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And unfortunately, someone took my Art Divas domain, so I can't post poems anymore. I forgot to alert google that my credit card was renewed, so my domain expired and even though I updated and paid, someone took it.
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This is a terrible theft, I'm so sorry to hear it. You're techy, so I assume you know all the options; but if there is any assistance I can offer (or to offer ideas), please ping me.
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There are a couple of options. I whois'd the domain and the new owner's info is redacted. There is a way around that. They only bought it for a year - that sounds like a mass-sweep house that tracks traffic/domains and buys them, in hopes to re-sell them back to the owner for $
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Alternatively you can - as you say - let it go, and get a new name (.org?). You lose the existing links everywhere (which drives down repeater traffic) but I might guess much of your traffic is new (i.e. following a link you just posted), so small loss (in terms of traffic).
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