Google going after YouTube typo domains that lead to survey scams

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Google going after YouTube typo domains that lead to survey scams

Google going after YouTube typo domains that lead to survey scams J.B. | November 23, 2011 | Comments 0 Comments Tweet Google is going after several popular typos of the web address YouTube.com, all owned by the same person. Each typo domain leads unsuspecting users to a site that looks confusingly similar to the official YouTube site (as shown in the picture above of YouTub.com – minus the ‘e’ ). Instead of landing on Google’s YouTube, users are taken to a survey scam that asks a series of questions and attempts to gather personal information by promising free gifts like Best Buy gift cards. Google filed the complaint (Case No. 1416796 ) with the National Arbitration Forum this past week over the domain names: youtbe.com, youtub.com, youtue.com, youube.com, and yutube.com. The names are all registered to the same person as seen in WHOIS records , allowing Google to file o...

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