Comments on: Open Thread: is Network Solutions Evil? http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/ Fri, 25 May 2012 12:03:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Network Solutions (NetSol) ransom at Ambrand Dot Com http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67820 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:12:54 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/14/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67820 [...] and check if a random domain is available (I tried f5ke00gpl.com and it was). Sit back for 5 minutes. Then do a WHOIS using your favourite third party service and you will see that NetSol have [...]

]]> By: Dan http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67819 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 19:28:28 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/14/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67819 Nice to see they, and ICANN, are going to PAY DEARLY for what they’ve been doing.

Hooray for the lawsuit!

]]> By: Web Worker Daily » Archive Network Solutions and ICANN Sued for Domain Tasting « http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67818 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:04:56 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/14/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67818 [...] 26th, 2008 (7:03am) Judi Sohn No Comments Last month we asked you if Network Solutions was being evil. Network Solutions “registers” domains that people [...]

]]> By: The Evil Still Lurks « Unraveling Obfuscation http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67817 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:57:58 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/14/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67817 [...] thought that something was going to get solved in the whole controversy over Network Solutions frontrunning domain names when someone queries on them. Sadly, no. As I remember the dustup from a month or so [...]

]]> By: netsol sucks http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67816 Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:52:27 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/14/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67816 netsol is made up of a bunch of scumbags .. end of thread.

]]> By: Allison http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67815 Thu, 17 Jan 2008 23:35:02 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/14/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67815 Shashib, I agree with Bob Walsh. I was price shopping today and paid for my domain at godaddy when, much to my surprise, network solutions had hijacked it. I will NOW proceed to badmouth network solutions to everyone I possibly can until I hear they’ve stopped this practice ENTIRELY. It’s ridiculous, doesn’t make me want to get my domain from network solutions, and now I apparently can’t get it any other way.

]]> By: Bob Walsh http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67814 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 23:38:35 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/14/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67814 Sorry Shashib, that doesn’t cut it in my book, specifically “Only Domains searched on the networksolutions.com homepage and domain product page will be reserved.”

Network Solutions does not make domains – ICAAN does. If I go to say Amazon and look at a book in Amazon’s system, does that give Amazon an exclusive right to sell me that book? Of course not.

The furthest down this road I can see without it going crooked is if NetSol offers a prospective customer the option (free or paid – up to you) of reserving a domain, and the customer can say yes, or no.

]]> By: Mary Baum http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67813 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:30:24 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/14/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67813 I just go to godaddy.com and search for availabilities. At nine or ten bucks a year, I’m going to wind up registering whatever I find, probably, so why do it in a whois search?

My other favorite tool is the pauper’s trademark search, aka Google — if a creatively spelled word comes back with no hits on Google, it’s probably good to go for a variety of uses.

]]> By: chunkie http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67812 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:18:39 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/14/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67812 Wow, this is a truly HORRIBLE practice by NetSol.

So what other methods/websites are people using that are private, reputable ways to do a whois search for open domain names?

Just by a brief browse here, people are saying they use “other ways” to check domain availability…but no specifics. What “other ways”…via the command-line/terminal? desktop gui apps to do the same? Or are there reputable websites to do this?

]]> By: Shashib http://gigaom.com/collaboration/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67811 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:46:30 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2008/01/14/open-thread-is-network-solutions-evil/#comment-67811 Hi Bob,

I took this issue and discussed it. Any search on the Whois page now should not be reserved. Sorry that “bigyellowtimer.com” got reserved. I believe we were running a a/b test which we have stopped. Here are the updates we made

* Domains searched in the WHOIS page will not be reserved.
* Only Domains searched on the networksolutions.com homepage and domain product page will be reserved.
* We added additional customer notification to the NetworkSolutions.com homepage.
* Information on reserved domains is not publicly available in the zone file (Jay Westerdal confirmed it and blogged about in his post today http://blog.domaintools.com/2008/01/network-solutions-is-getting-better/ )

Thank you everyone for giving us feedback and suggestions.

Shashi

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