Check a domain name’s reputation<\/h2>\n
Why would you do this? Imagine that the domain name you’re buying has previously been used to sell counterfeit<\/a> goods or spam. Its e-reputation<\/a> will be catastrophic. It will surely be blacklisted by the search engines. <\/p>\n A free domain name is sometimes misunderstood. When you do a domain name availability search with a registrar, names are ready to be registered. <\/p>\n Before buying your domain name from an accredited registrar such as Gandi, OVH or Solidnames, check its indexing in Google.<\/p>\n Specifically, type the query site:lenomdedomaine to find out the number of indexed pages.<\/p>\n It should be noted that a free domain name may have been used<\/a> in the past.<\/p>\n The previous owner may have forgotten<\/a> to renew<\/a> his domain name. Sometimes, it’s even cancelled because of a Google penalty. <\/p>\n The “whois” (contraction of “who is?”) provides useful information about a domain name<\/a>.<\/p>\n A “whois” search provides information on: domain name creation, future expiration date, owner, administrative and technical contacts, DNS servers, registrar.<\/p>\n The history of a “whois” (“Whois History”) can be used to keep track of past modifications.<\/p>\n The Whois History answers many questions. Has the domain name always been registered? Which registrars have been in charge of the domain name? Who has owned the domain? <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The most important aspect in the history of a domain name is the history of its various holders.<\/p>\n In the event of domain name cybersquatting<\/a> disputes, this information is crucial.<\/p>\n The World Intellectual Property Organization(WIPO<\/a>) offers an out-of-court procedure for resolving domain name disputes. It is known as the “UDRP”. Under these rules for resolving domain name disputes, changes of ownership are studied. <\/p>\n “Regardless of the initial creation date, if a respondent acquires a domain name after the complainant has acquired trademark rights, the center will look at the circumstances on the date the UDRP respondent itself acquired the domain name.”<\/em><\/p>\n A change of owner in the “whois” can therefore redistribute the cards in a domain name dispute.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n The production company behind the SUPER NANNY TV show was thus able to recover a domain name previously registered and operated legitimately in 2000. It noted a change in ownership and content in 2018. On the basis of a “Whois History”, the company recovered the disputed domain name, which had changed ownership following the registration of its now earlier trademark in 2006. <\/p>\n Solidnames offers its “whois” domain name history search<\/strong> service for \u20ac96 plus VAT.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Users of “SecURL” domain name monitoring<\/a> benefit from daily whois archiving of the monitored name.<\/p>\n Let’s face it, when you’re looking for a tool to find the old version of a website, archive.org<\/a> comes immediately to mind.<\/p>\n In April 2020, their free tool for going back in time on the web counts 425 billion archived web pages.<\/strong><\/p>\n By entering the registered domain name in their search engine, their database shows the number of previous screenshots. You can then access previous versions, cf. illustrations below for Afnic.fr<\/a>, the French domain name registry. <\/p>\n Can archived website pages be used in an intellectual property dispute? The answer is yes. <\/p>\n Let’s start by examining a July 5, 2019 decision<\/a> concerning a website accused of copyright infringement and database producer infringement. The Paris Court of Appeal recognized the probative value of Archive.org pages, validly recorded by a bailiff.<\/strong><\/p>\n To take another example relating to a patent infringement case<\/a>, the Paris Court of Appeal confirmed that the probative value of Archive.org. It cannot be denied “in the absence of any contrary element likely to cast doubt on its reliability”.<\/em> <\/p>\n Website history is useful in domain name disputes.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n For example, it proves at a given moment that a third party is using your brand<\/a> without authorization.<\/p>\n This history search is sometimes the last lifeline to finding your own missing website.<\/p>\n In the event of a major malfunction of your website without a valid backup, you’ll be able to recover a version of your site before the incident.<\/p>\n In addition to archive.org searches, Solidnames provides access to private databases of old screenshots<\/strong>.<\/p>\n This “Screenshot History” service traces the history of a domain name in use<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Google](\"https:\/\/solidnames.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/historique-nom-domaine-indexation-google.jpg\")
<\/p>\nWhois History of a domain name<\/h2>\n
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Find the owner of a domain name<\/h2>\n
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Website history<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nAcknowledging the probative value of Archive.org<\/h2>\n
Finding a lost website<\/h2>\n
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