Dot Com 2.0 and Evil Google
The NYT on the rebirth of the domain-name market. Interesting, if the data from Verisign is more than a little suspect.
What's far more interesting, though, since this was bound to happen, is this tidbit:
"... Google is also helping a growing number of domain name owners earn money on their Web sites without publishing any information at all. Through its DomainPark service, users who, for example, type in "airlinetickets.com," a Web address that has only a "placeholder" page, will see text ads provided by Google. The site's owners, who must gain 750,000 monthly visits to maintain a spot in the program, earn a share of the ad revenue."