It turns out that the site was nothing short of a scam , no embezzlement was involved but scam nonetheless. The site warlier gave free domains to people with the option of showing or not showing ads. I was one of the stupid few who signed up and made a cool TLD alias to my already existing earlier domain. With time my site became popular both on visits and search engine Page Rank. DOT Tk or .tk Page Ranks are in no way affected by the fact that they open the page in a frame. Anyway , i recently checked my DOT Tk or .tk alias and was horrified to see a 15 second counter and POP UP ads. POP UP ads are THE WORST form of advertising. Yuck, my site looks like a CHEAP for PROFIT only website now , YUCK again , so i am slowly fazing out the DOT Tk or .tk domain. So an advice to all of you , stay clear of DOT Tk or .tk domains and if you already have them , look for alternatives. The free domain is not worth it. Also there are a number of restrictions on the DOT Tk or .tk domains
1. You cant register more than 3 free domains on a email address.
2. You must guarantee a minimum number of visitors each month or they will take away your site and suspend it.
3. I have wasted a lot of time in trying favicons for the free DOT Tk or .tk domains. And i have come to the conclusion that its not possible.
4. You dont own the domain , Dot TK does , so even if your site becomes hugely popular its of little use to you, moreover you are making them money by showing the ugly DOT Tk or .tk ads.
January 30th, 2007 at 8:29 pm
Yeah , the constant ads are a nuisance , lets give those guys a DUMP !
September 26th, 2008 at 1:09 am
You could always use a .co.nr domain. They also give free domains, but don’t require you to put ads. (They DO require you however to put a small button on your site linking to their service, which is quite fair.)
Anyway, both the services aren’t giving an actual domain. All they’re giving is a custom subdomain, so any .tk or .co.nr domains aren’t actually registered with ICANN.