Lets say I register the domain name: KickArseSunglasses.com and I was to point it at some fully operational website like KickAssSunglasses.com that actually sells sunglasses.

Is that a bad thing? Is it inapproprate? Is it bad netiquette?

It seems like something that might bother people, but I can't put my finger on what exactly would be wrong with it.


Another question. Let's say that KickAssSunglasses.com drops and I pick it up. For the last 3 years it's been inactive, but 4 years ago it had some content that's still available via the Internet Archive or Google or wherever. Would it be bad for me to recover that stuff and put it back up at the domain?

Thanks

I don't see any reasons that KickAssSunglasses.com should be annoyed in anyway if you point the domain KickArseSunglasses.com to their site, however minor the webtraffic might be, it's certainly an add-on.

To recover sth. associated with a domain name in the past is not a good idea...you might try to make most of the type of traffic it used to have though

Originally posted by Gary111
I don't see any reasons that KickAssSunglasses.com should be annoyed in anyway if you point the domain KickArseSunglasses.com to their site, however minor the webtraffic might be, it's certainly an add-on.

Yeah, I just wasn't sure if there was some unspoken rule against this.

There was a time that www.vcdhelp.com (null) and www.vcdhelper.com (null) resolved to the same address, but they weren't both run by the same person. One of them (I don't remember which) was piggybacking onto the other. The names were close enough that I could never remember which one was the 'right' one. But at some point ONE of them started sending a cascade of popups to your browser. I can only guess that it was a way to ride on the coattails of the 'real' site. To become synonymous with the real site and then take advantage of its traffic.

To recover sth. associated with a domain name in the past is not a good idea...you might try to make most of the type of traffic it used to have though

I'm not so interested in the traffic. I'm more interested in making the information/site continue to be available. But I can't find any good info on the ethics of site mirroring or archiving.

Obviously places like google and archive.org do it. And in a sense, every server that caches sites is making a copy of the site for other people's use. But on the other hand, you don't have free reign to use other people's work (graphics, text) in any way that you wish. It just seems like a gray area to me. I'm not sure where or how the line is drawn.

The content that used to be on the website would be copyrighted. If you don't own the copyright, of have permission from the owner to use it, then you're violating the copyright.

You are not publishing their content on your site. You are simply getting your visitors forwarded to their site. I do not think this is the same thing as a copyright violalation. You can always ask for their permission which I would recommend.

Regards,

I don't think some webmaster would have any problems with free traffic from your pointing of your domain to their site.

What would you have to gain to do this? Unless it is an affiliate program, I don't see why you would just give free traffic to another website.

Actually, a lot of webmasters wouldn't want you to do that. Reason is, your domain might get indexed in search engines and replace their domain. Then when people find them through your domain in the search engines, it becomes a problem for them.

I would check with them first. I think its a good idea and would help them out but like its just appropriate to check with people first and make sure. What can ya lose? Its good for them and good traffic. I would do it! (after checking with them)

Originally posted by zerosix
What would you have to gain to do this? Unless it is an affiliate program, I don't see why you would just give free traffic to another website.

No real reason except that I've got a domain name that's similar to another domain but I really don't have anything I want to do with it. Sometimes I think compulsive domain registration is something I have a problem with :)

Originally posted by pergesu
The content that used to be on the website would be copyrighted. If you don't own the copyright, of have permission from the owner to use it, then you're violating the copyright.

If it's that black and white then how can archive.org do it?

i've been doing it for couple of ISPs here in kuwait and never told them too :)

just being nice in the background.



i just do *@thedomain -> my email to see what their customers/employees have :dgrin: then i stopped it since its too much spam lol

Originally posted by FrankieG
No real reason except that I've got a domain name that's similar to another domain but I really don't have anything I want to do with it. Sometimes I think compulsive domain registration is something I have a problem with :) Oh, in that case, let me them know, who knows, maybe they will reward you for your kindness?

I would if I was them...more traffic is better!