Banned for Bogus whois

[glowlite]

Yes RawAlex, we have many sites (mainstream) with user access directories. I can't give you an exact # off the top of my head but easily more than half of the subs are deleted. For many of the same or similar reasons that plague a LL I'm sure.

We use to install free guestbooks for our clients if they wanted. But no longer do it due to those same reasons. It is usually, not always, people on the opposite side of the globe causing the problem. They use directories and gbooks for a testing grounds for cloaking tests, ping tests, tracer route detection, script hacking practice, etc.

I can only guess that people serious about marketing would establish and use a biz address. That, to me anyway, makes more sense than fake or proxied whois info and provides a security barrier. It's also a clear message to those with whom you do business that you have good, and serious, business intentions.

That being said, I would never use my home address for registration. I wouldn't have said that 3-4 yrs ago. Why place you or your family in what could potentialy be harm's way if it could be easily avoided?

I had a lady in central Florida wake up (last March) to find some dipshit from Alabama parked at the end of her driveway. She has her pic on her retail site and she's an attractive late 30's woman. The encounter proved to be harmless and of good intent. He found her addy via whois.

I hope I don't piss off UW too bad.
He usually says all the right things, but he could stand to work on his salesmanship a little.