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snicksnack · #11 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by wot

Don't know the answer to that - anyone?

But I would not be surprised.

this might answer your question partly

NETCOM.cm launches .CM Toplevel domains | Affordable Online Press Release Services | Press Release distribution - PRunderground.com

Jeff · #12 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Ceres

Thanks wot, that's interesting stuff! Is the .cm wildcard still happening in 2009?

It doesn't look like it - you can just type in some random .cm domains and they do not forward anywhere.

Jeff · #13 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009, 06:31 AM

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Originally Posted by wot

.com typos

.cm is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Cameroon.
In August 2006, it was reported that the .cm registry had set up a wildcard DNS record (with the help of a domain broker), so that all unregistered domains in this top-level domain go to a parking page with paid search links. This was likely intended to take advantage of typographical errors by users attempting to reach .com web sites. [1]
The wildcard DNS record in fact comprises three entries[2]:

.cm 900 TXT "v=spf1 -all"
.cm 900 TXT "v=spf2.0/pra -all"
.cm 900 A 72.51.27.58

The first two relate to sender policy framework, although the second is of questionable validity, and mark the wildcarded domains as not originating any email at all. The third causes any non-existent name under .cm to resolve to a search page.

...And Kevin Ham made some big bank off of that - it was his parking page that the traffic was forwarded to.

snicksnack · #14 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009, 06:37 AM

the wildcard still works, just certain countries will not be forwarded to agoga.com, as yahoo does not monetize the traffic from all countries

Jeff · #15 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009, 06:42 AM

Strange... does anyone know where to do a whois lookup of .cm domains?

.CM domains do seems to get some typo traffic - e.g. golf.cm has an Alexa of 14,118,950.

Jeff · #16 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by snicksnack

the wildcard still works, just certain countries will not be forwarded to agoga.com, as yahoo does not monetize the traffic from all countries

Thanks.

snicksnack · #17 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009, 06:44 AM

There is no whois server yet for .cm.

yes, they have traffic: look at the traffic rank of agoga.com -> wildcard traffic of .cm or check for example ask.cm alexa ranking.

Ceres · #18 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009, 06:45 AM

I just typed Microsoft.cm into my browser and got a parked page, together with this message:

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This domain has been parked. This page provided as a courtesy to avoid DNS Not Found Errors

Jeff · #19 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by snicksnack

There is no whois server yet for .cm.

Wow! How would you verify ownership before buying a domain?

Jeff · #20 (**permalink**) 05-27-2009, 06:47 AM

There are two other .in domains besides iCricket.co.in - LawSchools.in and IDN.in