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[[Domain Squatters]] are web sites which apparently exist solely to collect advertising revenue by pointing a popular or likely [[domain name]] at a search-engine front-end, doing minimal customization (often automatic) to make the site appear to match the domain name, and surrounding the search functionality with advertising (usually a combination of graphical and text advertising). The domain name is sometimes for sale at a high price.
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==Examples==
 
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* [http://filmapart.net/ FilmApart.net]: "what you need, when you need it" on 2005-12-28
 
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* FreshRPMs fake-out sites: [http://freshrpms.com .com] and [http://freshrpms.org .org] (real site is http://freshrpms.net)
 
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* [http://www.importsunlimited.com/ Imports Unlimited] slogan was "what you need, when you need it"; on later visit, had different look and no slogan
 
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* [http://www.ncsmartlink.com/ NC Smartlink] purports to be about traffic cameras and real-time traffic information, but the links go to pages of what seems to be entirely advertising
 
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* [http://ozyandmillie.com/ ozyandmillie.com] does not appear to be owned by David C. Simpson, creator of the comic [http://ozyandmillie.net Ozy and Millie] ([http://ozyandmillie.net alt])
 
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* [http://deadbears.com deadbears.com]: currently for sale at $688 (likely target for people looking for [http://www.vbz.net/topics/0714/all/ Grateful Dead bean-bears])
 
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* [http://gratefuldeadbears.com gratefuldeadbears.com]
 
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* [http://abekabook.com/ abekabook.com]: no apparent association with Christian textbook printer [http://www.abeka.com/ A Beka Book]
 
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==Links==
 
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* 2005-12-01 [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2005/12/01/8364591/ Masters of their Domains], CNN Money
 

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