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Re: What DNS Is Not

From: Andrew Cox
Date: Thu Nov 19 18:19:36 2009

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As a follow up to this, one of the large Australian ISP's has just introduced a DNS redirection "service" for all home customers.

"/The BigPond-branded landing page provides BigPond customers with organic search results, sponsored links, display advertisements and intelligent recommendations, all derived from the invalid domain input - much more helpful and friendly than a nasty 404 page error./"

http://www.crn.com.au/News/160923,bigpond-redirects-typos-to-unethical-branded-search-page.aspx

Follow-Ups:
- Re: What DNS Is Not Matthew Palmer
- Re: What DNS Is Not Randy Bush

References:
- What DNS Is Not Alex Balashov
- Re: What DNS Is Not Jack Bates
- Re: What DNS Is Not Glen Turner
- Re: What DNS Is Not Jack Bates