by dmatech on 9/13/22, 6:07 PM
Just because it's parked (in a WWW sense) doesn't mean it's unused. I've got a few domains that are used for Azure, Google Workspace, email, or just testing stuff. I don't really have any interest in setting up a web site for those.
by Arnt on 9/13/22, 3:38 PM
The page links to its source for that 70%, and the source says… 52.95%
I wonder what counts as a parked domain. If you use flarabba.com and have flarabba.de/fre/es/it/… but don't use them, are those detected as parked?
by paxys on 9/13/22, 4:13 PM
It is non trivial to identify parked domains, so I wouldn't trust that number. Especially since their linked source itself states something else.
Is there a DNS entry at all? Is the server returning 200/400/500? Could it just be a temporary error? Maybe there's an auth wall? Or the site is used behind some corporate firewall or VPN? What if it's 200 with a "buy this page" response? Or some spam site entirely?
by vannevar on 9/13/22, 5:45 PM
Wow, I would've actually guessed more like 95%...I think the value of domains has dropped over the past decade, so people are less willing to pay for dormant ones.
by Cenk on 9/13/22, 3:33 PM
by gandalfian on 9/13/22, 5:53 PM
I have had a nice vanity domain for about twenty years for a few bits and private bobs but someone has just bought the same name with an s on the end and launched a right wing podcast. I get bits of their email occasionally. So now if I ever do anything interesting with mine I may get shouted at for infringing their business name... Grrr. Still they may fade away, fingers crossed