Since there is no limit on the prices that URLsquatters can charge those of us who dream one day of having our own URL and/or IPV6 Addy. We have to ask ourselves if what Google is doing will, increase the prices that URLsquatters charge for what they are sitting on, or decrease the prices?
Will it increase the number of URLs that are squatted upon; in the hopes that they will one day become profitable sideroads to bannerland?
Will it increase the amount of money being brought into the internet community, in much the way that Vonnegut's Mookey Coke signs hoped to entice otherwise thirstless drinkers?
My guess is that it will increase the profitability of large squatters, increase number of URLs that are owned for speculative purposes, increase the prices the do or can charge, and entice others into spending more for various reasons.
So if you've got it, get some more, and go again. I like playing the race car in monopoly.
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Since there is no limit on the prices that URLsquatters can charge those of us who dream one day of having our own URL and/or IPV6 Addy. We have to ask ourselves if what Google is doing will, increase the prices that URLsquatters charge for what they are sitting on, or decrease the prices? Will it increase the number of URLs that are squatted upon; in the hopes that they will one day become profitable sideroads to bannerland? Will it increase the amount of money being brought into the internet community, in much the way that Vonnegut's Mookey Coke signs hoped to entice otherwise thirstless drinkers? My guess is that it will increase the profitability of large squatters, increase number of URLs that are owned for speculative purposes, increase the prices the do or can charge, and entice others into spending more for various reasons. So if you've got it, get some more, and go again. I like playing the race car in monopoly.