If the mistyped url matches a Yahoo search (they submit the URL to Yahoo, along with a lot of extra information, some of which could be tracked back to you), then you get the Yahoo results as well. On rare occasions I've had it jump right to a "result", which is really irritating. Steven A. DuChene wrote: > Yes, but you will notice they call that an "Enhanced Error Results Page" > so that must be OK! :-) > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Brian Cluff >> Sent: Feb 28, 2010 8:13 PM >> To: Main PLUG discussion list >> Subject: Re: Installfest this Saturday - PLUG website dead? >> >> Your browser should be giving you an address not found message. If bing >> is factoring into it, then your dns is being hijacked, or you have some >> sort of plugin that is redirecting your results. >> >> Attached is what I get when I try putting in something with a bad address. >> >> Brian Cluff >> >> On 02/28/2010 03:24 PM, Steve Phariss wrote: >>> Who does cox redirect to? I get the bing search page, and if it is not >>> found (i.e. truely a bad search) then BING gives me a not found page >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Joseph Sinclair >>> > wrote: >>> >>> Eric Shubert wrote: >>> > >>> > Could you elaborate about the redirect-failure-to-ads trick? I don't >>> > know what you mean by that. >>> > >>> > Also, do you happen to know if Qwest is also doing this? >>> > >>> > Thanks again. >>> >>> Most ISP and commercial DNS providers, when a domain name isn't >>> found, do not return the mandated a NXDOMAIN response. >>> Instead they return the IP address of a server that just dumps a >>> page full of ads based on the (presumably mistyped) domain name. >>> The immediate problem is that a completely innocent typo can then >>> result in ads for almost anything (which can be *really* bad if a >>> kid is doing the typing). >>> >>> It's a dirty trick to try to turn DNS into a profit center, and I >>> find it completely despicable. >>> DNS has to trustworthy or the whole trust model of the net fails, >>> and any service that's willing to change NXDOMAIN responses for >>> profit could just as easily start redirecting other traffic for even >>> more profit (imagine if www.gnu.org got >>> redirected to a MS anti-FOSS site when accessed from a Windows machine). >>> >>> I don't know if QWest is doing that, but I would be mildly surprised >>> if they aren't. > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >