TypoSquatting is a big issue in 2007

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The Editor Ron Jackson of DNJournal had an interesting point,

“As many have been predicting for months now, the typosquatting issue has moved to center stage in the domain business. Typosquatting is the practice of registering domain names that are misspellings of popular brand names. Those names are then used to generate pay per click revenue from web surfers who accidentally mistype a domain name and end up on an advertising page owned by the typosquatter. Practitioners of this black art have made a lot of money over the years, but in 2007 holding infringing names may well earn you an expensive day in court rather than a fat PPC check.”

But my question to Ron is, how will the little guy defend themselves against the squatters? Verizon can hire expensive lawyers and it may cost squatters that pick on those domains. But most companies will not fight back. Most will just sit there and passively take it. They may not even be aware it is even happening to themselves. They don’t have time to pick the flees off their back. Squatting on non TM domains is a problem that will not go away quickly. As an example of this point, even DN Journal has fleas on its back.
Domain Name Server IP Address
Dnjournalcom.com
Dnhournal.com Domaincontrol.com 64.202.189.170
Sdnjournal.com Lamedelegation.net 205.178.189.133
Dnjourmal.com Name-services.com 64.74.223.4
Dnjournla.com Name-services.com 64.74.223.3
Dnjournl.com Name-services.com 64.74.223.10
Dnournal.com Name-services.com 64.74.223.4
Dnjuornal.com Name-services.com 64.74.223.9
Dnjornal.com Sedoparking.com 212.227.34.3

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