Huge increase in domain name registration

According to the latest report of Verisign domain name registration increases by 27% for the same quarter and 4% increase quarter to quarter, there are around 153 million domain names about which 80.4 million are TLD .com and .net; in this quarter 2.5 million average domain names per month with total 7.5 million domains are registered in this quarter.

www.CompetitionExam.com is also one of them :)

Network Solutions - New Funda

As per Network Solutions site:

In response to customer concerns about domain names being registered by someone else just after they have conducted a domain name search, Network Solutions is implementing a new security measure to protect our customers.
What is the Customer Protection Measure?
Network Solutions may reserve domain names that are searched on our Web site for up to 4 days. During this period, these domain names will only be available to register at networksolutions.com.
This customer protection measure may be enabled when a customer searches for an available .com domain name at networksolutions.com but decides not to purchase the name immediately after conducting the search.
After the search ends, Network Solutions will put the domain name on reserve. During this reservation period, the name is not active and Network Solutions does not monetize the traffic on these domains.
If a customer searches for the domain again during the next 4 days at networksolutions.com the domain will be available to register.
If the domain name is not purchased within 4 days, it will be released back to the registry and will be available for registration through any registrar.
Domain names searched on the WHOIS search page will NOT be reserved.
This protection measure provides our customers the opportunity to register domains they have previously searched without the fear that the name will be already taken through Front Running.
By holding the searched domains at Network Solutions for a short period, it allows our customers to take the time to decide whether this is the domain name that they really want to register.


http://about-networksolutions.com/customer-protection-measure.php

But they are still silent whether they sell there whois search.

Front Running

Front Running is when an individual registers domains within minutes or hours after someone else has conducted a domain name search on a registrar’s site, performed a WHOIS query or typed a domain in the browser to see if there is an active Web site. Front Runners may get access to these searches through Internet Service Providers, Spyware, or registries. Front Running allows these individuals to attempt to make money from the domain through pay-per-click ads or by re-selling the domain in the aftermarket at a marked up price.
(Network Solutions)

My Experience

Certainly every one would have faced this problem that they search a domain name and it was available however next time when you went, to your surprise that is taken exactly one or two days after your first searched.

It is well known now that the sites are selling the whois search data.

I have experienced myself. I had searched on whois.domaintools.com and within two three days it was gone. I stopped searching my good ideas over there.

I thought verisign being a reputed site would not be doing but to my surprise they too did the same. Not one or two but three domain name which I searched was gone just in 2-3 days.

Really frustrating.

Do you know any site where we can safely search our domains.

Also is there a way that we establish our own whois search site. What is required for that so that we can provide a safe whois search to domain researcher.

Any food for thought?

Safe Whois Search

Did you sometime felt punching someone when you found that the domain name which you searched yesterday is taken away even though you are confident that it was a rare name which no one else would have even though of.
If yes then you are not alone, there are many such incidents and reason of this is - Whois search being sold to others.
Yes this is reality and this blog is aimed to bring out these sites and also provide some safe whois search sites.