Squatters

Most days, when I sit down in front of good old Qwerty to write on my blog, I write with the assumption that my readers are competent, intelligent people. That being said, how many of you know who Qwerty is?



My point is that at times, I'm going to explain things that some of you will already know. Like now, for instance:

A squatter, in the traditional sense of the word, is a person who basically makes a permanent encampment on someone else's land. If nobody asks them to leave for 20 years, the land they "squat" on legally belongs to them (in the US, though the number may be wrong).

In the internet sense of the word, a squatter, also called a domain squatter, is a company that takes over unused URLs (usually similar to the URL of a popular website), and directs them to a page full of ads that look like totally legitimate links (to old ladies).



Today, I happened to type Bitchslapp.com (an opinion column, not porn) wrong and ended up at the much less interesting Bitchslap.com, a tragic victim of domain squatters.


As I said, it looks legitimate to old ladies.


Look. It says you can find something interesting here. Nothing more specific. Just "interesting".

Well, what's so interesting about this place?

They have all the standard, uninteresting...

SORRY, BUT I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT MYSELF HERE TO SAY THAT THIS MOSQUITO THAT KEEPS BITING ME IS REALLY GETTING ON MY NERVES. *SWAT SWAT*

As I was saying, They have all the standard, uninteresting squatter links, such as online college, get-rich-quick schemes and online dating, but what's this?

Anal Fisting? Blowjob? (I'll probably get a lot more weirdos visiting my blog for typing that.)
Anal fisting is hardly interesting, and, though blowjobs are admittedly more interesting than anal fisting, they don't seem to fit with this organisation's stated purpose:



Individuals, organizations and businesses must be clamoring for up-to-date information about movie reviews, make money online now and anal fisting,...


...as well as listen to free online music, la invasión británica, Hentai and domestic abuse.


Plus, Star Wars, just for good measure.

On a serious note, though, If I wanted to find real online dating, money-making schemes and online degrees (not that I, personally, want any of those things), where would I go to find them? There's so much garbage on the internet that certain subjects are just not searchable. I don't mean "inappropriate" garbage, but random filler that is totally useless. The internet needs to get its act together.

Today's Quote has to do with advertising, but is anonymous, sadly. It's a poem of sorts.

Quote of the Day

The codfish lays ten thousand eggs,
The homely hen lays one.
The codfish never cackles
To tell you what she's done.
And so we scorn the codfish,
While the humble hen we prize,
Which only goes to show you
That it pays to advertise.

Not a bad idea, actually, but how does one advertise a blog?