What is Domain Name Backordering? Watch Out For This One!

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Your Domain becomes a very valuable asset as your website becomes more popular and traffic increases.
I just read this article about “Domain Name Backordering” and it made me stop and think about this…
The Article: What is Domain Name Backordering? Watch Out For This One!

It sounds like a service that SHOULDN’T exist, but does. Someone could backorder tons of domains for that one chance of someone forgetting to renew.
I have also heard as highlighted in this article that Google is looking at the length someone registers their domain. If you register it for 5 years instead of 1, they might bump your ranking a little for having more staying power. I don’t have any hard proof of this, but it’s a rumor and makes sense…
There are ways to protect yourself from this type of thing… ask your domain registrar what they can do for you.
Another thing to be aware of is that people have had their domains transferred away from them… make sure you have a “domain name lock”.
Just contact your current domain registrar and ask them what you need to do to protect your domain… or at the very least register it for more than a year.
Hope you’ve found this helpful!