Domain Contact Info

What to use?

[Tonearm]

I'm trying to decide how to organize the contact info for my domains. I just went to whois.net and entered a domain of mine to see how much of my contact info appears there and surprisingly, none of it appears. At what point is my contact info viewable by the public?

[brotherhood of LAN]

Usually by default the contacts are visible, though many registrars give you the option of using their details to 'protect your privacy'.

If you're building a brand, IMHO you want your details public as it's a bit sketchy to have them hidden.

If it's building backlinks, you may want to be cautious about having the same details on lots of domains.