> Using mp3.com as a poster child for this might be distracting from > your point. Remember that this is by no means the first high profile > domain registration that was overlooked when it came time to renew. > Many have come before, and they didn't have the Verisign wildcard or > sitefinder to blame. ;)
Yes agreed. I believe Microsoft's passport.com was a much higher profile domain expiration. > Is this a valid concern in regards to sitefinder? > > Probably -- although like all concerns regarding this topic, it needs > to be presented accurately and objectively. I believe this example > falls into the "numerous minor yet unintended consequences requiring > a non-trivial cumulative amount of time to modify systems to > accommodate" category. ;) :) Probably Minor in verisign's point of view, not sure how someone effected by it would feel...
