• About
    • History of Dallas SEO
    • SEO Expert Witness Services
  • Contact
  • Topics
    • Bing
    • Blogging
    • Branding
    • Domain Names
    • Google
    • Internet Marketing
    • Link Building
    • Local Search
    • Marketing
    • Public Relations
    • Reputation Management
    • Search Engine Marketing
    • Search Engine Optimization
    • Search Engines
    • Social Media
    • Tech
  • Advertise
  • Email Newsletter

Bill Hartzer

Bill Hartzer on Search, Marketing, Tech, and Domains.

SEMrush

Home » Domain Names » Microsoft Doesn’t Play By The New Rules Anymore

Microsoft Doesn’t Play By The New Rules Anymore

Posted on June 23, 2014 Written by Bill Hartzer

When it comes to playing by the new rules, Microsoft apparently has thrown in the towel. There apparently aren’t any new rules anymore. And Microsoft has decided, for whatever reason, that they don’t want to play by the new rules anymore. At least when it comes to domain names.

Play by the new rules

Of the 19 domain names that Microsoft has failed to renew in the past 24 hours, there are three that apparently Microsoft doesn’t want anymore. They haven’t renewed these names, meaning that you soon can “play by the new rules”:

playbythenewrules.com
playbythenewrules.net
playbythenewrules.org

In fact, here’s the whois record for PlayByTheNewRules.com:

Whois Record for PlayByTheNewRules.com
Registrar 	CSC CORPORATE DOMAINS, INC.
Registrar Status 	redemptionPeriod
Dates 	Created on 2007-06-25 - Expires on 2014-06-25 - Updated on 2014-06-22
IP Address 	64.4.6.100 - 22,629 other sites hosted on this server 	
  
Name Server(s) 	NS1.MSFT.NET (has 31,722 domains)
NS2.MSFT.NET (has 31,722 domains)
NS3.MSFT.NET (has 31,722 domains)
NS4.MSFT.NET (has 31,722 domains)
NS5.MSFT.NET (has 31,722 domains)

IP Location 	United States - New York - New York City - Ms Hotmail
ASN 	United States AS8075 MICROSOFT-CORP-MSN-AS-BLOCK - Microsoft Corporation,US (registered Mar 31, 1997)
Domain Status 	Deleted And Available Again
Whois History 	37 records have been archived since 2007-06-27 	
  
IP History 	6 changes on 5 unique IP addresses over 7 years 	
  
Registrar History 	2 registrars 	
  
Hosting History 	2 changes on 2 unique name servers over 7 years 	
  
Whois Server 	whois.corporatedomains.com
Website
Website Title 	None given. 	
  
Server Type 	Microsoft-IIS/8.5
Whois Record ( last updated on 2014-06-23 )

Warning—Incomplete Record
The record we received from the Whois server may be incomplete.

No match for playbythenewrules.com.

So, does this now mean that there are no more new rules? Apparently so. PlayByTheRules.com is registered, PlayByTheRules.net is for sale, and PlayByTheRules.org is also registered. Maybe if you want to define the new rules, you might be interested in registering these Play by the New Rules domains. Microsoft apparently doesn’t want them.

Just for the record, there were 16 other domain names that Microsoft failed to renew, as well:

aa-autoroute.com
celula-academica.com
celula-academica.info
celula-academica.net
celula-academica.org
covergence.biz
despegatupotencial.com
despegatupotencial.info
despegatupotencial.net
despegatupotencial.org
msfamnetwork.com
msfamnetwork.net
msfamnetwork.org
msifn.com
msifn.net
msifn.org

Oh yeah, and by the way, I did a little research (meaning that I Googled it): “Play by the New Rules” was the slogan of the Microsoft India Development Center, Hyderabad, back around 2008.

Filed Under: Domain Names

SEMrush

About Bill Hartzer

Bill Hartzer is CEO of Hartzer Consulting, LLC, an SEO Consulting firm that includes services such as search engine optimization, technical SEO audits, domain name consulting, and online reputation management.

Recent Posts

  • dotDB is Not Shutting Down February 1, 2023
  • Someone Stole My Domain Name: Here’s What You Do January 4, 2023
  • Web Hosting Services Market to Grow to $254.86 Billion by 2029 December 13, 2022
  • This SEO Blog Post Was Written by ChatGPT December 8, 2022
  • Facebook Rolling Out Facebook Articles December 7, 2022
  • Doing SEO is Better Than… December 6, 2022
  • Tucows and GoDaddy Report Q3 2022 Results November 6, 2022
  • How to Measure App Events Sourced by Organic Search and SEO September 20, 2022
  • Google Allegedly Eavesdrops and Monitors the Brain 24 hours a Day to Control Humanity September 14, 2022
  • Why You Shouldn’t Hire SEOs Based on An Email September 13, 2022
  • Global SEO Market to Reach $122.11 Billion by 2028 September 9, 2022
  • Bluehost Launches New Commerce Solutions for WordPress September 8, 2022
  • Which CMS? How to Choose the Best CMS for Your Purposes August 29, 2022
  • Accidental SEO Manager: Interview with Ash Nallawalla August 15, 2022
  • Sometimes Google Isn’t Family Friendly August 1, 2022
  • Something’s Seriously Wrong with Facebook Notifications July 12, 2022
  • Facebook Internet Tracking Settlement June 24, 2022
  • RankSense Acquired by SEOClarity June 1, 2022
  • LinkedIn Links, Digital Marketing News, and SEO Questions Answered May 9, 2022
  • GoDaddy Ending Forwarding of Existing Shortened Links May 5, 2022

US Agency Awards Judge

DFWSEM logo

Bill Hartzer is a Brand Ambassador for:



Industry Friends

I Love SEO
WTFSEO
SEO By the Sea
Jeff Lenney
Jeff Gabriel
Phil Drinkwater
Dixon Jones
Brian Hartzer
Navah Hopkins

Connect With Bill Hartzer

Bill Hartzer on Twitter
Bill Hartzer on Instagram
Hartzer Consulting on Facebook
Bill Hartzer on Facebook
Bill Hartzer on YouTube

Categories

  • Advertising (19)
  • Bing Search Engine (6)
  • Blogging (42)
  • Branding (12)
  • Domain Names (210)
  • Google (236)
  • Internet Marketing (25)
  • Internet Usage (85)
  • Link Building (53)
  • Local Search (39)
  • Marketing (180)
  • Marketing Foo (30)
  • Pay Per Click (3)
  • Podcast (18)
  • Public Relations (8)
  • Reputation Management (9)
  • Search Engine Marketing (44)
  • Search Engine Marketing Events (48)
  • Search Engine Marketing Firms (19)
  • Search Engine Marketing Jobs (33)
  • Search Engine Optimization (164)
  • Search Engines (204)
  • Social Media (192)
  • Tech (7)
  • Web Analytics (17)
  • Webinars (1)

Note: All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners. All company, product and service names used in this website are for identification purposes only, and are mentioned only to help my readers. All other trademarks cited herein are the property of their respective owners. Use of these names, logos, and brands does not imply endorsement.




Hartzer Consulting



Website, Content, and Marketing by Hartzer Consulting, LLC.

Copyright © 2023 ·