Jay Westerdal
American domainer and entrepreneur
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Jay Westerdal (born 1978) is an American domainer and entrepreneur, best known for his work creating DomainTools.com, a web service that looks up historical ownership of a website. The whois service was integrated into Google's onebox in May 2008.[1] He later sold the company in 2008 for a reported $16–$18 million.[2] He is a technology blogger.[3]
Born
1978 (age 47–48)
Jay Westerdal
1978 (age 47–48)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
KnownforFounder of DomainTools.com
Spouse
Icy Westerdal
(m. 2010)Websitewww.jaywesterdal.com
Jay Westerdal | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jay Westerdal 1978 (age 47–48) Seattle, Washington, U.S. |
| Known for | Founder of DomainTools.com |
| Spouse |
Icy Westerdal (m. 2010) |
| Website | www |
Career
Writing
Westerdal's personal blog covers a wide range of topics, focusing mainly on technology, his mobile lifestyle, and search engine optimization from a personal perspective, in contrast to the DomainTools blog, where he wrote in an official capacity. He contributed to the EPP Protocol RFC 4930.[5]