> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > The point is that MP3.com would have most likely realized the domain had
> > expired if the .com wildcard did not exist.
>
> That's ludicrous.
>
> Visitors to a popular web site get directed to a "this domain doesn't exist"
> web page and you're claiming that if that weren't the case, the idiots at
> mp3.com would have realized their site was down? Right.
That's exactly what's being said.
Many companies use HTTP monitoring tools to make sure their website is
accessible. If the HTTP monitoring tool is just setup to make sure it gets
an HTTP response on port 80 for "/", then SiteFinder will make such a
tool provide a false positive.
Secondly, given this was simply a "redirect" alias, it is unlikely that MP3.com
themselves would necessarily notice the problem until a user notifed them of
the fact.
Adam
