typosquatting

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Etymology[edit]

Blend of typo +‎ cybersquatting.

Noun[edit]

Examples
  • amazom.com for amazon.com
  • wiktonary.org for wiktionary.org

typosquatting (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) A form of cybersquatting that involves the registration of domain names likely to be mistyped by users.
    • 2000 April 4, ICB Toll Free News, “TYPO-SQUATTING IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC”, in Toll Free 800, Domain Name, and ENUM Industry News and Information[1], archived from the original on 17 January 2004:
      It's a technique, a sort of "typosquatting," that Maly has used repeatedly. A Web site called "Jobonline.cz" was registered last March and two months later Maly bought jobsonline.cz.
    • 2014, Aaron Schwabach, Internet and the Law: Technology, Society, and Compromises, 2nd edition, ABC-CLIO, →ISBN, page 59:
      The decline in traditional, direct cybersquatting was accompanied by a rise in a form of indirect cybersquatting known as typosquatting. A typosquatter attempts to cash in on the traffic generated by high-volume Web sites.

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