Where do dead blogs go?
So I was checking out domain names today. Mostly because I had a stupid idea for one and no it's not going to fly. I'd like to report that it's being used for something seriously cool. I'm sorry to say that I will not be able to do that without completely lying to you. Luckily it was just a stupid idea and I probably wasn't going to go through with it, but still. Taken.
So I do have to report it's parked. It's just parked with godaddy. It was registered in 2000 and It has to be on some kind of "auto renew" option that is costing this guy $6.00 a year or something but it's not doing anything but advertising for spammers. Isn't that lovely?
So then I thought what about blogspot? I tried the same idea there. Yeah there is a blog sitting there. Last post? April of 2004. Small variation on the words? Yup there is a blog there too, but hasn't ever had a post and no activity since 2003.
Dear blogger,
Please figure out a way to reclaim these hosted wastelands. I'm not suggesting taking down blogs with real content even if they are done. I'm suggesting reclaiming names that were never really used and aren't getting any hits. Please keep blogger from going to that AOL place of having cryptic numbers such as 69 after ever clever blog name. K?
Maybe some button on a web form you have to push once a year if you're not posting or getting hits. K? Then put it back up for grabs. Come on google you can archive it somewhere I'm sure.
Please? I promise I'll feed it and take care of it.
So I do have to report it's parked. It's just parked with godaddy. It was registered in 2000 and It has to be on some kind of "auto renew" option that is costing this guy $6.00 a year or something but it's not doing anything but advertising for spammers. Isn't that lovely?
So then I thought what about blogspot? I tried the same idea there. Yeah there is a blog sitting there. Last post? April of 2004. Small variation on the words? Yup there is a blog there too, but hasn't ever had a post and no activity since 2003.
Dear blogger,
Please figure out a way to reclaim these hosted wastelands. I'm not suggesting taking down blogs with real content even if they are done. I'm suggesting reclaiming names that were never really used and aren't getting any hits. Please keep blogger from going to that AOL place of having cryptic numbers such as 69 after ever clever blog name. K?
Maybe some button on a web form you have to push once a year if you're not posting or getting hits. K? Then put it back up for grabs. Come on google you can archive it somewhere I'm sure.
Please? I promise I'll feed it and take care of it.
posted by J.R. at 4:27 PM
1 Comments:
I've always wondered why people just walk away. Maybe it's because I'm a silly control freak but whenever I've truly ended a blog, I've always deleted it and let the URL go. I don't know why others don't do that. It's just so simple. I mean, really.
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