Site URL having numerical fig

[nickyjoy]

At times when i look for a site, i get a numberical figure in the URL of the site what's that? can somebody help me out

[rocknbil]

Do you mean an IP address? Like [123.456.789.00?...]

These sites are usually temporary sites used for scams such as phishing, OR are only initially set up as a temporary measure, waiting for the DNS servers to propagate with the domain name, and someone forgets to change the links.

[Rehan]

These sites are usually temporary sites used for scams such as phishing, OR are only initially set up as a temporary measure, waiting for the DNS servers to propagate with the domain name, and someone forgets to change the links.

...or they're Google's cache servers. :-)

This is also a numerical URL:
[1208929683...]

[nickyjoy]

Thanks for your reply however i am not talking about the numerical IP address, i am talking about the numberical number which comes in the URL
For e.g

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[edited by: trillianjedi at 9:15 am (utc) on May 10, 2007]
[edit reason] No specifics as per TOS, please [/edit]