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Microsoft "SiteFinder" Quietly Raking It In

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the all-your-typos-are-belong-to-us dept.

An anonymous reader writes in with the news, which isn't particularly new, that Microsoft's Internet Explorer sends typo domain names to a page of pay-per-click ads. In this endeavor Microsoft joins Charter and Earthlink in profiting from the dubious practice that Verisign pioneered but failed to make stick. The article is on a site whose audience is, among others, those who attempt to profit by typo-squatting, and its tone is just a bit petulant because individuals cannot hope to profit in this game on the scale Microsoft effortlessly achieves.

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  1. obligatory by User+956 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft's Internet Explorer sends typo domain names to a page of pay-per-click ads

    Typ0wned!

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  2. Oops !! by .Chndru · · Score: 4, Funny

    It took me long to come here and post this since I was searching for slahsdot.org on IE..

    1. Re:Oops !! by crunchly · · Score: 2, Funny

      You obviously are lying. No self respecting slashdotter would use IE. Use a real browser.

  3. Re:Even if it is from Microsoft... by PhxBlue · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... oh, God. I didn't actually say that, did I?

    You did. And if you had prefaced it with "you can mod me down for this, but ..." your post would probably already be +5 Insightful. :)

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  4. Re:obligatory - Don't you mean... by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 3, Funny
    Typ0wned!

    Don't you mean: TyPwned

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  5. Re:Sheesh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Man, I've really busted the conspiracy WIDE ASS OPEN.

    to post goatse, or not to post goatse, that is the question...