Looks like the 'footprint in snow' evidence left by a redirecting domain traffic proxy server (geofencing algorithm) when its caught off-guard by a nameserver change (of a static parked URL) to a platform not in its network.
Proxy servers also...
For the record: Redirects, even numerous redirects (or content changes), no longer dilute URL (Page) Rank in Google.
Also, folks, keep in mind Google / Alphabet is an advertising company.
When "widespread" domain traffic hijacking was first...
There are many spoken parallels between Real Estate and Domaining. Real Estate "Red Lining" and Domain "Traffic Redirects" is an unspoken parallel.
Domain traffic 'Geofencing', for example, can show or hide versions of the same page to various...
Appreciation and Thanks for a best guess domain traffic comparison, Bob
Unfortunately, like other markets, illicit trafficking often tells the real story.
How much forwarded domain traffic is contextually redirected to platform owned...
DOMAINING IS NOT DEAD!
The web is a perpetual domaining money machine for whatever emerges.
We all know the old domainer business model is virtually dead.
There is much more to Domaining than the old Naming Name Trade.