At any given time, I am tracking the registration details for a considerable number of domain names. Most of these names are owned by my companies, and I follow them as a security precaution. Other domain names I follow are names I am interested in acquiring, and yet others are names I follow for other reasons. There are a whole host of reasons why it’s important to monitor domain names.
DomainTools has a good way to keep track of domain names you have an interest in monitoring. The Domain Monitor service is completely free, and it’s easy to sign up for alerts. All of your alerts will be emailed to you, so you can track a variety of changes as the happen.
Some of the things you can track:
- Ownership changes
- Registrar changes
- Expiration date updates
- DNS changes
If there are domain names you want to follow, sign up for free alerts on them pretty easily and quickly.
By now, you’ve probably heard the news about the devastating storms that are severely impacting the Philippines. I know of several people with family, friends, and business colleagues in the Philippines. In fact, my friends at 
Back in January of 2007, the domain name 
