discuss: linuxdocs CN domain and keyword
Subject:
Re: linuxdocs CN domain and keyword
From:
Rick Moen ####@####.####
Date:
30 Aug 2017 21:06:04 +0100
Message-Id: <20170830200743.GR29744@linuxmafia.com>
Quoting David Ranch ####@####.####
> I do agree they might be trying to use it for nefarious reasons but
> I don't know what ICANN can/would do here since this request is to
> make the new domain a geo-type domain (add the .cn suffix) which is
> technically no longer a .org domain. I imagine they were probing
> around and I'm not sure why they contacted me for a domain I never
> owned and I was only one of many many Linuxdoc publishers that had
> their work posted on that domain.
This happens pretty much all the time. E.g., I continually get offers
to sell me domains related to magazines I once wrote articles for, where
I never ran (let alone owned) the magazines and there was never a reason
to think I did. Likewise, I get come-ons suggesting that 15-year-old
magazine articles be amended to point to someone's link farm. It's
spammer logic: Programatically blast out as many sales offers as
possible, hoping a few will hit paydirt.
