Network Solutions Registering All Domains Searched
The domain name registrar network solutions has been pulling some pretty sketchy moves lately. There were some reports that they were registering all domain names that were searched for and registering the name themselves. This, of course, will only allow people to buy the domain from them exclusively. This is a pretty big no-no in the domain name industry.
To prove that they actually were registering every domain searched I decided to do a little test. I searched for the domain davidjeffries-registeredbynetworksolutions.com. A little while later network solutions had plastered the domain location with their logo and a nice little button to buy the domain for "as low as $19.99."
This might seem ok, except now when going to another registrar, in this case GoDaddy, I got the nice "domain already taken" message. How can network solutions get away with this? Why aren't other registrars freaking out? Something needs to be done - network solutions shouldn't get away with this for much longer.
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