{"id":1502,"date":"2011-01-22T21:45:40","date_gmt":"2011-01-23T02:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2011-01-22T21:52:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-23T02:52:08","slug":"2500-whois-queries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/2500-whois-queries\/","title":{"rendered":"2,500 WHOIS Queries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the benefits of using <a href=\"http:\/\/fabulous.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Fabulous.com<\/strong><\/a> as my primary domain registrar is the ability to instantly track the number of WHOIS queries a domain receives.<\/p>\n<p>With the proliferation of aftermarket services, domains are often polled and queried; that&#8217;s an indication of popularity that can be used as a secondary measurement of traffic.<\/p>\n<p>When domains approach their expiration date, such WHOIS queries increase; domains that are &#8220;due to expire&#8221; begin to appear in pending droplists of drop-catching services.<\/p>\n<p>To put it plainly,<strong> the vultures are watching.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thus, it&#8217;s good to be able to see what the vultures are planning and to be able to gauge the popularity and selling potential of your domain names.<\/p>\n<p>I just sorted my list of domains that expire in March at Fabulous by the number of WHOIS queries and I was amazed to find that one of them has had <strong>2,500 WHOIS queries <\/strong>with 55 days to expiry. I&#8217;ve seen numbers in the upper hundreds *after* expiration, but nothing quite like this.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t imagine what the number will be with 30 days to go or even past expiry, but I think I will play a game with the vultures, just to experiment a bit with their food.<\/p>\n<p>I will let the domain expire for at least 2 weeks before I renew it, to maximize the WHOIS query stats and I&#8217;ll post the results after I renew it.<\/p>\n<p>See you on the same topic in three months from now \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the benefits of using Fabulous.com as my primary domain registrar is the ability to instantly track the number of WHOIS queries a domain receives. With the proliferation of aftermarket services, domains are often polled and queried; that&#8217;s an indication of popularity that can be used as a secondary measurement of traffic. 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