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DotSauce Magazine: McAfee Publishes In-Depth Study on Domain Name Typos

  • Gab from SEO ROI · 2 years ago
    My thoughts? They're very profitable. I owned one where people looking for an airline and guessing at the domain typed my domain instead. Bought it for $500 from the guy who had it initially,. Made ~17 bucks in a few days if memory serves (lots of traffic!). Sold it to someone else for a $300 profit a few days later.
  • Gab from SEO ROI · 2 years ago
    My understanding is that the automobile and consumer electronics niches are also great. (Speaking of which, I own newcardealership(s).ca - not typos, but when you look at the overture on those keywords, you realize there's some beautiful seo value in those domains :D.)
  • Kimota · 2 years ago
    Excellent post. I recently wrote about typo domains too at http://tinyurl.com/343z98

    One thing I didn't know was how much GoDaddy was participating in the practice...

    Typo domains and domain tasting are causing a few problems within the domain registration business and not enough is spoken about them.
  • Jansie Blom · 2 years ago
    too much extra work, and the stigma attached to it makes it an avoidable practice.

    good article!
  • Mahadi · 2 years ago
    Very wonderful post. Typo domain and domain tasting causing some problems. Thanks for your information.
  • JC · 2 years ago
    Just remember that in many cases you could open yourself to legal challenges with companies where the typo is effected. Especially if a small co. suddenly gets big.
  • NSpeaks · 2 years ago
    Though I never misspelled a domain whenever I type a address in browser :lol:, but I think they can be a valuable asset still.

    Companies should take care of misspelled domains and maybe register them along with actual names, so that cyber squatters don't get much chance.