XYZ continues its “domain freebiethon” with other domain registrars
Not content with giving away 232,000 free .XYZ domains via Network Solutions, the “generation XYZ” domain Registry is now reaching out to other, lesser Registrars with similar offers. In its latest newsletter, EuroDNS offers “1000 free domain names” waiving the fee for the XYZ domain of your choice, for the first year: “Beating the drum […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Network Solutions applies for domain “robo-registration” patent after .XYZ success
Network Solutions, the registrar of more than 180,000 automatic registrations of .XYZ domain names, has applied for a patent of the process at the USPTO. Application number 54922212173-XYZ covers the process as follows: “A method of domain allocation, utilizing a software script, that registers and places a domain name into the account of an existing […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Tim Schumacher on .XYZ: How to know you really fucked up!
After reading Ron Jackson’s editorial on the XYZ “scandal”, Tim Schumacher, co-founder and former long-term CEO of Sedo.com stated: “A behavior like this is truly something I don’t miss, being out of the domain industry now for over two years… And on a side note: if even Ron Jackson, one of the kindest and nicest […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Flippa seller using artificial dot XYZ numbers to promote domains!
Pumped by an unprecedented promotion by Network Solutions, the registration numbers of dot .XYZ appear to have crossed the 100,000 threshold. As debunked by many reputable domain analysts, such as Mike Berkens, Kevin Murphy and Ron Jackson, these numbers should not be counted as valid domain registrations. Unfortunately, the damage to the general interest in […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Moniker migraines: Your SnapNames domains now belong to Web.com
As if recent downtime problems at Moniker were not enough, here comes the proverbial cherry on the pie. Apparently, domains caught by SnapNames and managed at Moniker under different registrars, actually now belong to Network Solutions, where they will be moved to. Incredible as it may sound, all such caught domains now show “abuse@web.com” as […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Black founders of the Internet: The story of Network Solutions
A new article talks about the story of Network Solutions, founded by two African-Americans in 1979 and its subsequent winning bid of the Internet’s sole Registry. Albert White and Emitt McHenry, co-founders of Network Solutions, then sold the company for $4.8 million in 1997 to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) – an amount not much […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Firefox 10.0 is here and it breaks Network Solutions’ email
Mozilla Firefox 10.0 was released yesterday and it seems that the new two digit version number is causing some trouble with server software that detects visiting browsers. Among other things, it seems that a bug reported to Bugzilla – the list for bugs related to the Mozilla code releases – generates some issues with Network […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Network Solutions: Our GoGranny Girl is better!
Network Solutions is on the attack! The oldest registrar in the world is attacking the biggest registrar in the world – GoDaddy – with a mighty weapon: Humor. While GoDaddy is busting everyone’s chops about the GoDaddy .CO Girl whose legs, butt and bust are about to be revealed in a Super Bowl commercial, Network […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Rick Latona finds ‘ever-so-allusive’ [sic] NetSol rep in 7 minutes
Ah, the power of twitter these days. When Rick Latona made a post in order to locate an ‘ever-so-allusive‘ Network Solutions representative via his blog, he also made a tweet about it. Exactly seven minutes later, a Network Solutions representative – NetsolCares – responded to Rick Latona’s plea: netsolcares @rick_latona Nothing elusive.. We’re right here! […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.New Domain Renewal Service is the most aggressive yet
Let’s face it: as domainers, sometimes we forget to renew our domains on time. Other times, we do not want to renew our domains at all and we let them expire, letting them fade away into dropcatching hell. Soon, these will be options of the past. Domain Renewal Enforcer (DRE) – a product of Innovative […]
Copyright © 2024 DomainGang.com · All Rights Reserved.Mike Jabolwski – Retro Domainer attends TRAFFIC after a remarkable comeback from his illness!
For better or worse, Mike Jabolwski feels blessed that he uses Network Solutions as his domain registrar. The 35 year old father of two from Pensacola, Florida still stutters at times; still recovering from a stroke that sent him into a coma 10 years ago. “When I ppppassed out that dddday in September 1999 little […]
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