Re: My URL being used?!

[Kathleen MacDowell <kathleen -at- writefortheuser -dot- com>]

I'm glad you posted your question, Traci.

I have a domain name registered with a .net suffix that I don't use--just
reserved it to prevent anyone else from taking it. I checked it and found
that my hosting site was using that address to display ads. Now I guess I
have to set up a redirect to my .com site.

I wonder if it would be a good idea for you to put up a "Coming Soon" page.
I think I've seen recommendations not to do that, but it seems like a better
alternative than having people get the page that's currently displayed.

I'll be interested in comments from others on the list. This is something
I'd never heard of before.

Kathleen

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 6:37 PM, Char James-Tanny <charjtf -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:

> Hi, Traci :-)
>
> > I have a URL registered (PearsonTechComm.com),
> > although I still don't have my website up.
> > (Working on it though!) Today I happened to try
> > that URL, and it comes up with a page full of
> > links to colleges and online classes. What's up
> > with this?! And what can I do about it?
>
> According to whois.com, the site is parked with sedoparking.com. That
> website says that "domain parking is a simple way to earn money from
> your domains' natural traffic".
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