domain kiting

domain kiting
 n.— «Domain kiting registrars create small websites crammed with links using domain names for which they do not pay. They generate money when innocent surfers land on the page and click on the links. The scam takes advantage of the domain name system’s five-day refund period.» —“Domain ‘kiting’ threat on the rise” by Matt Chapman Vnunet.com June 5, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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