Domain Name Squatter
Domain Name SquatterDomainNameSquatter: one who registers a domain name in hopes of selling it to a company or business likely to want to use that name.
DomainNameSquatters often register ".com" names of corporations, in hopes of selling back the name at a high price when the company wants to go on-line. This may not always work for the DomainNameSquatter, as the company can take legal action to protect registered trademarks. However, legal action is also costly, so many companies will just pay the DomainNameSquatter.
Some relevant web sites:
Is there some special reason why most DomainNameSquatters seem to pretend to be search engines? Is it to create confusion among consumers? Is it to bolster their legal defense? Anyone know?
My guess is that they get small cash payments if people click out on their links.
What you want, when you want it!
New question:
Obviously nobody should ever use an edit field that says "search for your domain name here to see if it's available". This looks like the most convenient way for DNSers to harvest the longer names to squat on.
Are there any stories or warning signs here? Even partly respectable sites seem to do it...
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