08-07-2006, 07:46 AM
Type your domain name into your browser without the o in .com and you'll end up on an advertising parking page in Cameroon. example: www.tuliptools.cm www.ebay.cm
full article and comments at Circle D: http://www.circleid.com/posts/nation_of_...com_space/
Quote:The .cm (Cameroon) ccTLD operators have discovered that since their TLD is simply one omitted letter away from .com, that there is a gold mine in the typo traffic that comes their way. Accordingly, Cameroon has now wild-carded its ccTLD and is monetizing the traffic.
The upshot is that, if the Neiman Marcus / Dotster lawsuit over 27 domain names was properly characterized as massive, then the Cameroonians are now going well beyond massive, and are monetizing every conceivable typographic variation of Neiman Marcus, as well as the correct spelling thereof at www.neimanmarcus.cm ...
full article and comments at Circle D: http://www.circleid.com/posts/nation_of_...com_space/