So Yahoo teams up with Road Runner to take "www" typos! - GoFuckYourself.com

sortie · 04-15-2009, 03:42 PM

Type "ww.some.com"

in your browser

And this is where you go on Road Runner :

http://ww23.rr.com/index.php?origURL...//ww.some.com/

Looks like you can "opt out" though.

Is this new? I guess I don't type www enough to have found out.

sortie · 04-15-2009, 03:45 PM

I dont have a "ww" subdomain so I wonder if subdomains must be at least 3 letters.

Basic_man · 04-15-2009, 03:46 PM

I get a page error.. maybe your browser got hi-jacked?

fusionx · 04-15-2009, 03:47 PM

subdomains can be any number of characters, up to whatever the maximum would be..

fusionx · 04-15-2009, 03:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sortie

Type "ww.some.com"

in your browser

And this is where you go on Road Runner :

http://ww23.rr.com/index.php?origURL...//ww.some.com/

Looks like you can "opt out" though.

Is this new? I guess I don't type www enough to have found out.

Are you using RoadRunner? That's just their landing page for sites that don't resolve.

munki · 04-15-2009, 03:50 PM

They've had that running along with a 404 override for any site without it explicitly set for anyone on the roadrunner isp for a few months now...

d-null · 04-15-2009, 03:50 PM

nevermind, answers above

The Dawg · 04-15-2009, 03:50 PM

RR has been doing that for a while. You just have to opt out of that option.

slavdogg · 04-15-2009, 03:50 PM

google has been doing this for a while
check out what verizon and comcast have been doing
its getting out of control
ISPs are taking over 404s and typos and all sort browser shit

sortie · 04-15-2009, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by munki

They've had that running along with a 404 override for any site without it explicitly set for anyone on the roadrunner isp for a few months now...

404?

WTF????

I hope you don't mean when my domain is correct but the page is 404!!

That would fucking suck hard!

I didn't get any RR page when I 404ed my domain. I shouldn't either.

u-Bob · 04-15-2009, 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sortie

I dont have a "ww" subdomain so I wonder if subdomains must be at least 3 letters.

o m g

sortie · 04-15-2009, 05:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by u-Bob

o m g

My bad, I should spend more time sig whoring like you so I can learn these things.

WiredGuy · 04-15-2009, 05:24 PM

this has been going on with ISPs for some time, Rogers has been doing this for months with Yahoo. Huge profits to be made off that.
WG

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