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#1 (permalink)   09-21-2011 Sarah Fogle New Member My latest Twitter: Laughing_Sarah: At the post office. Music playing ...   Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San Diego, CA, USA Posts: 17 Register Domain as public? Hi all, Just wanted to see how you all register your domains - public or private? I'm so schooled in the "don't put personal info on the net", that I'm having issues with it! I've not done this before, so I come to you. At the same time, I (sort of) see the benefit of putting info out there for my business. Do people look up the whois information? Sarah __________________ Thinking too hard about a domain name. Then it's onto a website!!

#2 (permalink)   09-21-2011 leedrozak Resident Member Company name: My Office Assistant Small Business Practical Times: Web Security: Password Protection My latest Twitter: This is a great weekend to support #SBW2012. I wi...   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western Pennsylvania Posts: 2,263 Blog Entries: 13 Re: Register Domain as public? I check whois information all the time when researching businesses and websites. If I see one that is marked as private it makes me wonder why. Just my 2 cents. I am registered as public. __________________ Lee Drozak My Office Assistant

#3 (permalink)   09-21-2011 Office Goddess Senior Member Company name: The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,966 Re: Register Domain as public? I am registered as private because I don't like the complete access available. If someone wants to know who owns the site, all they have to do is visit. __________________ Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

#4 (permalink)   09-21-2011 Sarah Fogle New Member My latest Twitter: Laughing_Sarah: At the post office. Music playing ...   Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San Diego, CA, USA Posts: 17 Re: Register Domain as public? Thank you both for your thoughts! I guess it's a comfort level sort of thing, huh? Still not sure which way I'll go, but both sides have valid points. leedrozak - do you get a lot of spam/junk mail from being registered as public? __________________ Thinking too hard about a domain name. Then it's onto a website!!

#5 (permalink)   09-21-2011 leedrozak Resident Member Company name: My Office Assistant Small Business Practical Times: Web Security: Password Protection My latest Twitter: This is a great weekend to support #SBW2012. I wi...   Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Western Pennsylvania Posts: 2,263 Blog Entries: 13 Re: Register Domain as public? No, although I have Google Apps for Business so much gets filtered out. I actually get more spam from my contact form for those who are trying to get me to increase my SEO or selling me another service. __________________ Lee Drozak My Office Assistant

#6 (permalink)   09-23-2011 lukeg Contributing Member Latest blog post: Cr48: Official response to Chromebook battery char...   Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 91 Re: Register Domain as public? I agree with Office Goddess. I only register as private nowadays. If someone wants info, they can go to your site. Automated info harvesters can't scan your WHOIS info if it's private. For me, it definitely adds to my comfort level. It shouldn't be that much more expensive either. Two lattes is all it cost me...

#7 (permalink)   09-23-2011 Sarah Fogle New Member My latest Twitter: Laughing_Sarah: At the post office. Music playing ...   Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: San Diego, CA, USA Posts: 17 Re: Register Domain as public? Thank you all - I really appreciate all the different viewpoints! __________________ Thinking too hard about a domain name. Then it's onto a website!!

#8 (permalink)   09-25-2011 martsgirl Contributing Member Company name: Steady Virtual Assistant My latest Twitter: @dailderi ako din! magserenitea tayo minsan D!   Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Manila, Philippines Posts: 109 Re: Register Domain as public? I registered mine as public. From what I know it's best to post it as public rather than private because people tend to look you up in the whois information. If you ain't hiding anything, might as well post it as public. Since it's a business, anyway. If you're wary about putting your home address, just get a PO box and enter that.