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this reminds me of IDN domains, a few weeks ago I purchased fácebook.com and góogle.com. I get a few hundred visits every day. I posted about it here https://pl
by andresmh 15y ago
this reminds me of IDN domains, a few weeks ago I purchased fácebook.com and góogle.com. I get a few hundred visits every day. I posted about it here https://plus.google.com/110362380602139255131/posts/NPS3VNyDxuJ https://plus.google.com/110362380602139255131/posts/NPS3VNyD...
- pavel_lishin 15y agoI wonder how/why people end up typing á in that URL - on my machine, it takes extra effort (OPTION-e a) to enter that.
- sesqu 15y agoOn my keyboard, it's '-a, with ' in a place that's easy to hit accidentally, and since it's combining, it doesn't print. I suspect some layouts might have OPTION-a, which would be almost as easy a mistake to make.
- njharman 15y agonon-english keyboards links
- andresmh 15y agoYes. I think this is part of it. Here are the logs from a few weeks ago: http://j.mp/pBqfbx http://j.mp/pBqfbx I'd be curious if anyone can figure out why so many visitors are using a browser called Netfront (apparently from Samsung mobiles).
- BrandonM 15y agoOn my BlackBerry, inadvertently swiping the trackpad while typing a vowel results in an accented version of the vowel. There might a similar mechanism at work in Samsung devices.
- andresmh 15y agoI see. What is interesting is that most of the requests come from Samsung devices in Spanish-speaking countries, so I guess their keyboards must make it even easier to make the mistake.
- jcitme 15y agoOn the iphone, at least, holding down the key for a second reveals accents for a lot of letters. If I was typing slowly and not paying a lot of attention (in the bathroom or something, perhaps?), it is possible for me to not notice typing one of these...