{"id":1145,"date":"2007-10-02T15:34:46","date_gmt":"2007-10-02T19:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=1145"},"modified":"2007-10-02T15:34:46","modified_gmt":"2007-10-02T19:34:46","slug":"in-which-i-pose-on-a-stack-of-amps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thewormbook.com\/hlog\/?p=1145","title":{"rendered":"In which I pose on a stack of amps"},"content":{"rendered":"

But you’ll have to click This link<\/a> to see it. A curious piece of domain name squatting. I have linked to a copy of the original page, so as not to reward the bastards with clicks.<\/p>\n\n

How did my name end up on a fake ruth gledhill dot com site? My best guess is that they have a script which goes through the logfiles, looking for the searches which led people to the site. The most popular terms are then written into the page, as links to yet more advertising pages. This is to some extent a process with positive feedback, since every time they get a success from misleading googlers in this way, the next success becomes a little more likely.<\/p>\n\n

Nameview, the company squatting this page, are ingenious scum. I found an ICANN <\/span>judgement against them which appeared to involve a company suing itself. The explanation, when I got to it, was simple enough:<\/p>\n\n

Following Complainant’s filing of its Complaint, Nameview, the Registrar of the disputed domain name, caused to be changed or acted in concert with the party that caused to be changed the WHOIS <\/span>records for the disputed domain name to reflect the Complainant as the Registrant. Although the Complainant and Respondent are both nominally the same entity, Quantum Loyalty Systems, Inc. is the Respondent only by name and does not have access to or control of the disputed domain name.
\nB. Respondent
\nComplainant initially filed its Complainant against Domain Administrator c\/o Nameview, Inc. Based upon the WHOIS <\/span>records, Complainant was required to amend its Complaint to show itself as Respondent in the case, so that both Complainant and Respondent are the same party. Respondent concurs with all allegations contained in its Complaint.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

Anyway, the moral is clear enough: don’t let your domain names lapse if you care about them at all. Ruth let this one expire in 2005, and now she can’t get it back.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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