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Basically, it’s a form of “cyber squatting” but not with trademarked names. It’s basically a form of online market testing. Google has announced they will try to crack down on the practice and not pay for ad clicks generated by people with a demonstrable history of “domain tasting.”
Name tasting exploits a grace period originally designed to rectify legitimate mistakes, such as registrants mistyping the domain name they are about to buy. But with automation and a burgeoning online advertising market, entrepreneurs have generated big bucks exploiting the policy to test hoards of names, keeping just the ones that turn out to generate the most revenue.
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