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What is the best way to snag a soon-to-expire domain name? [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 5 answers

I recently registered a .co.uk domain name. I've since found out that my full name is visible on a WHOIS. What can I do to hide it? [more inside]
posted on Jan 8, 2008 - 16 answers

How can I get registration information for a domain name that is expired? [more inside]
posted on Nov 26, 2007 - 6 answers

How can you find the previous owner of a domain name that has expired, then been reregistered?
posted on Sep 16, 2006 - 3 answers

How can I get Google to re-index my site and how did it find it in the first place? [more inside]
posted on Aug 21, 2006 - 14 answers

Looking for a free historical WHOIS domain lookup? [more inside]
posted on Apr 1, 2006 - 3 answers

I have a website that is hosted by DreamHost but the domain registration is at GoDaddy. I want to transfer the registration somewhere else because of GoDaddy's politics. One thing I'm looking for is private registration so that my info is not available to spammers on Whois -- GoDaddy and a few other companies do that. Anyone have any suggestions for good registration companies? Namecheap? 1&1? RegisterFly? Thanks.
posted on Dec 17, 2005 - 20 answers

How do I discover all of the domain names registered to a given party? Not "who owns this domain?" but "what domains does this party own?" [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2005 - 3 answers

Is there any good reason why I can't put a fake address and phone number in my domain registration info? [more inside]
posted on Apr 6, 2005 - 20 answers

CelebrityDomainFilter: what are the "rules" for websites under the [famousperson].com domains? the famous "more inside"
posted on Feb 7, 2005 - 6 answers

My company has been offered a large sum of money for a domain name we own (but don't use). As the sole contact listed in the WHOIS, the offer was sent directly to my email address, so I'm the only person here who is aware of this offer. My company is notoriously unscrupulous, so I have no ethical hangups about just taking the money for myself. But, naturally, I don't want to break the law. Are you aware of any loopholes that might work to my advantage?
posted on Feb 2, 2005 - 54 answers

Is there a way to get a plain text file with all currently registered domain names? Also, is there a way to use whois (from the command line or via a web site) to do partial searches (e.g. whois meta*.com) for large searches (whois seems to cut off after 20 search results)? (domainsurfer.com can do this but their db hasn't been updated for 2 years)
posted on Oct 24, 2004 - 7 answers

I would like to register a .nl domain, however I am not based in The Netherlands. Can this be done?
Bonus points if my name / address information can be kept out of whois.
posted on Aug 26, 2004 - 9 answers