Frog

Do you have one? Or is it about to be some suckers own fault for throwing away 10 grand on this?

http://www.sedo.co.uk/auction/auctio...artnerid=19833

Would it not perhaps be fairer to force people to clearly mark domains as typos?

retired_member16

Who cares?

If they cant spell then they shouldn't be buying stuff for 10 grand.

foz

Hard to monitor across millions of domains.

The buyer could be aware, although if it was worth keeping (type-in traffic) one would think the current owner should retain and re-direct.

philiporchard

If I was aware it was a typo when selling it, then I'd mention it.

If you don't mention it, then I guess it could be classed as misprepresention, and fall foul of the Misrepresentation Act as information has not been included about the product (in this case the fact it's a typo).

From Wikipedia...

Distortion of Fact

A representor may make a statement which prima facie is technically true; however this may tell only half the story. If a statement of fact is made but the representor fails to include information which would significantly alter the interpretation of this fact, then a misrepresentation may have occurred.

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Edwin

I have rapped Sedo's knuckles on a number of issues, including the evergreen VAT problem, but in this case I don't believe it's their responsibility to play "policeman". They're simply providing the sales platform and then getting out of the way; typo domains* sell in all sorts of other venues so why shouldn't they be listed on Sedo?

In venues where commentary is both easy to supply and expected (like forum threads) I would expect people to highlight the fact that they're selling a typo in their sales thread (or not kick up a stink if somebody else jumps in to supply the missing detail)

*NOTE: I personally dislike typo names, but as long as they're 100% generic typos (of the "accomodation" variety) then they're at least "legitimate" even if they make the owner look a bit illiterate. Typos of TM names are (cybersquatting)^2 and should be avoided like the plague.

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mibut

ACCOMODATION 6,600 exact UK Local Monthly Searches = a lot of people who cannot spell.
also Registered on: before Aug-1996

Frog

Showing results for accommodation. Search instead for accomodation.

That tells you all you need to know about the search figures.

mibut

Perhaps you ought to check your own spelling as accommodation gives 33,100 local exacts my original figure for accomodation is correct.

Frog

I'm not saying your figure is wrong. I'm saying anyone searching for the wrong version is automatically shown the results for the right version. So from a Google point of view, the domain is worthless as people can't even really find it.

mibut

The search figures are googles own, you are referring to search results, totally different. No, not worthless as Google gives a choice and if a site was optimised for the search term then google would probably show the site.