So Yahoo teams up with Road Runner to take "www" typos!

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  • sortie
    Confirmed User
    • Mar 2007
    • 7771
    #1

    So Yahoo teams up with Road Runner to take "www" typos!

    Type "ww.some.com"

    in your browser

    And this is where you go on Road Runner :

    http://ww23.rr.com/index.php?origURL...//ww.some.com/

    Looks like you can "opt out" though.

    Is this new? I guess I don't type www enough to have found out.
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    • sortie
      Confirmed User
      • Mar 2007
      • 7771
      #2
      I dont have a "ww" subdomain so I wonder if subdomains must be at least 3 letters.

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        • Basic_man
          Programming King Pin
          • Oct 2003
          • 27360
          #3
          I get a page error.. maybe your browser got hi-jacked?
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            • fusionx
              Confirmed User
              • Nov 2003
              • 4618
              #4
              subdomains can be any number of characters, up to whatever the maximum would be..

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                • fusionx
                  Confirmed User
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 4618
                  #5
                  Originally posted by sortie
                  Type "ww.some.com"

                  in your browser

                  And this is where you go on Road Runner :

                  http://ww23.rr.com/index.php?origURL...//ww.some.com/

                  Looks like you can "opt out" though.

                  Is this new? I guess I don't type www enough to have found out.
                  Are you using RoadRunner? That's just their landing page for sites that don't resolve.

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                    • munki
                      Do Fun Shit.
                      • Dec 2004
                      • 13393
                      #6
                      They've had that running along with a 404 override for any site without it explicitly set for anyone on the roadrunner isp for a few months now...

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                        • d-null
                          . . .
                          • Apr 2007
                          • 13724
                          #7
                          nevermind, answers above

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                            • The Dawg
                              Confirmed User
                              • Apr 2002
                              • 2438
                              #8
                              RR has been doing that for a while. You just have to opt out of that option.

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                                • slavdogg
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Jan 2001
                                  • 3570
                                  #9
                                  google has been doing this for a while
                                  check out what verizon and comcast have been doing
                                  its getting out of control
                                  ISPs are taking over 404s and typos and all sort browser shit
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                                    • sortie
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • Mar 2007
                                      • 7771
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by munki
                                      They've had that running along with a 404 override for any site without it explicitly set for anyone on the roadrunner isp for a few months now...
                                      404?

                                      WTF????

                                      I hope you don't mean when my domain is correct but the page is 404!!

                                      That would fucking suck hard!

                                      I didn't get any RR page when I 404ed my domain. I shouldn't either.

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                                        • u-Bob
                                          there's no $$$ in porn
                                          • Jul 2005
                                          • 33063
                                          #11
                                          Originally posted by sortie
                                          I dont have a "ww" subdomain so I wonder if subdomains must be at least 3 letters.
                                          o m g

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                                            • sortie
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Mar 2007
                                              • 7771
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by u-Bob
                                              o m g
                                              My bad, I should spend more time sig whoring like you so I can learn these things.

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                                                • WiredGuy
                                                  Pounding Googlebot
                                                  • Aug 2002
                                                  • 34512
                                                  #13
                                                  this has been going on with ISPs for some time, Rogers has been doing this for months with Yahoo. Huge profits to be made off that.
                                                  WG
                                                  I play with Google.

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