A story on TMZ.com is highlighting a recent temporary restraining order that was brought against a company called CMAEON that was hired to do the website on PamelaAnderson.com but Pam claims the shopping cart feature didn’t work on the site.

CMG Brands was then hired to manage the site but according to legal docs, CMAEON kept on trucking along with the site and wouldn’t hand over control.

Then came the restraining order for CMAEON and the judge ordered the website shut down.

So now the website doesn’t even resolve to an "Under Construction" type page or "We are redoing the site" etc. The site simply doesn’t even load at all.

CMG Brands should have the site up and running soon according to the TMZ article but IMO it would be wise to get at least a message on the site that it is being redesigned etc. Having a website simply not resolve leaves people questioning what is going on and can lead to people simply not coming back in the future.

This is the first time that I have heard a restraining order related to a website!

A Wisconsin Governor candidate Tom Barrett’s domain name expires during his campaign run! BarrettForWisconsin.com is displaying ads for another candidate Scott Walker stating "Tired of Higher Taxes? Stop Tom The Taxer!" via a Google AdWords campaign Scott is likely running.

Oops!

BarrettForWisconsin.com was first registered on August 25, 2009 and since domain names are registered for 1 year at a time (with the option for up to 10 years) at time of registration, it appears the 1 year minimum was used. By default, GoDaddy.com, the domain name registrar used to register the domain offers an auto-renew feature. The auto renew is done using Paypal or Credit Card information on file and if used and the proper data is included your account, the domain renews automatically each year. Either the auto renew was turned off, or no financial details were likely provided for the domain.

The domain name is actually registered to Democratic Domain Holdings according to whois records.

GoDaddy and basically every domain name registrar will send several domain name renewal notifications to the registrant of the domain prior to the domain name expiring. As the expire date nears, the notifications increase warning of the expire date.

Here is the general process of expired domain names at GoDaddy.com and what will happen if the domain name is not renewed that I covered in an earlier article. It is very likely the domain name will be renewed, but it can take several days for the domain name servers to resolve back to the website from the above pictured standard GoDaddy landing page.

I have watched this race "domain wise" (I hate politics and really could care less who wins) and Scott Walker is the man when it comes to using good domains! Scott Walker is the clear winner using ScottWalker.org (used on signs) and BrownBagMovement.com as another which is used in TV ads! ScottWalker.org simply makes sense, because it’s his name. BrownBagMovement.com is catchy and grabs the attention of TV users. BarrettForWisconsin.com .. not so much! Barrett is a typo waiting to happen IMO, "for" can come across in many ways when heard (for, four, 4) and the domain lacks any legs for future use… unless he loses and wishes to run again!