Typosquatting

xoxoxoBruce • Aug 16, 2008 3:03 pm
From Wiki
Typosquatting, also called URL hijacking, is a form of cybersquatting which relies on mistakes such as typographical errors made by Internet users when inputting a website address into a web browser. Should a user accidentally enter an incorrect website address, they may be led to an alternative website owned by a cybersquatter.


There's a site that watches this... http://typosquat24.com/
Crimson Ghost • Aug 16, 2008 10:53 pm
Squat popularity factor?

That's how restaurants should be rated...
Sundae • Aug 18, 2008 7:31 am
As my work website has an org.uk address I occasionally try that for the Cellar. It comes up with a single page which reads, It Works!

The might of the Cellar is random.
Shawnee123 • Aug 18, 2008 10:07 am
So that's what that is called. I've mis-entered website addresses before and I end up on a different site: they all look very much alike. For what purpose, I wonder?
BrianR • Aug 18, 2008 1:38 pm
Whitehouse.com used to go to a strip club, now it goes to a political poll/interview thing.
Maui Nick • Aug 21, 2008 8:45 pm
Crimson Ghost;476622 wrote:
Squat popularity factor?

That's how restaurants should be rated...


Ah, but they are! The higher the squat factor, the lower the score from the local health inspector.
Crimson Ghost • Aug 21, 2008 10:25 pm
I thought so...

Welcome back, Nick.
Maui Nick • Aug 21, 2008 11:09 pm
Thanks. Hope I didn't miss much (other than one wedding, apparently).
wafflepirate • Sep 1, 2008 4:01 pm
I get caught by those guys a lot XD
I hate that stuff!
Ruminator • Dec 4, 2008 5:36 pm
Yea, my latest was cellar.com :D