Re: its a good idea in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r9345285 en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:01:56 EDT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:01:56 EDT Re: its a good idea http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9345288 SuperJudge : They should be treated just like a virus producer, for attempting to corrupt the internet, in addition to trying to make money off of it. :mad:
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Updated My Journal]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9345288 Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:22:31 EDT Re: its a good idea http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9345285 dave :
said by damascene See Profile:
its a good idea. similar to googles thing. target ppl
Please explain how every other protocol will benefit from misdirecting a name lookup so that the application talks to a web server.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9345285 Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:22:06 EDT Re: its a good idea http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9344343 filmtvdp :
said by damascene See Profile:
its a good idea. similar to googles thing. target ppl


Yes, it is a good idea, but ONLY as a profit making hijack scheme for VeriSign.

First, unless you are already "locked" onto a site, very few of us ever get a 404 error. Most times, the re-direct will go to a search engine the OS has tucked away in the registry by one of the vendors who have an interest in having you use their search tool.

The difference in the way that VeriSign was doing it, was they would hijack your Web stats, making your visitor logs virtually useless.

I tried several times to contact them about this "problem", but never received a reply to my emails or phone calls. I finally had my attorney contact them, and their response to him was that in the future, they would have a commercial "add-on" that I could subscribe to (not free), that would give me my accurate originating site visitor stats.

So why would I want to pay for something I get for free now? Even when a person Googles my Web sites, I get the pass through stats, with VeriSign, all I saw was the VeriSign hijack. This is why a lot of ISPs and Web hosts were complaining.

They have much more of an agenda than just collecting ad revenue off of the redirect page.

Absolute power corrupts and absolute power always corrupts absolutely.

My two 'pence.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9344343 Tue, 10 Feb 2004 10:23:57 EDT its a good idea http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9343906 damascene : its a good idea. similar to googles thing. target ppl]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,9343906 Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:20:19 EDT