When you misstype a URL does it take u to MSN search? - GoFuckYourself.com

Plat · 10-07-2002, 12:32 AM

I may do it about 3-10 times a day.. pisses me off, everything when I misstype it takes me to some gay ass MSN DNS Error page...why cant Microsoft just guess what i misstyped like the 0 in .c0m or something and help me out :c(

Nurgle · 10-07-2002, 01:12 AM

how about fixing up your IE settings so it doesnt do it......

Nurgle

Mr.Fiction · 10-07-2002, 01:14 AM

Microsoft is getting paid, don't doubt it.

h0st · 10-07-2002, 01:17 AM

Well today this happened to me twice allready:

typed www.google.com to the address bar and I was taken to MSN Search page where was link to www.google.com so I clicked it and it took me to google.com

chodadog · 10-07-2002, 01:19 AM

I made a post about this a while ago. Microsoft are skimming type in traffic. I have no doubt about it! The amount of times i've typed a url absolutely perfectly, and i've been taken to that page, are ridiculous!

You might notice, that sometimes it suggests a few other sites with similar domain names? Makes you wonder if those are PPC or something?

GFED · 10-07-2002, 03:44 AM

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Originally posted by chodadog
I made a post about this a while ago. Microsoft are skimming type in traffic. I have no doubt about it! The amount of times i've typed a url absolutely perfectly, and i've been taken to that page, are ridiculous!

You might notice, that sometimes it suggests a few other sites with similar domain names? Makes you wonder if those are PPC or something?

funkmaster · 10-07-2002, 03:55 AM

"The amount of times i've typed a url absolutely perfectly .."

.. same here! it all started after the xp SP1 update ...

faytl · 10-07-2002, 04:16 AM

take off the "friendly" error messages in ie, stops the crappy ms 404 errors and such too...

chodadog · 10-07-2002, 07:53 AM

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Originally posted by GFED

You laugh now. But wait till MS turns the skim-0-meter up to 95% and steal the internet from Al Gore! Then who'll be laughing?!

smashface · 10-07-2002, 09:27 AM

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Originally posted by Plat
I may do it about 3-10 times a day.. pisses me off, everything when I misstype it takes me to some gay ass MSN DNS Error page...why cant Microsoft just guess what i misstyped like the 0 in .c0m or something and help me out :c(

Im not sure if it helps but you can change this event. Instead of msn, you can direct traffic to other sites like Google or Yahoo.

chodadog · 10-07-2002, 09:48 PM

Resistance is futile.

.:Frog:. · 10-07-2002, 09:52 PM

Never happened to me, but then again I hardly ever use IE.

Brad Mitchell · 10-07-2002, 09:54 PM

Tools: Internet Options: Advanced : Searching from the Address Bar : Do not search from the address bar

There is your fix.

Brad

chodadog · 10-07-2002, 10:04 PM

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Originally posted by SinEmpire
Tools: Internet Options: Advanced : Searching from the Address Bar : Do not search from the address bar

There is your fix.

Brad

I think Microsoft would do a better job running the internet than Al Gore. He's had his day in the sun.

booker · 10-07-2002, 10:06 PM

Easy solution, don't mistype urls?

chodadog · 10-07-2002, 10:08 PM

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Originally posted by booker
Easy solution, don't mistype urls?

It takes you to that page even when you correctly type a URL sometimes.

<i>Microsoft Skim-0-Page</i> ?

Plat · 10-07-2002, 11:14 PM

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Originally posted by booker
Easy solution, don't mistype urls?

well i type a million words per minute o_0

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chodadog Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 9,736	I made a post about this a while ago. Microsoft are skimming type in traffic. I have no doubt about it! The amount of times i've typed a url absolutely perfectly, and i've been taken to that page, are ridiculous! You might notice, that sometimes it suggests a few other sites with similar domain names? Makes you wonder if those are PPC or something?

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funkmaster So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: shell beach Posts: 7,938	"The amount of times i've typed a url absolutely perfectly .." .. same here! it all started after the xp SP1 update ...

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chodadog Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 9,736	Resistance is futile.

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