Go Daddy? No Daddy!

While working this morning I thought of a new domain name.

Where ever does one go to look to see if a domain name is available without the risk of some cyber-squatter seeing my search and forcing the price up?

The Path > Search “whois” = whois.com.
Wait! that is run by a company named Verio, a NTT Communications company… that sounds like a b i g corporation.
Next search: GoDaddy (yeah, I said it was like crack) thinking I could just look up the whois for my new “ideal” domain name.
Ding! Hit “NoDaddy.Com – Exposing the Many Reasons Not to Trust “

Finally… others with shared negative experience. So, mine isn’t an isolated incidence run up against the corporate wall of greed? It’s true, others have had sites sold out from under them and held hostage. While I still feel there is little I can do to overcome the loss of my domain name at this time, I still have hope – I will one day regain my identity!

It is frustrating that I’ve just learned I missed a few vital emails due to this domain site snafu, I had some school business sent to that email address. Now those emails have landed where? Who is looking at them?
I pray they have landed in a digital dumpster somewhere, but can one be sure?

Things like this only serve to make me feel more paranoid…
who can you trust if not the web host you are paying to be on your side?!
The dictionary defines Hostage as “held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another”. I really wish GoDaddy would be honest about their terms. They still insist someone other than their company has purchased my domain name. But, they can help broker a deal for a small fee.

Nope, not biting.
Go Daddy? NoDaddy!