Comments on: Yahoo! knows where I live http://www.janinedalton.com/blog/archives/2005/yahoo-knows-where-i-live/ Random ramblings from a freelance web developer in Dublin, Ireland Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:33:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Ed http://www.janinedalton.com/blog/archives/2005/yahoo-knows-where-i-live/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Ed Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://janinedalton.com/wp/?p=115#comment-382 Hey Janine. They probably have done a whois lookup on your domain name and then attached that information to the searches. <a href="http://www.whois.net" rel="nofollow">Whois .Net</a> It tells them everything they need to know about who registered the domain. Hey Janine. They probably have done a whois lookup on your domain name and then attached that information to the searches. Whois .Net

It tells them everything they need to know about who registered the domain.

]]> By: janine http://www.janinedalton.com/blog/archives/2005/yahoo-knows-where-i-live/comment-page-1/#comment-383 janine Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 http://janinedalton.com/wp/?p=115#comment-383 thanks ed! yes - that does make sense - now why didn't i think of that? :) i didn't realise that's all it took with yahoo - if only google and the rest would follow, although i understand why the .ie/irish ip restrictions are there. although i know you are supposed to enter corect data on your whois record, many registrars let you enter absolutely anything, so i hope yahoo's system does not get abused... thanks ed! yes – that does make sense – now why didn’t i think of that? :)
i didn’t realise that’s all it took with yahoo – if only google and the rest would follow, although i understand why the .ie/irish ip restrictions are there.
although i know you are supposed to enter corect data on your whois record, many registrars let you enter absolutely anything, so i hope yahoo’s system does not get abused…

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