"Jim" <spamaddyTAKEOUT@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
news:z77Ee.15010$do5.7240@bignews5.bellsouth.net.. .
> For those of you who may have missed it, see my post from yesterday under
> Domain Name Spying/squatting/hijacking or whatever this might be called.
>
> I'm gonna try something.
>
> Jimsoptical.com
> franksoptical.com
> bobsoptical.com
>
> fredsoptical.com
> tedsoptical.com
> johnsoptical.com
>
> Are all available at the moment
>
> I plan to use www.netsol.com to perform a search for the first three.
> I'll do that at least three times.
>
> I'll then use a unsecured Godaddy.com search to perform a search for the
> second three.
>
> If my guess is correct, nameview.com is spying on these searches and will
> snap up a couple of them. If I am wrong, I will presume that I was a
> victim of pure coincidence.
>
> I'll post my findings if anything develops.
>
> --
> Jim
>
I remember back when .coms were starting to be established. Some
enterprising individuals went out and bought common named ones, then sold
them back to the corporations for big bucks. Then they refined the rules,
and that practice is no longer practical for trade names.
I believe I remember that correctly. But, with advancing Alzheimer's, Male
Pre Menstrual Syndrome, and morning after fuzziness, I'm not always sure any
more.
It is amazing how hard it is to get domain names any more unless you do your
own name or something really specific.
It will be interesting to watch your experiment. If you do find spying,
where will you take it?
Steve