Provided is a method of provisioning a named resource in a domain name system (“DNS”) with a registrar while preserving privacy of a registrant. The method includes obtaining, by a server of the registrar over a network, a request, from the registrant, to provision the named resource; determining, by at least one hardware processor of the server of the registrar, that the request requires additional handling by a privacy provider based on information in the request or information from the registrar; determining, by at least one hardware processor of the server of the registrar, a privacy provider from one or more privacy providers located in different geographic locations to service the request based on a location of the registrant; forwarding the request to the privacy provider; obtaining a cloaked identifier from the privacy provider; and provisioning the named resource in a database of a DNS registry using the cloaked identifier.

A system for providing a directory service for generating web presence pages made available on a network may include a computer processor and memory having instructions stored thereon. The instructions may instruct the computer processor to parse registration information of a registrant domain name to obtain keywords and to search the network using the keywords for information about the registrant. Registrant information may be created based on information obtained, and a trusted web presence page may be generated. The trusted web presence page may include at least a first portion of the registrant information as read only content. A link may be created between a profile page and the trusted web presence page. The profile page may include at least a customizable second portion of the registrant information. The trusted web presence page may be published on the network.

A method can include receiving a string of characters. The method can include determining one or more possible word boundaries for words in the string of characters based at least partially on a segmentation process. The method can also include determining, for each character in the string of characters, an amount of time between entry of each character on an input device. The method can include determining, based at least partially on the amount of time and the one or more possible word boundaries, one or more actual word boundaries for the words in the string of characters. The method can also include outputting one or more determined words in the string of characters based at least partially on the one or more actual word boundaries.

Embodiments relate to systems, devices, and computing-implemented methods for dynamically allocating domain name acquisition resources by receiving indications of available domain name acquisition resources and available time windows from registrars, receiving, from devices, requests for available domain name acquisition resources during requested time windows, determining lists of domain name acquisition resources available during the requested time window, transmitting, to the devices, the lists of available domain name acquisition resources, receiving, from the devices, selections of the available domain name acquisition resources, specified time windows, and indications of domain names to request during the specified time windows, generating and transmitting communications to the registrars, where the communications result in the registrars sending a plurality of requests for the domain names to a domain name registry during the specified time windows.

Methods are taught for creating training data for a learning algorithm, training the learning algorithm with the training data and using the trained learning algorithm to suggest domain names to users. A domain name registrar may store activities of a user on a registrar website. Preferably, domain name searches, selected suggested domain names and domain names registered to the user are stored as the training data in a training database. The training data may be stored so that earlier activities act as inputs to the learning algorithm while later activities are the expected outputs of the learning algorithm. Once trained, the learning algorithm may receive activities of other users and suggest domain names to the other users based on their activities.

Methods and systems are disclosed for quickly providing Whois services to a new top level domain after it is provisioned in a registry. In one embodiment, domain data is received at a first system regarding a top level domain (TLD). The domain data is assigned an authoritative port of a Whois server and is provisioned in a registry database. In certain embodiments, the Whois server provides information relating to domain name registrations of the TLD in the database, according to the authoritative port. The Whois server determines that a Whois query is received at the authoritative port for the queried TLD and responds with the queried information. To the requester, the responses appear as if they are sent from a unique Whois server for each TLD, but the Whois server is actually shared among the TLDs.

Techniques for generating internet domain name suggestions using machine learning are presented. Some techniques include obtaining sets of domain names, each set of domain names including domain names that concern a selected topic, training machine learning algorithms, such that trained language models are produced, each trained language model concerning a different selected topic, obtaining a seed domain name, identifying a primary topic that the seed domain name concerns, applying to the seed domain name a trained language model of the trained language models that concerns the primary topic, such that a primary proposed domain name is produced, where the primary proposed domain name concerns the primary topic and includes the seed domain name and at least one of a prefix or a suffix, and offering to register the primary proposed domain name.

A hosting provider may be bi-directionally authenticated with one or more media repositories. The hosting provider preferably has domain name registration and hosting capabilities. The media repositories may collect data (such as pictures and/or files) from one or more users. Once authenticated, the hosting provider and media repositories may cooperate in storing, aggregating and transmitting data to a user. Routes may be hosted by the hosting provider and used to organize and access the data. For example, a user may enter a route into a browser and receive media/data, possibly from a plurality of media repositories, that is associated with that route. In another example, the user may enter a route into the browser and be redirected from the hosting provider to a website of the media repository.

A service for protecting the privacy of domain name registrants while preserving the registrant's ability to directly change the registration information or transfer the registration. A whois record is created that reflects the registrant's actual identity but contains contact information that is entirely associated with a privacy service.

A system for providing a directory service for generating network presence documents may include a computer processor and memory having instructions stored thereon. These may instruct the processor to parse registration information of a member to obtain a set of keywords. Using the set of keywords, the network maybe searched for information about the member, and registration information may be created based on the information. A trusted network presence document may be generated to include at least a first portion of the registration information as read only content. A link may be created between a profile document and the trusted network presence document. The profile document may include at least a second portion of the registration information as customizable content customizable by the member. The document may then be published on the network.