Yeah, so I’ve been busy and haven’t posted for a while here. But today, I posted a blog for work, so I’m cross-posting it here. Read: recycling information because I am lazy. That’s right, I’ve said it.
What’s in a domain parking?
Wikipedia defines this practice as “an advertising practice used primarily by domain name registrars and internet advertising publishers to monetize type-in traffic visiting an under-developed domain name. The domain name will usually resolve to a page containing relevant advertising listings and links. These links will be targeted to the predicted interests of the visitor and may change dynamically based on the results that visitors click on.â€
Or in normal people jargon, random marketing material that is mostly pointless for most people. Typically, our readers immediately navigate away from such pages upon visiting them by accident.