“Subscribers to Verizon’s high-powered fiber-optic Internet service (FiOS) are reporting that when they mistype a Web site address, they get redirected to Verizon’s own search engine page — even if they don’t have Verizon’s search page set as their default.”
Frank Schilling comments on Verizon’s hijacking of mistyped domains:
What’s funny is that Verizon has been at the forefront of litigating against domain registrants who take over typo domain names like VeriznPhones.com.. Most error-traffic is comprised of typo-variants of existing websites, so one could argue that Verizon has now become a typosquatter themselves, taking over inactive searches (non resolving urls) and selling advertising on the backs of these wayward visitors as it “helps†them navigate elsewhere.
The original article about Verizon is here.
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