Typosquatting

Typosquatting is the practice of registering domain names which are very close to specific trade marks (e.g. yahu.com, gooogle.com). These domains have a number of uses - for example, to generate advertising revenue from users who mis-type the URL.

Third party resources

Don't Fall Victim to Typosquatting - An in-depth analysis of the problem from Terri Wells, published on the devshed.com site.

Large-scale Registration of Domains with Typographical Errors - A study of typosquatting by Benjamin Edelman of the Berkman Center from 2003.

Slate on Typosquatting - A novel idea for solving the problem of typosquatting from Slate.

Typosquatters Turn Flubs Into Cash - An article from ZDNet from 2000. Of historical interest only.