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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. Is Slashdot The Next Enron? +1, Interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Or: How George W. BushCo stole the U.S. government for personal profit.

    Your FEDERAL tax dollars at war.

    Remember, VOTE REPUBLICAN in 2008 to teach the proletariat about how much the Republican party cares for the average working person.

    Thanks in advance,
    Kilgore Trout, Patriot

  2. Re:real-estate speculators are NOT businessmen by Dretep · · Score: 0, Troll

    Real-estate speculators, currency traders, domain squatters, ticket scalpers and people who sell PS3s on eBay are just ignorant jerks who are gaming the system to enrich themselves while providing no useful service. Sounds like someone is a little pissed that they weren't smart or savvy enough to 'enrich themselves'. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
  3. Re:One can only hope. by Lance_Denmark · · Score: -1, Troll

    I know what you mean. Some people just don't GET computers. It's like: LOLZ U MORANS! I love my computer. For years I used to fuck the floppy slot on it (lolz floppy slot!), and one day hoped that my computer could fuck me back. Well thankfully with the advent of CD trays, all I had to do was glue a tampon onto the tray, line my ass up, press the open button and feel that sweet sweet pleasure. Just thought I would share that with you guys. I get the internet, and I love computers more than most regular people could ever understand.