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cowcommander

(734 posts) Fri Dec 23, 2011, 05:10 PM Dec 2011

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Wikipedia leaving GoDaddy.com in protest of SOPA

https://twitter.com/#!/jimmy_wales/status/150287579642740736

Go Jimmy!

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Wikipedia leaving GoDaddy.com in protest of SOPA (Original Post) cowcommander Dec 2011 OP

IS there a list of good registrars? OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #1

pair.com have used for years, great service. don't know their politics if they have any nt msongs Dec 2011 #2

Thanks! OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #4

I use dynadot.com for registrar Remember Me Dec 2011 #5

"stealing good domain names" OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #7

Well, alright, I will tell it. Remember Me Dec 2011 #8

That's just plain dirty OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #9

Well done! EFerrari Dec 2011 #3

Wouldn't the answer to this be moving from .com altogether? MichaelMcGuire Dec 2011 #6

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

1. IS there a list of good registrars?

Reply to cowcommander (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 05:13 PM

Dec 2011

GoDaddy is all I've ever used but I don't want to any more either.

I don't need them for hosting, just the domain name registration.

msongs

(67,403 posts)

2. pair.com have used for years, great service. don't know their politics if they have any nt

Reply to OriginalGeek (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 05:25 PM

Dec 2011

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

4. Thanks!

Reply to msongs (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 06:23 PM

Dec 2011

will check them out.

Remember Me

(1,532 posts)

5. I use dynadot.com for registrar

Reply to OriginalGeek (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 08:45 PM

Dec 2011

but NameCheap.com is probably a favorite for $-saving.

I hate GoDaddy for their sexism, as well as for stealing good domain names you search for but don't act on immediately. (Ask me how I know.)

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

7. "stealing good domain names"

Reply to Remember Me (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 12:15 AM

Dec 2011

If you have a story you want to tell, please do BUT you don't have to if you don't want to because I believe you already.

That doesn't surprise me one bit.

Remember Me

(1,532 posts)

8. Well, alright, I will tell it.

Reply to OriginalGeek (Reply #7)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 06:44 PM

Dec 2011

I used to use GoDaddy to find out if various domain names I'd thought of were available. If I didn't buy them right away, when I came back to buy them, the better ones were gone. And it happened enough that it raised my suspicions. Finally I tried one that was a very clever and unique play on words, and in a niche that while popular wouldn't have been THAT popular that someone else in the universe just happened to think of it before i got back to buy it.

When I told a more experienced friend about my experiences he said, "Sure. Happens all the time. I thought it was common knowledge about GoDaddy."

Sooooo, for just checking if a domain is available, I use this handle little online utility: http://www.instantdomain.name/

For a long time my very creative domain name that got away from me wasn't in use. It now has a site up, but just barely. One page, with "class schedule coming soon."

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)

9. That's just plain dirty

Reply to Remember Me (Reply #8)

Sat Dec 24, 2011, 11:41 PM

Dec 2011

Eff them scumbags.

EFerrari

(163,986 posts)

3. Well done!

Reply to cowcommander (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 05:26 PM

Dec 2011

MichaelMcGuire

(1,684 posts)

6. Wouldn't the answer to this be moving from .com altogether?

Reply to cowcommander (Original post)

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 08:56 PM

Dec 2011

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