Tag: TYPOS

Google makes about $500 million a year in advertising revenue from deceptive Web sites that target typos, according to New Scientist. It's the result of a trend called "typosquatting," a practice wherein people register domain names that are mere letters away from those of popular sites (e.g., 'Switcjed.com' instead of 'Switched.com'). When somebody hits the wrong key and unintentionally visits ...

digg_url ='http://www.switched.com/2009/10/07/5-typos-that-broke-the-bank/'; Whether caused by rushed jobs, or just plain sloppiness, typos are an everyday reality. Most of the time, in this lickety-split Internet world of ours, it's not a big deal. Sometimes, however, a mistyped letter or two can end up costing the misguided typist a lot of money (and time). Here are five recent textual ...

It has happened again. Another media outlet has mixed up the name of the President of the United States with that of the most disliked man on planet Earth. The headline of yesterday's Yahoo! article entitled "Science Takes on Terror Hunt" reads, "A geographer uses innovative analysis to narrow Obama Bin Laden's location to three sites." Oops. This has happened before, and it will almost surely ...

You'd think that fixing a typo would be an easy thing in these days easily-editable digital content. But surprisingly, this is not always the case. And sometimes, it's just too late to do anything about the consequences that result from a particularly bad mistake. In case you don't believe us, check out the list of the worst typos ever, compiled by Typo Buddy, a site dedicated to saving you ...