Comments on: Domain Front Running: Why Network Solutions Gets A Free Pass http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2008/02/21/domain-frontrunning/ Search Engine Optimization Journal is an SEO Blog that contains usefule articles, tips, resources and news about SEO. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:02:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 2003 harley davidson sportster http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2008/02/21/domain-frontrunning/comment-page-1/#comment-257915 2003 harley davidson sportster Fri, 18 Feb 2011 07:11:11 +0000 http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2008/02/21/domain-front-running-why-network-solutions-gets-a-free-pass/#comment-257915 I was just searching for this info for some time. After 6 hours of continuous Googleing, finally I got it in your site. I wonder what's the lack of Google strategy that do not rank this type of informative sites in top of the list. I was just searching for this info for some time. After 6 hours of continuous Googleing, finally I got it in your site. I wonder what’s the lack of Google strategy that do not rank this type of informative sites in top of the list.

]]> By: namecritic http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2008/02/21/domain-frontrunning/comment-page-1/#comment-18064 namecritic Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:30:13 +0000 http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2008/02/21/domain-front-running-why-network-solutions-gets-a-free-pass/#comment-18064 Hi Shashi. I'm Chris McElroy. I'm sure you know my feelings on the whole frontrunning issue. I took offence at your company saying they were holding the domain names when people searched for them to "protect the user". If that were true, you would have offered to hold the name in my name so only I could register it. Your company held the name in the company's name where anyone could register it so long as they did so at network solutions. Network solutions did that and still does that to benefit themselves not to benefit registrants. To claim otherwise is a lie. I noticed that after the lawsuit was announced that a popup now appears after serching a name and not registering it where you ask the user if they want you to hold it. It's still misleading since you are not holding it just for the user reading that popup. You are still holding it so anyone wanting to register it has to do so at netsol. I agree there are people who monitor domain searches so they can take advantage of the grace period to register those names. However, netsol has done nothing to stop them. Netsol has just tried to make sure that those who are doing the frontrunning have to pay netsol instead of another cheaper registrar. In other words, guaranteeing that you profit from frontrunning. If you truly wanted to protect the consumer, then you would offer to hold the domain name for 5 days under the consumer's name so only they could register it. It's easy to fool people who do not understand the process isn't it? Hi Shashi. I’m Chris McElroy. I’m sure you know my feelings on the whole frontrunning issue. I took offence at your company saying they were holding the domain names when people searched for them to “protect the user”.

If that were true, you would have offered to hold the name in my name so only I could register it. Your company held the name in the company’s name where anyone could register it so long as they did so at network solutions.

Network solutions did that and still does that to benefit themselves not to benefit registrants. To claim otherwise is a lie.

I noticed that after the lawsuit was announced that a popup now appears after serching a name and not registering it where you ask the user if they want you to hold it. It’s still misleading since you are not holding it just for the user reading that popup. You are still holding it so anyone wanting to register it has to do so at netsol.

I agree there are people who monitor domain searches so they can take advantage of the grace period to register those names. However, netsol has done nothing to stop them. Netsol has just tried to make sure that those who are doing the frontrunning have to pay netsol instead of another cheaper registrar. In other words, guaranteeing that you profit from frontrunning.

If you truly wanted to protect the consumer, then you would offer to hold the domain name for 5 days under the consumer’s name so only they could register it.

It’s easy to fool people who do not understand the process isn’t it?

]]> By: Shashi Bellamkonda http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2008/02/21/domain-frontrunning/comment-page-1/#comment-18016 Shashi Bellamkonda Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:51:41 +0000 http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com/2008/02/21/domain-front-running-why-network-solutions-gets-a-free-pass/#comment-18016 Nick: It's been a while since you covered this. We have an update from my company on this matter, Network Solutions. In Paris next week, ICANN can vote for an important resolution to end front running for once and for all. Network Solutions is advocating that ICANN acts now, and we have published an official statement on our web site to that end. Please excuse this URL, but given the seriousness of this issue, it was appropriate to provide a link: http://tinyurl.com/63yaox Nick: It’s been a while since you covered this. We have an update from my company on this matter, Network Solutions. In Paris next week, ICANN can vote for an important resolution to end front running for once and for all. Network Solutions is advocating that ICANN acts now, and we have published an official statement on our web site to that end. Please excuse this URL, but given the seriousness of this issue, it was appropriate to provide a link: http://tinyurl.com/63yaox

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