<s>
Domain	B-Protocol
parking	I-Protocol
is	O
the	O
registration	O
of	O
an	O
Internet	O
domain	O
name	O
without	O
that	O
domain	O
being	O
associated	O
with	O
any	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
e-mail	O
or	O
a	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrar	I-Application
will	O
have	O
set	O
name	B-Protocol
servers	I-Protocol
for	O
the	O
domain	O
,	O
the	O
registrar	O
or	O
reseller	O
potentially	O
has	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
domain	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
final	O
registrant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Domain	B-Protocol
parking	I-Protocol
can	O
be	O
classified	O
as	O
monetized	O
and	O
non-monetized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
a	O
single-page	O
website	O
that	O
people	O
see	O
when	O
they	O
type	O
the	O
domain	O
name	O
or	O
follow	O
a	O
link	O
in	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
"	O
domain	B-Protocol
parking	I-Protocol
"	O
may	O
also	O
refer	O
to	O
an	O
advertising	O
practice	O
,	O
more	O
precisely	O
called	O
"	O
parked	B-Protocol
domain	I-Protocol
monetization	O
"	O
,	O
used	O
primarily	O
by	O
domain	B-Application
name	I-Application
registrars	I-Application
and	O
internet	O
advertising	O
publishers	O
to	O
monetize	O
type-in	B-Protocol
traffic	I-Protocol
visiting	O
a	O
parked	O
,	O
"	O
under-developed	O
"	O
,	O
or	O
unused	O
domain	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
domain	O
name	O
will	O
usually	O
resolve	B-Protocol
to	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
containing	O
advertising	O
listings	O
and	O
links	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
use	O
of	O
domain	B-Protocol
parking	I-Protocol
is	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
placeholder	O
for	O
an	O
existing	O
web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Expired	O
domains	O
that	O
were	O
formerly	O
websites	O
are	O
also	O
sought	O
after	O
for	O
parked	B-Protocol
domain	I-Protocol
monetization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
website	O
operators	O
and	O
search	O
engines	O
begin	O
to	O
remove	O
the	O
former	O
inbound	O
links	O
,	O
the	O
traffic	O
to	O
the	O
parked	B-Protocol
domain	I-Protocol
will	O
begin	O
to	O
decline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
process	O
of	O
re-registering	O
expired	O
names	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
dropcatching	O
and	O
various	O
domain	B-Protocol
name	I-Protocol
registries	I-Protocol
have	O
differing	O
views	O
on	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
parking	O
pages	O
are	O
propagated	O
automatically	O
on	O
a	O
domain	O
holder	O
's	O
web	O
property	O
when	O
they	O
either	O
change	O
the	O
name	B-Protocol
servers	I-Protocol
or	O
forward	O
the	O
URL	O
.	O
</s>
