Joomla - 4:44 am on Mar 11, 2006 (gmt 0)

I recently used a registrar to search availability for typos similar to my primary domain. I was going to purchase any close typos and have them forwarded to my main site.

One day I searched for a few such terms didn't directly purchase the domain(s) immediately. After a few days the domain was registered.

I didn't tell anyone about my search and it seems highly unlikely that it was mere coincidence that someone snatched up the name exactly one day after my query. Now I'm very suspicious about which whois lookup somehow handed out the 'recently searched' terms.

Has anyone had this happen before?

<snip>What can I do if I believe it's really happening - that someone is acting on my lookups?

Thank you for your advice in advance as always.

[edited by: Webwork at 2:01 pm (utc) on Mar. 11, 2006]
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