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DomainTools Turns on “Recent Whois” For Go Daddy Domain Names

Site begins showing older whois records.

DomainTools has come up with a (perhaps interim) solution after Go Daddy started blocking some whois services from accessing its full records.

Searches at DomainTools for domain names registered at Go Daddy now include a “recent whois record” with the note “We provide this record when data provided by the registrar is missing key information.”

Here’s an example:

It’s not clear how recent the whois records are and if they were pulled prior to Go Daddy’s block going into effect.

I’ve already come across one situation where I need historical whois information on a domain name that isn’t available because of the block.


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