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Domain Name Parking is bogus in the first place

Domain Name Parking is bogus in the first place

Posted Apr 14, 2006 15:20 UTC (Fri) by freeio (guest, #9622)
Parent article: Open Source Parking

The entire concept that somehow a registered but unused domain name ought to be parked somewhere is a strange concept. I assume it started as a vehicle for adding advertising revenue to the registrars. The fact that anyone counts these and tries to claim some significance in the ratios of one host system to another is beyond bizarre.

But if that is the way the game is gamed, then we need to do it too, right?

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Domain Name Parking is bogus in the first place

Posted Apr 14, 2006 17:03 UTC (Fri) by BrucePerens (guest, #2510) [Link]

Well, actually it is possible to send the entire ad page and status 404 at the same time. That tells the search engines and netcraft that the site is unpopulated. I don't know if it does the right thing in all browsers, though. Some will try to divert to a search engine when they see a 404.

But if the other guys are not doing that, there is not much point yet for us to do so.

Bruce


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