins.
So it doesn’t come as a big surprise that the organization makes a lot of defensive domain name registrations. I started noticing these domains when the group began consolidating domain names at brand protection registrar Mark Monitor this month.
Read MoreWhile Miscavige is the most protected name in the domain portfolio, many of the other domains cover both insiders and critics. Insiders with protected names include Karin Pouw, Gregory Wilhere, David Bloomberg and dozens of others. Almost all of these domains are in the format whoisNAME.tld or who-isNAME.tld, e.g. whoisdavemiscavige.com. Oh, and there’s tomcruise-scientologist.com...
