airpal - 5:09 pm on Mar 31, 2005 (gmt 0)

No wonder Google seemed stale for about a year, some of the stupidest assumptions in this document were actually acted upon and implemented!
This is a perfect example of making nothing out of something...

"Certain signals may be used to distinguish between illegitimate and legitimate domains. For example, domains can be renewed up to a period of 10 years. Valuable (legitimate) domains are often paid for several years in advance, while doorway (illegitimate) domains rarely are used for more than a year. Therefore, the date when a domain expires in the future can be used as a factor in predicting the legitimacy of a domain and, thus, the documents associated therewith."

Oh yeah, I've also never seen the words "spammy, illegitimate, and legitimate" used more times in a single document.

[edited by: airpal at 5:23 pm (utc) on Mar. 31, 2005]