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How Google & Yahoo Make Money Off A Twitter Typo Domain
Thursday, November 05, 2009

Like many people, I misspelled a domain name today when I was trying to visit a web site. I typed Twiter.com (with one T) rather than Twitter.com. I wasn’t surprised to land on a site with ads, as is common when entering typos.

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