Beware of Typos (Wiener Zeitung)
These squatter-run sites generate click-through advertising revenues, lure unsuspecting consumers into scams and harvest email addresses to flood users with unwanted email. To quantify the scope of the study, McAfee reviewed 1.9 million variations of 2,771 of the most popular domain names....more...Study Looks at Mistyped Domains & Typosquatters (WebProNews)
A new study by a major internet security company is taking aim at typosquatting, the practice of buying a misspelled domain name in the hopes that someone will mistype the name and land on that site. If someone then clicks on an text ad on the site the domain owner and the parking company will make money. While the internet security company is trying to point out the problem of ......more... Yahoo Beefs Up Online Publishing Consortium With 17 More Newspapers (E-Commerce Times)
Yahoo has added 17 more newspapers to its group of online publishing partners, giving the group added heft as it approaches its one-year anniversary. The Columbus Dispatch and 16 regional newspapers owned by The New York Times have joined the consortium, bringing its total number to about 415 dailies and another 140 weeklies, Yahoo reportedly said....more... DNS Survey Reveals Many Systems Still Vulnerable to Attacks Despite Some Marked Improvements (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Infoblox Inc., a developer of appliances that deliver "utility-grade" core network services, and The Measurement Factory, experts in performance testing and protocol compliance, today announced results from the third-annual survey of domain name servers on the public Internet....more... Trusted Domain Names Abused (Web Host Directory)
Researchers from Finjan Inc.'s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC) say hackers are using a loophole in the domain name registration process to circumvent Web site blockers and prolong the duration of their attacks....more... Google On Everyone's Lips: A Trademark Nightmare? (Search Engine Land)
So, I got this Google-branded lip balm from the Google Store. I couldn't resist it?it just seemed like such a kooky thing for them to brand. After getting it, I feel like Google might be approaching some sort of critical mass, and that they could be in danger of losing control of their trademark. Is this a trademark lawyer's nightmare? Click to continue reading... ......more... Top typo-squatted sites target children, some with porn (Ars Technica)
The act of typo-squatting has increased and continues to make money off of your casual mistakes, reports security research company McAfee, luring in gamers, shoppers, people looking for news, and even kids. Read More... ...more... Book Review - High Performance Web Sites by Steve Souders; Foreword by Nate Koechley (Blogcritics.org)
A useful book for every web developer, whether you are running a small or large-scale site. The front end engineer for a website holds in their hands a tremendous amount of power with regard to end users' experience of your site. They are the last line of defense and the decisions they make directly shape the experience that the user takes with them about your site, and ultimately, your ......more... McAfee Study Highlights URL Typos (Web Host Directory)
URL Typo's are being used as a cybersquatters easy way to earn money or damage unsuspecting visitors....more... |