I just had a hardworking (it's Sunday) IT colleague test this out from his computer at his office. He was able to break this down further.
The first link goes to hitpointer.com, which then redirects to textlinks.com (another Standard Internet domain) and then finally to the page with all of the Standard Internet search links and services.
To make things more interesting, my colleague heads the IT department at our municipal government. He too is now filing a formal complaint. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I would assume that a local government issuing a complaint to a Federal government department may just cause a few waves.
Again, I would recommend that if you have experienced a similar issue, submit a formal complaint to:
www.fcc.gov/cgb/complaintfiling.html
www.ftc.gov/ftc/complaint.htm