Assignment 3: Network Solutions Stands by Name Policy

PC WORLD - Business Center
Jan 10th 2008
Robert McMillan, IDG News Service

A company called Network Solutions is automatically registering domain names that people search for their website. People use the this site to see if a ‘url’ is free, and come back only to find the Network Solutions has purchased it. This has caused a big controversy in the domain name community.

Network Solutions says they plan to change their websites layout, to make users aware of their policy and hope to (in the future) offer the means to so that searchers can look for domains with Network Solutions being able to see it. Network Solutions says they do this to prevent domain tasting, (which is someone who grabs up a bunch of domains and based on the traffic keeps the more profitable ones.)

Network solutions says that they hold onto searched domains for four days, giving the customer a chance to obtain domains before the ‘front-runners' get them.

The article ends with the Network Solutions recommending ICANN set a .25 cent fee for domains, to protect small business and small users.

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