Why StopDomainParking.org?

The purpose of this website is to warn and prevent web authors (bloggers, webmasters) to abandon their domain even if their website is somehow deprecated, because doing so actually results in pertubating the Internet ecosystem. Indeed, by not renewing the domain, a so called domainer will most probably catch it and set up a parking page in place of the old website.

What is a domainer?

A domainer defines him- or herself as a kind of Internet investor trying to speculate on domain names, similarly to the real estate industry when buying undeveloped lots and just sleeping on it hoping to sell it further with a good profit. Domainers never intend to develop a website behind any of their domain, but only set up a parking page, and wait before a hot buyer. As they just occupy the domain space, they are part of cyber squatting.

What is the problem with parking pages?

A parking page is a website filled with 100% ads, to make money from visitors without offering them any content or service in return. These visitor traps have absolutely no added value and even offense severely the Internet ecosystem.

Why do parking pages hit severely the Internet ecosystem?

A normal website is an island of content with incoming links from other surrounding websites. Thus if a website is replaced by a parking page, it means that a hole in the Internet has been created with many pending links from other websites. It needs a long delay before the Internet ecosystem heals this hole if it ever happens: this healing process is conducted by (1) the webmasters of the linking websites removing their link to the now parking page and (2) the search engines. During this time, a lot of visitor will be trapped.

Thus, if a website has no incoming links, is there still a problem?

Yes, even if a website has no incoming links, the fact that a domainer catches a domain without intending to set up a website to contribute to the Internet ecosystem, but only speculate - will tend to drive the price of domains through the roof, and prevent other to develop useful websites.

If a visitor arriving on a parking page clicks an ad, then the parking page provided him with a possibly interesting opportunity. So, why not see an added value there and why blame parking pages?

If parking pages have a high click through rate (CTR), this is merely because some visitor are misleaded by the parking page, looking like a normal website. Newbies will get stressed by a parking page, the same as they would be with a 404 Not Found page: thus, instead of hitting the back button or close the navigator window or enter a new address in the URL box, they will see the ad as an issue for their stress.

Now, what else but complaining?

This website is the dedicated place for all projects or resources aiming to fight against domain parking.

 

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