The Washington Post is
running an interesting article about typosquatting, i.e. running a web site with an address similar to a legitimate site
(e.g. "bistbuy.com") solely for the purpose of filling it with ads, and how not only the squatters, but also
Google, are
making a
killing on it. Unsurprisingly, many of the ads on typo domains are served by Google's AdSense, and Google is making
millions from them. In its defense, Google says it will suspend the AdSense accounts for a domain if a copyright owner
complains that it is "confusingly similar."
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Subscribe to commentsMkvakinJul 6th 2006 7:04PM
Speaking about typosquatters, here is a free website that detects whether your site has been typosquattered
http://veralab.com/dnsdomainsearch/typosquatters.jsp
Here is what you need to do:
1. Type your company domain name into the input field below
2. Choose the root domain from the drop down list below
3. Choose the types of typos you want to be investigated
4. Click “Search” and wait for a while
The system will generate the list of possible typos and misprints and tell you whether any domain names using these typos are already taken by other people.