Comments on: Time to Stop Using Whois Privacy?

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:27:28 +0000

Seriously? Since when did normal average consumers started checking the who is of a site to check its credibility?

Even I only check it if I want to buy a domain or want to see when it was registered…

By: Caroline Goddard

Caroline Goddard — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:13:04 +0000

Nope. No way. I agree with the above-responder who said it is a personal safety issue.

Your advice may hold true for a business with an actual office, or even a business located in a home where customers/clients visit. But I am a freelance writer and photographer who works on location only, and there is absolutely no reason why I should put my personal home address out there for random people to see. My clients know it, because it is on my invoice. Otherwise there is absolutely no reason for it to be out there. There are plenty of other ways for legitimate customers-to-be to verify that I am who I say I am.

By: Pallab

Pallab — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:40:02 +0000

The email address is shown in a manner that is fairly easy to decipher for most bots with OCR. Once thats done a spam bot can harvest millions of addresses in a day from whois.
That’s why I use the privacy guard feature offered by my domain name reseller.

If anyone wishes to contact me he or she can do so using my blog’s contact form, linkedin, twitter, facebook, SU etc.
So, I dont really buy your argument.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:28:21 +0000

I’ve found that I prefer privacy. With 3 young children at home, I don’t need to have my address or phone number out there. The address issue is easily enough taken care of with a P.O. Box, and phone could be handled with a VOIP number I suppose, but I haven’t taken that step yet. Domain privacy is simpler.

By: Web Marketing Tips

Web Marketing Tips — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:35:28 +0000

Certainly if you want to establish yourself a brand than you should put yourself in front not hiding behind those proxy kind of names.

But yes if you have a website which does not have anything to deal with common people and no need to show your details than keeping yourself behind those proxy name is a good idea.

Its totally depends on the nature of business …