1) You don't need to hit enter, it looks up the domain as you type. Pressing enter to be redirected to GoDaddy is a convenience. There's a bunch of other useful shortcuts too, like Ctrl + S.
2) I have no idea why you think looking up a domain on GoDaddy will cause the price to go up, or someone to buy it out from under you, or whatever else you've dreamt up. Must be leftover paranoia from the Moniker fiasco a couple years ago?
Apologies for my earlier tone. It seems there is some genuine confusion here.
Thanks for posting the link, it confirms my suspicion re: leftover paranoia from the Moniker fiasco. A couple of years ago Moniker was buying domains their customers searched and then trying to ransom them. It was a huge issue at the time, but Moniker was the only big registrar engaging in the practice and has since stopped.
Moniker is owned by Network Solutions. Although the OP on this thread claims he only searched on GoDaddy, its hard to believe GoDaddy would be pinging their chief competitor with domaining tips. The much simpler answer is he used Moniker at some point in the process, or that Heart Internet is a Moniker affiliate.
FWIW, the reason so many people fell for this is that Moniker had a really nice bulk WHOIS tool at this time. But no one buys domains from NetSol because they rip you off, so they would use the tool to find domains and then go reg them @ GoDaddy. That's when they would discover that Moniker had bought the domain and was trying to extort them. Apparently some people did not understand the distinction between GoDaddy and Moniker, and shot the messenger instead.
I'm not here to defend GoDaddy, although in this case they've done nothing wrong, so much as to refute an unfounded accusation made against a site I like (AjaxWhois). Nothing personal.
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AjaxWhois just posted my sample domain search to godaddy. Sounds like a great way to get the pricejacked up.
If by "posted to GoDaddy" you mean showed you a registration link?
No idea what you're talking about. I've been using AjaxWhois for years, there's nothing shady going on.
No idea why this is confusing to you: 1) http://ajaxwhois.com/ 2) Type something in the big box, say "wtf" 3) Hit enter
Expected: Big box returns search results on ajaxwhois
Actual: Redirect to godaddy.com w/ query results for my search. Hey, wtfsite.com is available for only $11!
I'm not sure why this had to turn rude.
1) You don't need to hit enter, it looks up the domain as you type. Pressing enter to be redirected to GoDaddy is a convenience. There's a bunch of other useful shortcuts too, like Ctrl + S.
2) I have no idea why you think looking up a domain on GoDaddy will cause the price to go up, or someone to buy it out from under you, or whatever else you've dreamt up. Must be leftover paranoia from the Moniker fiasco a couple years ago?
Either way, I'm done with this conversation.
Glad you're taking the high road and not doing any further sniping at me (lol).
In case you are genuinely unsure why someone might not trust godaddy: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=915150&hi...
Apologies for my earlier tone. It seems there is some genuine confusion here.
Thanks for posting the link, it confirms my suspicion re: leftover paranoia from the Moniker fiasco. A couple of years ago Moniker was buying domains their customers searched and then trying to ransom them. It was a huge issue at the time, but Moniker was the only big registrar engaging in the practice and has since stopped.
Moniker is owned by Network Solutions. Although the OP on this thread claims he only searched on GoDaddy, its hard to believe GoDaddy would be pinging their chief competitor with domaining tips. The much simpler answer is he used Moniker at some point in the process, or that Heart Internet is a Moniker affiliate.
FWIW, the reason so many people fell for this is that Moniker had a really nice bulk WHOIS tool at this time. But no one buys domains from NetSol because they rip you off, so they would use the tool to find domains and then go reg them @ GoDaddy. That's when they would discover that Moniker had bought the domain and was trying to extort them. Apparently some people did not understand the distinction between GoDaddy and Moniker, and shot the messenger instead.
I'm not here to defend GoDaddy, although in this case they've done nothing wrong, so much as to refute an unfounded accusation made against a site I like (AjaxWhois). Nothing personal.
No offense taken, and sorry if any was given. I did not know about Moniker. Thanks for the info -- very interesting and helpful.