The National Hi-Tech Crime Unit had their domain snatched from under them, a German by the name of Uwe Matt managed to purchase the website from RegisterCompass.com.
The domain was not hosting a site as the NHTCU was transferred to the Serious Organised Crime Unit (SOCU) in April 2006, so any traffic to that domain was redirected to the SOCU site.
It’s been said that it was “Sloppy” to let this slip under the radar, as obviously someone was not paying attention to the registration expirery and ignored the renewal letter.
As a lot of well known sites link to this page such as the Home office crime reduction website as well as the BBC it could have been easily open for abuse. The new site owner could have had bad intentions such as malware or even mimicking a NHTCU site to acquire people’s personal details, which could have been a very large and additional embarrassment to the people publicising the risks of identity theft.
The domain now hosts a notice from the new owner asking for suggestions about how it might be best used.
The first ever public auction of premium .me domain as well as other premium .com, .net and .mobi domain names will take place on the 25th September held at the TRAFFIC Conference in New York City at 3:00 p.m. ET. Those individuals who cannot attend there will be an online auction will be handled by Moniker, also running from 25th September 3:15 p.m. ET until 2nd October. This auction will also include domains from the private collection of Howard Neu and Rick Schwartz.
This means that anyone has the chance to grab themselves a sought after .me domain name such as these .me domains which are up for grabs at the live auction…
Love.Me
Buy.Me
Date.Me
Meet.Me
Ask.Me
Show.Me
…and these .me domains which will be available on the online auction.
Kiss.Me
Rent.Me
Watch.Me
Marry.Me
Loan.Me
Play.Me
.me domains were originally delegated to Montenegro as their top level domain; after it was approved in September 2007 the government recognized the potential world appeal of the .me domain and decided that it should be used as a generic domain to gain the greatest benefits for Montenegro.
When you get with the times and decide you want to expand your clientele and represent yourself on the internet, the very first thing you will need is a domain name. It’s best to stick to the commonly used domains such as for a business .com or .net for schools .edu and .org for non profit organisation. Try to stick to these domains as these are said to have a better chance of ranking in search engines all though saying that once you have settled on a domain name it may be worth trying to register the same name in .net, .org as well as country extensions depending on your target customers, such as .uk, .au, & .fr. Also consider registering common misspelling of your domain name as well as plurals which all can be redirected to your main .com site, doing this will guarantee you capture all the traffic for your site.
Domain names can be a maximum of 63 characters long, but when deciding on your domain name/s its best to keep it short and simple, easy to remember and make it’s easy to spell and communicate verbally. If your domain name contains more than one word make sure it cannot be misinterpreted or even separate the words with a hyphen in the relevant places.
Before making a final decision on you chosen domain name make sure it is not infringing on trademarks, as this may solve you allot of hassle later on down the line with legalities.
Most of all take your time when deciding on your domain name as this will be the base for your online presence and cannot be easily changed once your website is established in the search engines.
To start you search use a reputable online registrar or a domain name generator to help you search for keywords you want within your domain name. But remember once you’ve found your ideal domain name don’t hesitate to register it as you may lose it as mentioned in earlier post “Buy Your Domain Now”
When you’re in the market for a new domain name you will of course start a search using one of the many domain registrars websites out there, where once you have found you ideal domain name you can register it straight away. If this is the tact you take then there is no problem, but if you decide once you have found the domain name you want and decide that maybe you would like to mull it over for a while you could be in danger of losing it completely.
When your sat putting your searches in these are being logged and if you leave it too long the domain will be snapped up by a domain squatter, which in fact are doing nothing wrong, they are just using their inside knowledge made from your searches to make an educated purchase. So when you finally decide that’s the domain for you and come back to purchase it, instead of facing a nominal charge, you could be facing hundreds of pounds (depending on how desirable the domain name is) to secure the domain. So the moral of the story is, it’s a real pain to find a good domain these days so even if you not 100% sure if the domain you’ve found is the right one for you, it’s worth spending that nominal amount on it just in case, and even if you find a better domain you can always redirect to the better domain or just leave it to drop back into circulation.
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