Neither is as bad as the situation in the UK where one 'enterprising' firm
set up selling '.uk.co' names i.e. sub-domains of Colombia! And yes, the sad
thing is people fall for it, even though their sites will be ineligible for
many search engines / directories because they have a Colombian domain.
Don't you just love free enterprise ;)
Lee Hodgson
http://DomainGuideBook.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk Fletcher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Abhishek Rungta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 9:17 AM
Subject: Re: news :) - might interest you
>
>
> Abhishek Rungta wrote:
> > [snip]...
> > It seems anybody and everybody who have a two character-three character
> > domain name will like to take a plunge into it :) Getting interesting.
What
> > do you all guys think ?
> >
> > Do you think they are running any root server or something like that ?
or
> > simple redirection :)
>
> I think its just a normal DNS sub-domain type setup....
>
> The worst case of the sub-domain sellers I've seen is the au.com
> one. In australia, the "proper" address is com.au - but this
> au.com lot started pushing their sub-domains as the "new" Aust
> domain name. They too are more expensive than a .com - but
> pretty close to the com.au prices (which is expensive because
> its still a monopoly). To get a com.au, you need to be a
> registered business - so au.com was able to cash in by being
> less restrictive.
>
> They've also had many "specials" where they give them away for
> free (for 12 months). Of course - once you've built a site up
> around a particular name - its difficult to change.
>
> I get quite annoyed thet people actually fall for it... but
> then I'm probably just jealous :)
>
> Kirk.
>
