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Wonder what was invalid. E-mail bouncing, maybe?

    Last Updated on: 12-Feb-11

    Administrative Contact:
        Gibson, Steven  rgibson@righthaven.com
        Righthaven LLC
        9960 West Cheyenne Avenue
        Suite 210
        Las Vegas, Nevada 89129
        United States
        +1.7025275900      Fax -- +1.7025275909
Slow down, there is no bad precedent here since black/gray SEOs know the risk when they falsify WHOIS data. Domain seizure for falsifying WHOIS has gone on for a long time. Every registrar reminds you of it constantly and it is your responsibility to keep it updated. There is not much active checking either (if any) and in my experience domains are only taken if they are actually reported through WDPRS and even then it is a long shot.

I dont think GoDaddy would suspend a domain without repeatedly trying to contact the registrant either and if they do, time to move. Make sure the e-mail details at your registrar and on your domains actually work, respond to them, and you should be fine.

This makes a case for not having your domain registration e-mail be handled by that domain too

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