Banned Domain Name: Auto-Insurance.TV - Stay Away!
I just cancelled a domain name 6 months before it was due to expire. I've never done this before, and it wasn't an easy thing to do considering that it was a .TV name which I heretofore had invested $70 in registration fees.
The domain name is Auto-Insurance.TV. A nice keyphrase domain name which I had developed into a simple website and blog. Last year, I noticed that both Yahoo! and Google refused to index the site and I didn't understand why since everything was done "white hat"--everything from the content to the promotional side of things.
I have concluded that the domain name-- Auto-Insurance.TV--was already tagged by Y! and Google as a banned name before I registered it, which means that a previous owner may have used it to send out spam or to perpetrate some other "black hat" nonsense.
What I really don't get is why Auto-Insurance.TV didn't show up in any of the spam databases I checked before I registered the name. I remember checking at least 3 databases and finding no hits for it. I guess this name simply managed to escape detection somehow.
Hindsight is 20/20 (Please Excuse The Cliché)
In retrospect, I admit that I really should have chosen to pass on Auto-Insurance.TV when I searched www.archive.org and found that someone had developed the name, and later dropped it. Why would someone develop a name and drop it? Yep, you can think of lots of reasons, right? And many are quite unsavory. This red flag, along with the fact that car insurance is a favorite theme for spammers, really should have been enough to get me to pass on this name (though, in my defense, I have had success with names that had been dropped by previous owners, like Joy.TV.)
Car Insurance is one of the most abused keyword/keyphrase terms on the Internet (I'm willing to bet that you get plenty of spam related to car insurance on a daily basis, yes?) so if you plan on starting a web project related to car insurance, be careful. Once competitors get wind of your site, some will look for any excuse to get you shut down, including reporting you to Internet authorities with lies about your site. I'm writing from experience here: a lowlife tried to shut down this domain name blog a while ago.
So, stay away from Auto-Insurance.TV folks. Of course, you could register the name and try to convince Y! and Google that you have nothing but honest intentions, and they may be willing to lift the ban on the name. But in my opinion, it isn't worth the trouble.
If you know of any new spammer databases that you'd like to share, please feel free to post a comment here. All comments are welcome and appreciated.
The domain name is Auto-Insurance.TV. A nice keyphrase domain name which I had developed into a simple website and blog. Last year, I noticed that both Yahoo! and Google refused to index the site and I didn't understand why since everything was done "white hat"--everything from the content to the promotional side of things.
I have concluded that the domain name-- Auto-Insurance.TV--was already tagged by Y! and Google as a banned name before I registered it, which means that a previous owner may have used it to send out spam or to perpetrate some other "black hat" nonsense.
What I really don't get is why Auto-Insurance.TV didn't show up in any of the spam databases I checked before I registered the name. I remember checking at least 3 databases and finding no hits for it. I guess this name simply managed to escape detection somehow.
Hindsight is 20/20 (Please Excuse The Cliché)
In retrospect, I admit that I really should have chosen to pass on Auto-Insurance.TV when I searched www.archive.org and found that someone had developed the name, and later dropped it. Why would someone develop a name and drop it? Yep, you can think of lots of reasons, right? And many are quite unsavory. This red flag, along with the fact that car insurance is a favorite theme for spammers, really should have been enough to get me to pass on this name (though, in my defense, I have had success with names that had been dropped by previous owners, like Joy.TV.)
Car Insurance is one of the most abused keyword/keyphrase terms on the Internet (I'm willing to bet that you get plenty of spam related to car insurance on a daily basis, yes?) so if you plan on starting a web project related to car insurance, be careful. Once competitors get wind of your site, some will look for any excuse to get you shut down, including reporting you to Internet authorities with lies about your site. I'm writing from experience here: a lowlife tried to shut down this domain name blog a while ago.
So, stay away from Auto-Insurance.TV folks. Of course, you could register the name and try to convince Y! and Google that you have nothing but honest intentions, and they may be willing to lift the ban on the name. But in my opinion, it isn't worth the trouble.
If you know of any new spammer databases that you'd like to share, please feel free to post a comment here. All comments are welcome and appreciated.
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posted by Steve Brown | Friday, May 05, 2006
2 Comments:
why didn't you do a reinclusion request with Google and Yahoo? That's SOP when using a second hand domain name with a suspected ban.
> why didn't you do a reinclusion
> request with Google and Yahoo?
Ever since G terminated my AS account without explanation for so-called "invalid clicks"--and kept $1,000 of my honest earnings--I don't trust G with anything.
Besides, Y! and MSN weren't indexing pages. It seemed like a lost cause.
I'm working with a new name now, and it's doing great, so good riddance to Auto-Insurance.tv!
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