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The Death of Domain Parking?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the not-bloody-likely dept.

An anonymous reader found an article about the former CEO of MySpace moving into the domain parking biz. He says "I thought, it can't be that easy. So I talked to some domainers, and they said, 'We own 300,000 domains, we make $20 million a year, we have just four employees and some servers in the Caymans.'" The idea behind the business doesn't really seem any better to me than just having a parked name with a banner ad. At least, not for the internet as a whole.

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  1. This comment parked by turnipsatemybaby · · Score: 5, Funny

    Buy this comment for $20 a year!

  2. "Web 2.0 Sprinkle"?! by TheWoozle · · Score: 5, Funny
    FTFA:
    If you can make that much doing nothing, what if we added some Web 2.0 sprinkle...

    I've now found a great metaphor for all this "Web 2.0" nonsense: urine.

    Web 2.0 is people pissing on the Internet!
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    Insisting on "correct" English is like saying that there is only one, definitive recipe for chili.
  3. www.BqLJJNJq6vL.com by russ1337 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've 'parked' the following domains for some time. Call it cyber squatting or whatever, but when a company comes along with these names, i'll be laughing all the way to the bank!!

    www.XFmq1yw1pC3.com
    www.QtEQpK1jGnm.com
    www.BqLJJNJq6vL.com
    www.bbyja3OWEVW.com
    www.iQ7aE0YSTl8.com
    www.tV56pze3idd.com

    and i've got all the .biz, .info, .org etc too. so don't think you can steal my idea!

    1. Re:www.BqLJJNJq6vL.com by Xugumad · · Score: 5, Funny

      > www.tV56pze3idd.com

      Hey, how did you find out my password? :)

    2. Re:www.BqLJJNJq6vL.com by Hoi+Polloi · · Score: 5, Funny

      I'm going to grab all of the mispellings of those then. Just wait until I get pay-per-click $ for "www.XDmq1yw1pC3.com".

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      It is by the juice of the coffee bean that thoughts acquire speed, the teeth acquire stains. The stains become a warning
    3. Re:www.BqLJJNJq6vL.com by peepleperson · · Score: 5, Funny

      Prepare to feel the wrath of InterNIC's Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy.

      Yours faithfully,

      Mr. QtEQpK1jGnm

  4. Re:The change by Joe+Snipe · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fun Fact: All loops eventually end where they started, not just Möbius loops!

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    Sometimes, life itself is sarcasm...