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Netsol got busted doing this in 2008[1]; they stopped after receiving a great deal of backlash. It stands to reason GoDaddy would also stop once discovered, but
by culturestate 14y ago
Netsol got busted doing this in 2008[1]; they stopped after receiving a great deal of backlash. It stands to reason GoDaddy would also stop once discovered, but then they've never been a company to back down from controversy.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Solutions#Controversy_over_domain_name_front_running http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_Solutions#Controversy_o...
- zcvosdfdgj 14y agoHe is not claiming that godaddy is doing what netsol did. He's saying, I checked on a domain, and 3 days later someone else registered it through Godaddy. He doesn't have a claim to every name he searches for. If he liked it, he should have bought it.
- unreal37 14y agoThat wikipedia link states that they stopped registering domains that were searched using WhoIs but continued doing it when searching from their home page. So they didn't stop.