Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of typosquatter.
Examples
“Ben Edelman: Google allows typosquatters to register domain names and show Google ads on those domain names.”
“That preference reflects the fact that Google pays more, so sophisticated typosquatters prefer Google because they know they can make more money.”
“Both companies allow typosquatting, but the majority of typosquatters use Google, more even than the proportion of Google's advertising market share.”
“Apparently, typosquatters have bought the domain names spelled with 4, 9 and 20 "o"s goooogle, etc.”
“Close behind are typosquatters, who register famous names with slight typographic errors, like Peppsi instead of Pepsi.”
“- New research from Harvard Professors Tyler Moore and Ben Edelman suggests that Google may be profiting from typosquatters - at the expense of online advertisers.”
“We're certainly not typosquatters - nobody's going to type in Groggle thinking they're going to reach Google, that's just insane.”
“Merpel, noting that German water is the most expensive on the planet, muses over the splendid name Kondrauer Mineralsprudel Heilwasser Prinz-Ludwig-Quelle and wonders how, if it should ever become a popular brand, it would be guarded from the depredations of typosquatters.”
“Many malicious typosquatters dump, cover up or transfer their domains at the first sign of trouble.”
“Back in 2006 Yahoo was sued by a class of advertisers who alledged that Yahoo sold them ads that were supposed to appear on "highly-targeted" sites and instead wound up on sites filled with spyware or run by typosquatters.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘typosquatters’.
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• Suggestions for new Sailormoon attacks
Subtitle: Sounds complicated, kitch, and means nothing.
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Barbarisms
"An offense against purity of style or language; originally, the mixing of foreign words and phrases in Latin or Greek; hence, the use of words or forms not made according to the accepted usages of...
hisn, hern, gooses, goodest, pled, proven, most of what bilb..., Barbara Bush, unbarred barbs, black sheep, uncut, frizzly barbs, barbarisms and 16 more...
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eureka!!
favourite amusing words and phrases
There is at least..., eureka, dharma, fufluns, tubular, carbuncle, spanakopita, mojo, cake or death, negative space, sweet tooth fairy, floweth and 26 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for typosquatters.
dharma66 typosquatters lie in wait and pounce the minute you tweet or message or comment with a typo on or from any modern media device, as if you didn't know "timeing" should not have an 'e'. :/ Aug 23, 2011
reesetee At least it isn't an unauthorized Babarism. I don't think he'd fit on this page. Apr 21, 2011
bilby Cheers P_U.
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Maybe this should be keyboardosquatters anyway. Apr 19, 2011
PossibleUnderscore I'll drink to that!
Then bilby can wash my glass with his dishes.
UP WITH BARBARISMS Apr 19, 2011
bilby I HEREBY AUTHORISE BARBARISMS. AT LEAST THIS ONE TO START WITH. MORE AFTER I'VE DONE THE DISHES. Apr 19, 2011
ruzuzu Ooh! The domain typosquatters.com is for sale! Apr 19, 2011
duckbill The word is an unauthorised barbarism. Apr 19, 2011
reesetee Good question. Also a good question is what merits an entry on Wordnik. Far worse has been perpetrated here. ;-> Apr 19, 2011
yarb You see this "fake word" allegation from time to time. How is it possible to have a fake word? Apr 19, 2011
bilby typosquatter on www.fuckbill.com :-/ Apr 19, 2011
ruzuzu I agree completely! *sneaks off to register www.duckbill.com*
Edit: Too late. It redirects to some manufacturer of "earth anchor" technology. Apr 19, 2011
duckbill A fake word that hardly merits an entry Apr 19, 2011
arby Who, moi?
*looks innocent* Apr 18, 2011
yarb damn, you, arby! Apr 18, 2011
bilby www.forgapplause.com Apr 18, 2011
frogapplause wordnek, wrodnik, wornik... Apr 17, 2011
frogapplause Taking advantage of the fact that millions of online users mistype addresses of websites they intend to visit, typosquatters register common misspelled versions of popular sites and make money by displaying ads. Apr 17, 2011