[MMS21]

If you did that now you'll run into sites with no content but a banner at the top with contact details so you can buy the domain.

[bckr]

Yep, I got it on the first try. personalrobotics dot com. Not a neat robot hacker website, not even a company selling robots. Just a $300k domain squat.

[pkdpic]

Thats a good point, I remember a bit of this back in the day but not sure how common it was. One my best friend and I still joke about to this day was tree.com, I seem to remember it wasn't even for sale, just a squat for squats sake or something. Good times.

[dylan604]

or much much worse. NSFW klaxon alarms and visits from HR for viewing this content at work type situations.

[BeFlatXIII]

Parking domains have been a staple of the internet since its inception.

[dylan604]

oh the days of the under construction animGifs

[BeFlatXIII]

I remember one such website that was nothing but a collection of every single under construction GIF they could find.

[dhosek]

Or a page full of ads.