Friday, 17 July 2009

New Michael Jackson Websites after Death

Apparently, even before Michael Jackson's death was officially announced, people began registering domain names and URLs including the words Michael Jackson, Jackson, Jacko, Dead Death, Memorial, Memorium.  

The speed with which this was carried out makes you wonder if these were fans (unlikely) or businesses with an eye for a quick profit.  As we know, selling domain names on to other people can be a very profitable business. 

I wonder how many of these names will ever be used as official sites or not.  I also wonder how much money cyber-squatters can potentially make.  

It seems to me that however many URLs are taken there is always a way to create another imaginative domain name for your business. Take for example Oford University with its www.ox.ac.uk address or Cambridge with its www.cam.ac.uk address.

Are the cyber-squatters just wasting their time? Well, much as I (sometimes) admire their initiative I get the feeling they are. 

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