What Happened To Page 99 Test? - Page 2

rcentros · 08-08-2021, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

http://page99test.com is redirecting to a garden-variety, suggested-links page typical of most parked-domain monetization schemes for me this morning.

I'm still getting a blank page (now both in Firefox and Chrome (Vivaldi)).

DiapDealer · 08-08-2021, 03:10 PM

Ad-blocker?

rcentros · 08-08-2021, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Ad-blocker?

I use uBlock Origin, but I've tested the page99test.com with it on and off. Still nothing. But if you're seeing ads the domain is obviously "parked" and the page is almost certainly not coming back.

DiapDealer · 08-08-2021, 06:18 PM

That's my take as well.

BookCat · 08-08-2021, 09:57 PM

Thanks for the research, though I don't understand some of the terms. What is a "spammy link farm"? I googled the term DMCA which just came up with something about copyright, but as the site was only showing a single page of a book, any copyright claim (if that's what this means) seems petty.
I have no idea what a parked-domain monetisation scheme is. But I suppose the bottom line is that the site is dead.

If only all kindle books had real pages, rather than locations, which seem to mean nothing, I could do this page 99 test on my ereaders. As it is, I just judge a book by its first paragraph.

ownedbycats · 08-09-2021, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by binaryhermit

parklogic.com sounds like one of those spammy link farms

There was an interview with the founder that said that domain parking got a 50% ROI. Yuck.

Quoth · 08-09-2021, 08:17 AM

A whole page would exceed fair use. Many countries don't even have an official fair use.
Almost all the ebook sellers offer either a "look inside" online or a download, which is 10% to 20% of the title. The rights holders agree this as part of using that seller to retail. I'd guess page99 didn't even ask and returned no money to rights holders.

rkomar · 08-09-2021, 09:51 AM

I would guess that those who got their works panned on the site probably wanted it shut down. Those who got good comments were probably happy with the exposure. Somehow I don't see the latter worrying about the missed revenue from having one of their pages copied.

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08-08-2021, 03:10 PM	#17
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,552 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Ad-blocker?

08-08-2021, 06:18 PM	#19
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,552 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	That's my take as well.

08-08-2021, 09:57 PM	#20
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,912 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	Thanks for the research, though I don't understand some of the terms. What is a "spammy link farm"? I googled the term DMCA which just came up with something about copyright, but as the site was only showing a single page of a book, any copyright claim (if that's what this means) seems petty. I have no idea what a parked-domain monetisation scheme is. But I suppose the bottom line is that the site is dead. If only all kindle books had real pages, rather than locations, which seem to mean nothing, I could do this page 99 test on my ereaders. As it is, I just judge a book by its first paragraph.

08-09-2021, 08:17 AM	#22
Quoth the rook, bossing Never. Posts: 11,166 Karma: 85874891 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper11	A whole page would exceed fair use. Many countries don't even have an official fair use. Almost all the ebook sellers offer either a "look inside" online or a download, which is 10% to 20% of the title. The rights holders agree this as part of using that seller to retail. I'd guess page99 didn't even ask and returned no money to rights holders.

08-09-2021, 09:51 AM	#23
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,986 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	I would guess that those who got their works panned on the site probably wanted it shut down. Those who got good comments were probably happy with the exposure. Somehow I don't see the latter worrying about the missed revenue from having one of their pages copied.