End of an era?

Miros1 · 11-02-2008, 11:59 AM

While poking around this morning, I tried to hop over to the Blarney Stone.

Imaging my surprise when I discovered your basic squatter link site!

Yeah, I know, people's interests change, but the Blarney Stone is one of those sites you just assume will be around in some form forever...

Greg · 11-03-2008, 02:08 AM

Aw, darn. There's not much you can do if you lose interest; it costs a lot money to maintain a web site on line. Once upon a time, my hope for SimsHost was that it would be able to keep sites available, but it didn't turn ou that way.

I often wonder how cybersquatters can afford to do that. I suspect that they are fronts for an apparently legitimate domain name registrar that makes a lot of money selling your stolen domain name back to you.

Miros1 · 11-03-2008, 02:29 AM

Actually, it's probably one web site with about a zillion domain names parked on it and a php script that figures out which quasi-page to display for the "visited" domain name. The rest of your theory is probably right!

Greg · 11-04-2008, 12:20 AM

Right. It's not the web site that costs so much, but the domain name registration. Of course, if you are the domain name registrar, I suppose you can charge yourself anything you want, including zero.

11-02-2008, 11:59 AM	#1
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	End of an era? While poking around this morning, I tried to hop over to the Blarney Stone. Imaging my surprise when I discovered your basic squatter link site! Yeah, I know, people's interests change, but the Blarney Stone is one of those sites you just assume will be around in some form forever... __________________ A game that horrible Odessa-person introduced me to: http://www.puzzlepirates.com/?affili...163251&lang=en I'm spreading the addiction by corrupting all my friends (and attempting to make in-game money when they try the game).

11-03-2008, 02:08 AM	#2
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Aw, darn. There's not much you can do if you lose interest; it costs a lot money to maintain a web site on line. Once upon a time, my hope for SimsHost was that it would be able to keep sites available, but it didn't turn ou that way. I often wonder how cybersquatters can afford to do that. I suspect that they are fronts for an apparently legitimate domain name registrar that makes a lot of money selling your stolen domain name back to you. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?

11-03-2008, 02:29 AM	#3
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	Actually, it's probably one web site with about a zillion domain names parked on it and a php script that figures out which quasi-page to display for the "visited" domain name. The rest of your theory is probably right! __________________ A game that horrible Odessa-person introduced me to: http://www.puzzlepirates.com/?affili...163251&lang=en I'm spreading the addiction by corrupting all my friends (and attempting to make in-game money when they try the game).

11-04-2008, 12:20 AM	#4
Greg Da Guy Wut Owns Dis Joint Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 3,566	Right. It's not the web site that costs so much, but the domain name registration. Of course, if you are the domain name registrar, I suppose you can charge yourself anything you want, including zero. __________________ Who are all these people and what do they know?