__/ [ Paul B ] on Monday 01 May 2006 03:52 \__
> On Sun, 30 Apr 2006 20:21:16 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>I thought this was rather intersting. Sorry to have filled this group with
>>occasional press releases. You can killfile everything which begins with
>>"[News]".
>>
>>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002962245_google30.html
>>
>>,----[ Quote ]
>>| Google, which runs the largest ad network on the Internet, is making
>>| millions of dollars a year by filling otherwise unused Web sites with
>>| ads. In many instances, these ad-filled pages appear when users mistype
>>| an Internet address, such as "BistBuy.com."
>>`----
>
> I could understand brstbuy or even bestbiy or bestbut ........ bit
> hard to mistype bestbuy as bistbuy though.
Maybe they are using the Dvorak keyboard layout. I have always wanted to
study it, but compatibility is limiting. Windows Mobile, for example,
supports nothing but QWERTY.
Another possibility: a Freudian slip. The surfer could be a heavy metal fan.
Best wishes,
Roy
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