No Mo Dogg(dot)

September 25, 2009 9:24 AM

What in the heck happened to doggdot.us?

I used doggdot.us along with MeFi as a daily investigation of what is going on in the internet world of ours.

About a month ago it disappeared from the internet, my browser would time out in trying to connect to it, starting yesterday I am getting a 403 "Forbidden" redirect.

What's up with that?

posted by silsurf to Computers & Internet (2 answers total)

You could try emailing or calling the domain registerer.

Registrant Application Purpose: P3
Registrant Nexus Category: C11
Administrative Contact ID: GODA-225047701
Administrative Contact Name: Jeff Marshall
Administrative Contact Organization: Unknown
Administrative Contact Address1: 1894 20th Ave
Administrative Contact City: San Francisco
Administrative Contact State/Province: California
Administrative Contact Postal Code: 94122
Administrative Contact Country: United States
Administrative Contact Country Code: US
Administrative Contact Phone Number: +1.5103264534
Administrative Contact Email: [e-mail]
posted by blue_beetle at 10:18 AM on September 25, 2009

I've already tried to contact the domain registrar by email, but not by phone. I did not hear back from him. Sad.

One person on Twitter recommended creating your own using Yahoo Pipes, but I'm not clear how to even make something like that work. Seems like an interesting suggestion however.

I hope doggdot.us comes back, but I'm certainly not holding my breath either.
posted by asuh at 7:29 PM on October 1, 2009