Domainers have been shocked by the information which is now available on their portfolio and activities. However this issue has wider implications which should be considered by all domain owners, businesses and privacy advocates.

The accusation being made is that domain availability searches are not being kept private and this data is either being sold or somehow obtained by bulk registration companies.

The very last free 4-letter .com domain was purchased last night. Yes, that’s right folks - all possibly combination of letters have now been taken (456,976).