Always Buy Domain Names with Private Registration

A recent story about vile threats and gross imagery directed at Kathy Sierra reminded me to share an important advice: if you buy a domain name, always, always register it via a proxy service!

I never liked the idea of my name, home address, phone number, and email exposed to the whole wide world. Have a proxy service display their contact information. You pay an additional $6-$12 on top of the domain registration, but peace of mind is well worth it. Go Daddy shows an example of what a private registration looks like.

Or just give an incorrect address

Guys, please stop pitching web design and hosting services. That wasn't the intention of this post.

Thanks for the tip re private/proxy service. FYI, Dotster now provides this service (they call it Spam Shield) for free.

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