Comments on: Dot.TK Free Domains: Don’t Call It a Comeback http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:59:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: josh http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/comment-page-1/#comment-7919 josh Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:43:52 +0000 http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/#comment-7919 damn...and i was hoping for a free domain. lol damn…and i was hoping for a free domain. lol

]]> By: Jim Mooney http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/comment-page-1/#comment-7912 Jim Mooney Sun, 23 May 2010 21:35:59 +0000 http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/#comment-7912 My virus prog just blocked a tk domain that had some malware. I can to without the domain ;') Sooner or later they'll have something my virus prog doesn't catch. How do I block all tk domains. I tried .tk in my hosts file, but that doesn't seem to work. It doesn't take wildcards either. My virus prog just blocked a tk domain that had some malware. I can to without the domain ;’) Sooner or later they’ll have something my virus prog doesn’t catch. How do I block all tk domains. I tried .tk in my hosts file, but that doesn’t seem to work. It doesn’t take wildcards either.

]]> By: Mike http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/comment-page-1/#comment-7909 Mike Thu, 20 May 2010 17:43:03 +0000 http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/#comment-7909 The reality is as Ian's comment noted. As long as .tk domains are treated as liabilities by 3rd party service providers they'll never receive general acceptance and significant commercial value. The reality is as Ian’s comment noted. As long as .tk domains are treated as liabilities by 3rd party service providers they’ll never receive general acceptance and significant commercial value.

]]> By: Ardiawan http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/comment-page-1/#comment-7495 Ardiawan Sat, 09 Jan 2010 11:05:28 +0000 http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/#comment-7495 I'm struggling to decide to use .tk. Nice article. Cheers. Ardiawan I’m struggling to decide to use .tk. Nice article.

Cheers.

Ardiawan

]]> By: Ian http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/comment-page-1/#comment-7494 Ian Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:14:09 +0000 http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/#comment-7494 I've just been informed that my legitimate paid-for TK blog is being blocked by stumbleupon and facebook, apparently just because its a TK domain. I got a free TK domain when I was too poor to rent a .com, and then paid to keep it once I got linked and had traffic to my blog and podcast. Why should legitimate websites be penalised by lazy system admins who think blocking an entire TLD is valid security?? How stupid can you get? My TK email doesn't work properly either, which is a real pain because I PAID for my domain name. I’ve just been informed that my legitimate paid-for TK blog is being blocked by stumbleupon and facebook, apparently just because its a TK domain.
I got a free TK domain when I was too poor to rent a .com, and then paid to keep it once I got linked and had traffic to my blog and podcast.
Why should legitimate websites be penalised by lazy system admins who think blocking an entire TLD is valid security?? How stupid can you get?

My TK email doesn’t work properly either, which is a real pain because I PAID for my domain name.

]]> By: Brian http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/comment-page-1/#comment-6976 Brian Sat, 12 Dec 2009 12:30:46 +0000 http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/#comment-6976 Well, too bad that people used .tk sites attempting to scam millions of users on the www.steampowered.com website. Stinks for those who actually got hacked and lost their accounts. Now there's a scam going around on Facebook.....HINT, if you were able to check a link posted on your wall, in a comment, in chat, from a friend etc, then you were already logged into Facebook....why would you have to login again to check a supposed "group" on the site? Perhaps a good thing in theory, but as with everything that sounds too good to be true, it always is. Evil yet again succeeds in exploiting things with good intentions. Well, too bad that people used .tk sites attempting to scam millions of users on the http://www.steampowered.com website. Stinks for those who actually got hacked and lost their accounts. Now there’s a scam going around on Facebook…..HINT, if you were able to check a link posted on your wall, in a comment, in chat, from a friend etc, then you were already logged into Facebook….why would you have to login again to check a supposed “group” on the site?

Perhaps a good thing in theory, but as with everything that sounds too good to be true, it always is. Evil yet again succeeds in exploiting things with good intentions.

]]> By: Ninho http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/comment-page-1/#comment-6805 Ninho Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:48:30 +0000 http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/#comment-6805 You've been harsh in your article. Free dot tk domains work as designed, you can't hope for more or better at the price (well you can always hope but cannot ask). Factually you made a mistake : 25 visits to site are required not per day, but per every *3 months* - not much of a limitation for a real site, it only helps eliminate the dead and the fake ones. A problem I have with them though : the mail server for accounts at dot tk is much too unreliable, randomly rejecting (not delaying, rejecting!) incoming mail. Oooops ! Are you listening, M. Joost Zuurbier ? All in all a good deal for the price :=) You’ve been harsh in your article. Free dot tk domains work as designed, you can’t hope for more or better at the price (well you can always hope but cannot ask).

Factually you made a mistake : 25 visits to site are required not per day, but per every *3 months* – not much of a limitation for a real site, it only helps eliminate the dead and the fake ones.

A problem I have with them though : the mail server for accounts at dot tk is much too unreliable, randomly rejecting (not delaying, rejecting!) incoming mail. Oooops ! Are you listening, M. Joost Zuurbier ?

All in all a good deal for the price :=)

]]> By: Johno http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/comment-page-1/#comment-6642 Johno Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:22:33 +0000 http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/#comment-6642 oh my lord, your trying to make out it's the worst thing eva, why dont u just appreciate it and dont make a thing out of it. oh my lord, your trying to make out it’s the worst thing eva, why dont u just appreciate it and dont make a thing out of it.

]]> By: Joost Zuurbier http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/comment-page-1/#comment-6543 Joost Zuurbier Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:51:09 +0000 http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/#comment-6543 Too bad not all the facts are correct and that you firmly believe McAfee's reporting first hand. In the 2008 McAfee reporting it shows that .com and .net are much more dangerous than .tk domains. The good old popup ads that Dot TK used to have were counted as 'virusses' by McAfee. Ouch! .tk is here to stay ;) We have been introducing a FaceBook application and people are using .tk nowadays to make a short domain to use in Twitter (tweak.tk). One thing you are definitely right about: 'Buy-n-Eye'. That was an awfull name! Cheers, Joost Zuurbier Dot TK Managing Director Too bad not all the facts are correct and that
you firmly believe McAfee’s reporting first hand. In the 2008 McAfee reporting it shows that .com and .net are much more dangerous than .tk domains. The good old popup ads that Dot TK used to have were counted as ‘virusses’ by McAfee. Ouch!

.tk is here to stay ;) We have been introducing a FaceBook application and people are using .tk nowadays to make a short domain to use in Twitter (tweak.tk). One thing you are definitely right about: ‘Buy-n-Eye’. That was an awfull name!

Cheers,

Joost Zuurbier
Dot TK Managing Director

]]> By: Dave http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/comment-page-1/#comment-6391 Dave Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:44:19 +0000 http://www.qualitynonsense.com/94/dot-tk-free-domains/#comment-6391 Well, they got rid of the ads at least... Well, they got rid of the ads at least…

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