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VeriSign Looks At Earning Money on Domain Typos
Harald Paulsen writes "In a recent article Computer Business Review uncovers how VeriSign Inc is testing a service that would return a webpage if a user mistypes an URL. Basically all nonexistant domain queries could return an IP address and if the user was trying to access a page with a webbrowser they could get redirected to a search-engine, or worse: a page asking them to buy a domain. This is most certainly breaking the DNS standard and could be compared to cybersquatting (Hey Ford, want to have a banner ad whenever someone mistypes Toyota?). This is interesting in relation to an earlier story about register.com and holding-pages."
VeriSign is evil... Microsoft is evil... AOL is evil... WHO DO I ROOT FOR? I don't know what to say... Um... um... Uh, San Dimas Open Source ROCKS!
Bush: He's Liberal in all the wrong ways.
Hm, how much would it be to make Versisign redirect typos of volkswagen.com on my porn site?
What is really interesting is the fact that between the months of March and April, the number of errors increase at least ten fold, for only one moment. Maybe this page was linked to before? http://cricket.asimov.net/index.cgi?target=%2Fslas hdot-misspellers%2Fslsahdot-org;ranges=y
Root for companies that no one has heard of; it makes you sound cool.
(San Dimas Operations...)
You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
You all should stop complaining it's obvious versign is trying to _help_ you: "Like many registries, we're continually exploring ideas on how to enhance the user experience,"
Dream? We're already here! You're missing out! Come on over, we'll take care of you. You don't have to worry about all that rubbish anymore. There's no government, no laws, and food and clothing? It grows, it always grows. Just be sure not to go out on your own after dark, and sleep in large groups.
Weena! Don't touch that nice man's machine!
Judging by the light most people hold them in, it's more an abuse of a position of mistrust.
With IPv6 on the verge of being implemented...
Ha ha! Ah ha ha! Ha!
*wipes tear*
Thanks dude, I needed that.
I moderate "-1, Fool"
How many times do I have to say this? Posters, please verify your links before including them in your posts. I was promised bestiality--Instead, I go a link to a "Verisign is a bad company" protest site. At least it's on topic.
hmmmmm...
salsadot.org
Now, I just need to invent a few recipes for hot sauce with caffeine.
134340: I am not a number. I am a free planet!
Is Veirsign or Verising taken yet? :)
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 1996 21:30:59 -0800 (PST)
From: "Clay M. Bond" (bondc@indiana.edu)
On Fri, 1 Mar 1996, M K Rippberger wrote:
> Use "an" when the following word begins with a vowel SOUND:
> a university
> a United Nations proclamation
> an anonymous letter
Let me add to that a quotation from the Chicago Manual of Style, 6.49:
Such forms as "an historical study" or "an union"
are not idiomatic in American English. Before a
pronounced *h*, long *u* (or *eu*), and such a
word as *one*, the indefinite article should be *a*:
a hotel
a euphonious word
a historical study
such a one
*but*: an honor, an heir
a union
---
Clay Bond, Team OS/2
CELT Writing Coordinator, Computer Administrator
bondc@indiana.edu
http://copper.ucs.indiana.edu/~bondc/
Hasn't this been going on for a LONG time now? Example: oogle.com and friends. Typically I've seen them go to that god-awful mp3search or whoever that throws up about 20 popups. >|-[ Makes me mad.
All your domains are belong to us!