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Profits in Missed Exits on Information Highway
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 04:54:08 -0400
X-Sender: @ (Unverified) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 22:31:56 -0400 To: undisclosed-recipient:; From: Monty Solomon <monty () roscom com> Subject: Profits in Missed Exits on Information Highway September 15, 2003 Profits in Missed Exits on Information Highway By ELIZABETH OLSON WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 - Type in an Internet query, and inadvertently leave off the dot in .com, .net or .org. Or try to find, say, Target's Web site, but mistakenly tap www.taget in the browser. Everybody makes such mistakes. In fact, so many people mistype or misspell Web queries that some technology companies are trying to turn the lapses into lucre. VeriSign Inc. the country's largest registrar of Web addresses ending in .com and .net, plans to jump into the fray on Monday by introducing a Web navigation service that whisks typo traffic to its Site Finder, which will try to put users back on the right track - and which VeriSign hopes can generate pay-per-click revenue from commercial Web sites that Site Finder would steer their way. ... http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/15/technology/15MISS.html
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