Comments on: Collective effort restores David Airey.com

By: Kathy Bennett

Kathy Bennett — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:43:05 +0000

If your target customer base is in the UK then you should always promote the *.uk based domain name as the primary domain name for your search engine rankings.
Domain names with a country specific extension such as .co.uk are classed as second level domains and those with .com, .net etc. are classed as top level domains. (.com is was originally country specific for the USA but that’s another story and for the purposes of this explanation just clouds the issue).
When you use a search engine such as Google, there is some initial filtering based on the domain extension which is country specific. Therefore if you are promoting a .com domain name in the UK you just have to work a bit harder in your optimization.
If your target market is global then the reverse is true i.e. you should promote your .com domain name.

By: DJ Krimson

DJ Krimson — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 09:26:38 +0000

Happy that you got your domain back dude…

good luck to you
djk

By: Franca Richard

Franca Richard — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:01:09 +0000

Congratulations good result!

By: John C

John C — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 04:21:33 +0000

Godaddy gave your domain back ONLY because of publicity you were gettting..

Here is a link … Godaddy is actually AGGRESSIVELY stealing domain names from its own customers …

An exclusive detailed Insider’s /whistleblowers Tip here !!!!

You be the judge !!!

http://baddaddy.angelfire.com/index.html

http://www.nodaddy.com

or dup
http://www.angelfire.com/baddaddy/

Buyer be aware!!!

Please inform others asap !~!!!!

By: BMT

BMT — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:32:13 +0000

I wanted to let you and everyone reading your blog that what you experienced with GoDaddy is not out of the norm. I do not know anyone that works there, nor do I know the CEO, but the level of service I have received since becoming a customer of theirs has been exceptional. They are quick to respond to problems and always friendly and patient. The fact that they were on the other end of this situation probably save you a lot of time and headache. From past personal experience, some of the other registrars would not have been so willing to help. Network Solutionsevil

By: Matthew Dudek

Matthew Dudek — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:32:50 +0000

Actually I have a handful of sites:
www.medimicro.com
www.ScanNerdz.com
www.HisBridge.com - A little out-of-date, Sorry. College is kicking my backside.

I just read your saga thanks to an iGoogle plugin from Wired.com. Thanks so much for sharing this. I’m happy things did finally work out- what a nightmare!

Good luck to you!

Matthew

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:24:24 +0000

Thank you for this true story. It remainds once again that we should always think about security.

Tim.

By: Klanjabrik

Klanjabrik — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:41:25 +0000

nice publicity for GoDaddy,

anyway, glad to hear that you get your .com back…

Greettzz…

By: Genesis

Genesis — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 03:35:45 +0000

I just lost all my domain names to someone who hacked directly into my GoDaddy account. Still have no idea how to proceed. :(

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:24:05 +0000

Great story and recovery. May I suggest you have your logo at the top of your blogs link to your homepage? This will allow people like me to easily see your homepage, without manually editing the URL. (I am aware there is a home button, but a logo link is standard.)