Yes, typo-squatting does suck. Usually, it is just an annoyance and you have to wonder why any idiot would bother to make a site by misspelling "Google." These affiliates of Lands' End were using them as a redirect to make money.

My concern is when I'm visiting a site such as a banking site, I always double check the page before I enter the log-in information. Some have an extra layer of security. They present an image that the customer selected at sign-up to be shown before the customer enters a password. That way, if the customer doesn't recognize the image or there isn't one, they are alerted that they are not at the real site.

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