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Bob Parsons
Personal blog · bobparsons.combusinessstartups
Bob Parsons's personal blog at bobparsons.com covers business and startups. Since 2007, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Doman registration scam: 35 million names registered in April. 32 million were part of a kiting scheme.”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-02-18, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Bob Parsons's essay on domain kiting, parking and squatting, and its proposed fix of a non-refundable deposit on domain names, to discuss whether startup names are hurt by domain speculation.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Doman registration scam: 35 million names registered in April. 32 million were part of a kiting scheme.2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2007-09-05
What Hacker News says?
I don't like to quote Bob Parsons, but his essay describing the problem is second to none http://www.bobparsons.com/DomainKiting.html It's called domain kiting/parking/squatting, and could be easily stopped if the ICANN introduced a non refundable deposit on a domain name. The key point from the article is this, - As it stands, domain names are fully refundable within 4 days. This causes million dollar corporations…
Comment linking /DomainKiting.html
on “Wakoopa, Frengo, Squidoo: Are Stupid Startup Names Hurting Silicon Valley?”Submitted Doman registration scam: 35 million names registered in April. 32 million were part of a kiting scheme. as a story · 21 points
HN discussionSubmitted Rules for business and life as a story · 5 points
HN discussion