70,000 domain names moved away from GoDaddy last week

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GoDaddy interfered with domain name exodus accuses Namecheap

Shane McGlaun, Dec 27th 2011

Last week GoDaddy reportedly saw 70,000 domain names moved away from its services as a registrar. The mass exodus was the internet response to GoDaddy throwing its support behind the SOPA act that is seeking to become law right now. The swift removal of tens of thousands of domains names registered at GoDaddy was a good thing for competitors like Namecheap and others.

Many of those domain registrations that GoDaddy lost went to competitors like Namecheap. The transfer didn’t go smoothly, and Namecheap has accused GoDaddy of withholding some of the needed details to make a smooth transfer to the new registrar. Namecheap said that GoDaddy was returning incomplete Whois information thereby delaying the transfer process.

GoDaddy claims that the limiting of Whois information is a standard practice to prevent Whois abuse. GoDaddy also says that had Namecheap contacted it the limit on the Whois data would have been lifted. Since the mass exodus of domains kicked off, GoDaddy has retracted its support for the SOPA act. Namecheap later noted that its queries had been unblocked.

http://www.slashgear.com/godaddy-interfered-with-domain-name-exodus-accuses-namecheap-27204583

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　　自从GoDaddy宣布支持美国禁止网络盗版法案后,就不断受到打击.站长们集体抗议,纷纷转移域名,据悉一天之内GoDaddy就失去了21000个域名.而近日维基百科又给GoDaddy沉重一击.

　　维基百科发表声明称,他们计划将目前位于GoDaddy的域名转移到其它服务商去,理由是GoDaddy支持SOPA法案以审查互联网公司,其立场无法接受.

　　维基百科此举对于GoDaddy的声誉而言是一个极大的打击,大量的相关域名将随之撤出.不过GoDaddy昨日已经宣布撤回自己的立场,但没有正式停止支持该法案.

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