I've got a .com address with legit contact details in Whois. But i'm always getting phone calls from people selling stuff, and SEO firms wanting to improve my rankings etc. The only place where they could get the telephone number is whois (i often ask them this, and they say they looked it up in whois)
the company i got my domain from offer a whois privacy thing, where they swap the legit details out for theirs, and pass on any relevant emails to me -- sort of like a middleman.
i know that most domain name companies offer this too, so it seems like a pretty normal thing to do.
i was just wondering what your thoughts are on it. I dont see how it would affect my rankings, but has anyone tried it and seen a drop?
[edit: i should add that the replacement name and address are in america, and my site is in the UK. the site would still be hosted in the UK -- so if the two locations suddenly don't match do you think that would be a problem?)
