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I’m thinking of registering a misspelling of a popular site’s domain name (example: Yahhoo.com, AOLL.com). Is that a good idea?

April 26, 2017aoll.com domain name I’m Misspelling Popular site thinking yahhoo.com

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I’m thinking of registering a misspelling of a popular site’s domain name (example: Yahhoo.com, AOLL.com). Is that a good idea?

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This is known as typo squatting – buying a domain name with the anticipation of drawing off traffic from a legitimate site by taking advantage of people who can’t spell well. Most lawsuits that arose from this type of registration were decided in favor of the original site owner.