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Google Wins 'Typosquatting' Dispute

Posted by timothy on from the wrongful-clacking dept.

JeiFuRi writes "The National Arbitration Forum has awarded Google the rights to several web addresses such as googkle.com, ghoogle.com, and gooigle.com, alleging that Sergey Gridasov of St. Petersburg, Russia, had engaged in 'typosquatting.' Business Week comments that Gridasov relied on typographical errors to exploit the online search engine's popularity so computer viruses and other malicious software could be unleashed on unsuspecting visitors."

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  1. Horraty! by tehshen · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ghood neews fgor erveyonme!

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  2. glooge.com by LesPaul75 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Looks like they missed one: http://www.glooge.com/ (NSFW!)

    1. Re:glooge.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      That's what you get for working on a Saturday. You were probably going to quit soon anyway.

  3. C'mon! by maxrate · · Score: 5, Funny
    C'mon, you deserve to be infested with spyware if you make a typo!

    I think Mavis Beacon should make a USB keyboard that electrifies all of the wrong keys while your typing. Probably need an external tesla coil or something, can't do it all from the USB bus I guess!

    1. Re:C'mon! by jensen404 · · Score: 5, Funny
      I think Mavis Beacon should make a USB keyboard that electrifies all of the wrong keys while your typing.

      *ZAP*

    2. Re:C'mon! by Dunbal · · Score: 3, Funny

      Then it would be Mavis Bacon.

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  4. What about Dvorak typos? by aprilsound · · Score: 5, Funny

    Huh? Well? what about Dvorak? gvoogle.com, gorovla.com? The possibilities are endless (and sometimes hilarious)

  5. Slashdot? by derkyjadex · · Score: 5, Funny

    What the hell is this crazy site? I came here looking for slushdoot.

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  6. I got got by a typosquatter in front of my boss by grolschie · · Score: 2, Funny

    I was about to show my boss an example of cool flash animation and I accidentally typed http://homestarunner.com instead of http://homestarrunner.com! All these nudies poppup up on screen and my face turned red. Man, did he give me beans over that.

  7. Re:Trademarks? by thrashbluegrass · · Score: 2, Funny

    At Fjord, Glaciation is Job 1.

  8. They missed Ghoolgle.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I guess Google isn't evil... otherwise they'd have a search engine for ghouls.