Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's haunted
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Re: Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's haunted
#2one other thing i would suggest is to set up a catch-all email for the domain and see what gets sent to it, sometimes you can access accounts associated with the domain, socials etc
Re: Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's haunted
#3one other thing i would suggest is to set up a catch-all email for the domain and see what gets sent to it, sometimes you can access accounts associated with the domain, socials etc
I have an interesting 3-letter.net
I set up a catch-all for personal use and wasn't expecting to get flooded with emails.
I was getting business emails, people trying to send money by Zelle, etc.
I was kind of hoping to get something good that I could take action on in the market, so I left it on for a little bit, but then I felt bad that people's emails were not getting answered (at least bouncing), so I turned off the catch-all. Oh well.
Re: Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's haunted
#4I’ll add: and if you lease a VPS, check out its address reputation and reverse DNS record.
Re: Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's haunted
#5The usual version of this is the popular SEO technique of buying an aged domain with a few backlinks and slapping a wordpress on it.
Re: Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's haunted
#6> Ideally, search engine algorithms would give new domain owners a fresh start.
Sadly, I think this would be instantly gamed by abusers. They would release the domain name and attempt to register as a new owner or start repeatedly doing handoffs. It's difficult to tell who the owner is changing between and whether or not the new one is a better actor than the former.
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#7If it was easy to reset reputation with search engines what's stopping people from saying "under new management" every once in a while for an existing poor reputation domain? Probably better to just cut their losses and find another domain.
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#8For running a mail server every new domain is haunted.
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#9that is amazing
Re: Before you buy a domain name, first check to see if it's haunted
#10I’ll add: and if you lease a VPS, check out its address reputation and reverse DNS record.
How?