Does your registrars’ reputation matter?
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,130,962 (pdf) to Symantec for “Calculating Domain Registrar Reputation by Analysis of Hosted Domains”.
While reading the patent, it seems that “web host” might be interchangeable with “registrar”. Either way, it suggests that registering domain names and hosting them with registrars with better records could be beneficial.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,130,962 (pdf) to Symantec for “Calculating Domain Registrar Reputation by Analysis of Hosted Domains”.
While reading the patent, it seems that “web host” might be interchangeable with “registrar”. Either way, it suggests that registering domain names and hosting them with registrars with better records could be beneficial.