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Typo pirates ahoy!

Everyone makes typing mistakes sometimes and it’s this kind of mistakes from which typo pirates benefit. How does it work? Typo pirates register a name that greatly resembles a well-known domain name. When you type a mistake, you’ll end up on the wrong site which is often cluttered with advertising. This is the way typo pirates earn their money.

Recently we have seen that also .be, .nl, and .eu names are increasingly victimised by this form of Internet piracy. In addition, this form of piracy is also becoming more omnipresent. Last year, the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) received lots of complaints from famous people and companies who became the victim of typo piracy. Some businesses even register the company name of their competitor as typo name, hoping the customers of their competitor will come to them.

bNamed recommends that you consider carefully the registration of  a new domain name. Choose a clear name, a name that is easy to spell and where there can be no doubt about the way the name is spelled. If a misunderstanding about the way your name is spelled can arise, you can always play it safe and register a number of variations of your name and link them to your own website.

A good example of a poorly thought out domain name is, for example www.bNamed.net. This name can be written in many different ways. Therefore, we have taken our precautions and also registered www.beNamed.net and www.b-Named.net and linked them to our own website!

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