Word of Warning: Google Typo = Bad

[Clark Gilbert]

My brother just showed me this and I thought I would share it. Looks like you may want to be careful typing "google.com" into your address bar for awhile.

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/googkle.shtml
(this website has information)

I'm not posting this information to see if anyone will type gookle.com, I haven't and don't plan too. Also, don't blame me if you try it.

[Kyle]

Originally Posted by Clark Gilbert

My brother just showed me this and I thought I would share it. Looks like you may want to be careful typing "google.com" into your address bar for awhile.

http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/googkle.shtml
(this website has information)

I'm not posting this information to see if anyone will type gookle.com, I haven't and don't plan too. Also, don't blame me if you try it.

Thanks for the warning, I will warn others about it.

[sanddrag]

Luckily the K is a couple letters away from the G. Thanks for the warning.

[Katie Reynolds]

Originally Posted by sanddrag

Luckily the K is a couple letters away from the G. Thanks for the warning.

But it's right next to the l ...

Thanks for the warning; I will pass it on.

[Enterprize]

Thanks for the warning. Much appreciated. I'll stick to using the google line in my firefox though ^^

[MOEmaniac]

wooooo definelty thanks for the warning

[Madison]

This is why you make Google your home page. You never have to type the address.

[DarkJedi613]

That's why I use Yahoo No seriously...its the same thing...

Thanks for the warning. I'm tempted to take one of my junky computers down stairs and try this now...haha

[DCA Fan]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

This is why you make Google your home page. You never have to type the address.

Hear hear...I have yet to understand why anyone would spend the time to do something like this...it's just so ungracious and unprofessional. (Had to use the FIRST term for it )

[Cory]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

This is why you make Google your home page. You never have to type the address.

But... if Google is my homepage, what do I do with CD?

[DarkJedi613]

Originally Posted by Cory

But... if Google is my homepage, what do I do with CD?

Open them in Frames! Or have them set to homepages in different browsers.

[Alex Pelan]

Originally Posted by DarkJedi613

Open them in Frames! Or have them set to homepages in different browsers.

Yes, Firefox has this nifty feature, where, if you have multiple tabs open, then go to options, and set your homepage as "current page," then whenever you start up, it opens up all those tabs.

[DarkJedi613]

Originally Posted by Alex Pelan

Yes, Firefox has this nifty feature, where, if you have multiple tabs open, then go to options, and set your homepage as "current page," then whenever you start up, it opens up all those tabs.

Hmm...I didn't know that - I use IE6.0.

I meant more of like make an HTML file with a frameset in it pointing to google and chief delphi...but I suppose your way works better.

The thing is, is this whole thing legitiment? Not that I really care, I type "go" then press down when I have to go to google...

[Wetzel]

Originally Posted by M. Krass

This is why you make Google your home page. You never have to type the address.

This is why you use Firefox. You never have to type the address, you just use the search box.

At any rate, this is nothing new or unusual about the internet. Websites have always capitalized on misspellings to generate traffic, and many of them use various unscrupulous techniques to do what they want.

Wetzel