Researchers at Microsoft Corp. have blown the lid off a large-scale, typo-squatting scheme that uses multi-layer URL redirection to game Google’s AdSense for domains program.
The scheme was uncovered when Redmond lab rats decided to extend its HoneyMonkey exploit detection system, a project that runs automatic and systematic Web scans to investigate the seedier side of the Internet.
Microsoft Research Systems Management Research Group was able to track down a ring of typo-squatters registering misspelled domain names and generating traffic to serve advertising from Google.
Using five programmatic typo-generation models, the researchers pinpointed a series of domain-registration structures being used by “major typo-squatters” to steal traffic from some of the biggest Internet brands, including Amazon.com, Expedia.com and Mapquest.com. SEO software
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San Diego Lasik · October 12, 2006 at 11:15 am
Wow! Why wasn’t this bigger news? Google’s dismissive response to this evidence of exploitation is a little troubling and suggests that their monetary incentive right now is to simply comply with the scamsters at the expense of the real companies. Yikes! Visit:
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San Diego real estate agent · June 21, 2014 at 12:50 am
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