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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."

6 of 201 comments (clear)

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

    Ghood neews fgor erveyonme!

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    Guy asked me for a quarter for a cup of coffee. So I bit him.
  2. 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*

  3. 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)

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

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

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  5. Re:About time by booyabazooka · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I find it annoying when I want to register a domain for a site and find it is being used for something stupid

    Dear Sir or Madam:

    You are hearby ordered to cease and desist all web-related economic activity. Under section 794B of the No Stupid Website Act, the usage of your domain has been classified as Level 8 Stupidity, exceeding the maximum acceptable Level 3 Stupidity. As your website has been deemed Stupid by our arbiters, it is no longer accepted on the Internet.

    - US Commission of Businesses I Like Only

    I'm glad you don't run the world.