Comments on: Distribution Of IE Domains - 16.974% Unique http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/ Search Engines, Domains, Statistics and Analysis Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:32:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Richard Hearne http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49424 Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:57:21 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49424 <blockquote>eubrowser.com still has irishindependent.ie even though it does not have any registered business name cert for the domain</blockquote> Has a legitimate owner ever complained about this? I presume that there would be some very red faces over at IEDR if Independent Newspaper decided to register that domain name?

eubrowser.com still has irishindependent.ie even though it does not have any registered business name cert for the domain

Has a legitimate owner ever complained about this? I presume that there would be some very red faces over at IEDR if Independent Newspaper decided to register that domain name?

]]> by: John McCormac http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49319 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:57:52 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49319 Michele, I have a more cynical view of IEDR's registration system and I think that it is classic incompetence. The management of IEDR is aware of the problem and has done nothing. It has continued to let obvious high profile squats like bebo.ie be registered. That level of mismanagement destroys IEDR's claim to run a managed registry (as the industry understands the term). But then if you look at the board of IEDR, not one of them has any recognised experience in the domain business. How the hell would the board of IEDR even understand what kind of a problem this is? Michele,
I have a more cynical view of IEDR’s registration system and I think that it is classic incompetence. The management of IEDR is aware of the problem and has done nothing. It has continued to let obvious high profile squats like bebo.ie be registered. That level of mismanagement destroys IEDR’s claim to run a managed registry (as the industry understands the term). But then if you look at the board of IEDR, not one of them has any recognised experience in the domain business. How the hell would the board of IEDR even understand what kind of a problem this is?

]]> by: John McCormac http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49256 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:29:25 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49256 Richard, they seem to make most of their money from Adsense advertising from type-in traffic. They have a number of highprofile brands squatted and also have a few typos of Google. Irish newspapers were also targeted and eubrowser.com still has irishindependent.ie even though it does not have any registered business name cert for the domain. The management of IEDR doesn't seem to give a damn and ignores the problem while it pockets the registration fees. The m.o of eubrowser.com is to get RBNs for the brands they are targeting and use these to get .ie domains. How the people in IEDR ignored obvious squats like irishindependent.ie and bebo.ie should be grounds for the Minister investigating it. Richard,
they seem to make most of their money from Adsense advertising from type-in traffic. They have a number of highprofile brands squatted and also have a few typos of Google. Irish newspapers were also targeted and eubrowser.com still has irishindependent.ie even though it does not have any registered business name cert for the domain. The management of IEDR doesn’t seem to give a damn and ignores the problem while it pockets the registration fees. The m.o of eubrowser.com is to get RBNs for the brands they are targeting and use these to get .ie domains. How the people in IEDR ignored obvious squats like irishindependent.ie and bebo.ie should be grounds for the Minister investigating it.

]]> by: John McCormac http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49255 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 16:22:01 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49255 Danny, MFA= Made For Adsense. eubrowser.com is the doamin of the nameservers that the Gabor/Petho squatters (squatters of bebo.ie/police.ie/adidas.ie/nike.ie etc)are now using. They used to host their .ie domains on irishdomains.net and hosting365.ie but moved them in the last two months. Danny,
MFA= Made For Adsense. eubrowser.com is the doamin of the nameservers that the Gabor/Petho squatters (squatters of bebo.ie/police.ie/adidas.ie/nike.ie etc)are now using. They used to host their .ie domains on irishdomains.net and hosting365.ie but moved them in the last two months.

]]> by: Richard Hearne http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49236 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:45:03 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49236 Curious - does anyone know what they [EUbrowser] are up to? I cant see how they are profiting from this unless digiweb are shelling out big bucks for that small ad? Seems all they do is redirect those .ie domains to their site? Do you have any ideas what they are up to? Is it just pure domain-squatting? Curious - does anyone know what they [EUbrowser] are up to?

I cant see how they are profiting from this unless digiweb are shelling out big bucks for that small ad?

Seems all they do is redirect those .ie domains to their site?

Do you have any ideas what they are up to? Is it just pure domain-squatting?

]]> by: John McCormac http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49208 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:50:40 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49208 They are becoming more frequent Richard, Initially it was a few using Dmoz data without attribution. But they were joined by themed (generally banking/creditcard) MFAs. The EUbrowser squatters (nike/adidas/bebo/police etc) now represent the biggest MFA grouping in .ie with approximately 508 .ie domains. They are becoming more frequent Richard,
Initially it was a few using Dmoz data without attribution. But they were joined by themed (generally banking/creditcard) MFAs. The EUbrowser squatters (nike/adidas/bebo/police etc) now represent the biggest MFA grouping in .ie with approximately 508 .ie domains.

]]> by: Richard Hearne http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49205 Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:34:24 +0000 http://blog.whoisireland.com/2006/08/21/distribution-of-ie-domains/#comment-49205 In terms of the abuse of .ie domains, what have you come across? Just wondering if you know of any spam / MFA sites on .ie domains? Rgds Richard In terms of the abuse of .ie domains, what have you come across?

Just wondering if you know of any spam / MFA sites on .ie domains?

Rgds

Richard

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