Cybersquatting Can Yield Pay-Per-Click Bounties
Computerworld in another article says “Regardless of whether a domain name is legitimate, the economics of registering it are the same. The registrar makes money. The registry that manages the TLD under which the name is registered is also paid. ICANN gets a cut of the registration fee as well. And for illegitimate domains, the moneymaking doesn’t stop there.” Further, for illegitimate domains, the moneymaking doesn’t stop there” with many domains “‘parked’ at advertising services or intermediary portal sites that automatically populate pages with links to ads. For instance, microsotf.com takes you to such a page.”
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Cybersquatting Can Yield Pay-Per-Click Bounties
Computerworld in another article says “Regardless of whether a domain name is legitimate, the economics of registering it are the same. The registrar makes money. The registry that manages the TLD under which the name is registered is also paid. ICANN gets a cut of the registration fee as well. And for illegitimate domains, the moneymaking doesn’t stop there.” Further, for illegitimate domains, the moneymaking doesn’t stop there” with many domains “‘parked’ at advertising services or intermediary portal sites that automatically populate pages with links to ads. For instance, microsotf.com takes you to such a page.”