Why Search Spam might Kill .info domains
According to one article that I came across at DomainNameWire, search spam blogs might in the near future eclipse the relevance of .info domain extension.
Apparently what many spammers have been doing, says the article, is to buy .info domains which sell cheap and transform them into transportals or blogs. A transportal is defined as Web page consisting almost entirely of pay-per-click links…
This description defines exactly what is a parked webpage. The author of the article tends not to differentiate transportals from parked pages. While his argument gets smashed in his face there is the underlying point which might hold some truth in the near future. .info domains might be soon be discounted by ranking companies to give credit ranking to legitimate websites as opposed to spam search generated for monetization purposes through a PPC services company. Consequently as time goes by .info might loose its special status among search engines which might shun it for fear of spam search. Therefore I agree with this author that spam, indeed is a major threat to the .info domain extension!
Spainless
Today Tuesday all the domains using the Spanish extension .es went offline for at least 2 hours. The failure by Esnic, Spanish registry due to technical problems reinforces the need for stable registries with good technology backbone, reports Domainnamewire.
From news reports:
Madrid, Aug 30 (DPA) The biggest blackout in Spain’s internet history had shut down websites, e-mail and other services using the domains for at least two hours.