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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. Mod parent up by mi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This is, indeed, a crucial distinction, which makes Microsoft's practice benign compared to the evil of SiteFinder.

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  2. Re:Even if it is from Microsoft... by secolactico · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Mmm, I think Sitefinder only resolved/resolves A records, not MX records.

    Some MTAs will attempt to deliver to the A record directly if it can't find the MX. If said host doesn't respond to smtp, you *might* get one of those "This is a temp problem. No need to resend your message. Will try to deliver for a few days" messages.

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  3. Re:your .sig by mi · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Zionist terrorism predates Palestinian terrorism by a remarkably long time.

    There is NOT ONE Act of Terror, that committed by the State of Israel. Not ONE. So — bugger off.

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