Comments on: Bots are crawling new domain registrations and namesquatting Twitter handles

By: Leon Woodward

Leon Woodward — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 07:09:54 +0000

Sad to hear you didn't get the handle, but yeah, namesquatters are here to stay sadly. Grab them while you can.

By: SamFisher@SamsungHD

SamFisher@SamsungHD — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 00:18:41 +0000

I also had the same but after I checked it a day or two it was already registered. Thanks @Andrew Guenther for the solution, really helps.

By: Declan

Declan — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:58:14 +0000

Ive registered quite a number of twitter and facebook handles for my clients on the back of domain registrations and I havent as yet come across this.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:00:43 +0000

I had a similar issue before, but I only checked if a domain was free, which it was, went to registered it a day or two later and it was registered the day after I checked !

I knew you can get ‘recently registered’ lists from some registrars, but Blacknight, have you been on to them ?

http://www.dailychanges.com/dreamhost.com/

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:12:34 +0000

Hi Keith,

Registered with Blacknight.

By: Keith

Keith — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 23:09:16 +0000

Hey Ross,

Just out of interest who did you register the domain name with ?

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By: Shakir

Shakir — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 00:34:17 +0000

@Ross, i understand your concern. The handle i requested was released on terms of “Inactivity”, as the username was still inactive after 12 months. I dont think you can wait to reclaim the handle after few months(depends, if your beta launch is scheduled later) .

Can this scraping be reported to Twitter to act in the best intentions to avoid squatting ?
I feel that Domain registrars may have some contribution in it.

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:01:18 +0000

Hi Shakir, glad you managed to find a resolution to your problem!

I received a response from Twitter today and unfortunately, as I suspected, the namesquatting policy does not apply to my situation as far as Twitter are concerned.

Onwards and upwards.