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Contributor: poetprincess poetprincess
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Originally posted by MeliPixie
So I just discovered something sneaky another sex toy site has done! If you type in www(dot)edenfantasys(d ot)co (as in, you miss the "M" by mistake), you are redirected to www(dot)sexarena(dot)c om! They must know what good business Eden ... more
they are not very smart lol..
01/29/2012
Contributor: Undead Undead
Quote:
Originally posted by MeliPixie
So I just discovered something sneaky another sex toy site has done! If you type in www(dot)edenfantasys(d ot)co (as in, you miss the "M" by mistake), you are redirected to www(dot)sexarena(dot)c om! They must know what good business Eden ... more
Many places do things like this. The best will still be best though so I don't see it hurting.
01/29/2012
Contributor: QSBybakd QSBybakd
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Originally posted by snuggly
I think it's a little bit desperate and a little bit shady. If anything, it ruins any credibility the other site may be able to generate, so I think it hurts them in the long run. Also, I think it helps solidify EF users to EF, so I see what they ... more
This, exactly.
01/29/2012
Contributor: Zombirella Zombirella
Quote:
Originally posted by MeliPixie
So I just discovered something sneaky another sex toy site has done! If you type in www(dot)edenfantasys(d ot)co (as in, you miss the "M" by mistake), you are redirected to www(dot)sexarena(dot)c om! They must know what good business Eden ... more
A little, yes but EF doesn't have to worry about losing business. If I pulled that up I would probably check to make sure I didn't type something wrong before jumping to the conclusion that EF is no more.
01/29/2012
Contributor: Stinkytofu10 Stinkytofu10
This happens all the time, for countless domains. You can mis-type a letter or add/minus one letter and be redirected to something very different. Many domains capitalize on this common error to get more traffic, often by rerouting many different domain names that are mis-typed to their main site.
01/29/2012
Contributor: Entropy Entropy
Underhanded yeah, but illegal? I dunno', I'm not a lawyer. Big deal? Nah. It takes a lot more than a tricky domain name to be a successful company.
01/29/2012
Contributor: Misfit Momma Misfit Momma
I just tried it and it didn't take me anywhere.
01/29/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
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Originally posted by Moein
Is that legal ?
Very, very much so. It's up to the proprietor to cover their own ass and buy domains so that things like this don't happen. And Eden has their bases pretty well covered. I highly doubt anyone could or would confuse EF with anyone else. We're just too awesome!
01/29/2012
Contributor: FemmeFlo FemmeFlo
That's incredibly sketch. But I don't know if it would really harm any business for eden. Eden is just straight-up the best site out there.
01/29/2012
Contributor: karay123 karay123
It happens all the time, unfortunately.
01/30/2012
Contributor: Adriana Ravenlust Adriana Ravenlust
I'm surprised I never made that typo
01/30/2012
Contributor: Errant Venture Errant Venture
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Originally posted by toxie m
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that stuff like this happens all the time. I don't think too many people would actually be fooled, either - if you're going through the trouble to actually type out the name in the address bar, ... more
Not necessarily. Not every site displays their url prominently on their site's main page, and sometimes their url isn't their actual site name, but based on something else entirely.
01/31/2012
Contributor: samanthalynn samanthalynn
sneaky
01/31/2012
Contributor: karay123 karay123
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Originally posted by Errant Venture
Not necessarily. Not every site displays their url prominently on their site's main page, and sometimes their url isn't their actual site name, but based on something else entirely.
Companies do this in the hopes of users making a typo.
01/31/2012
Contributor: LaSchwartz LaSchwartz
that's crazy.
01/31/2012
Contributor: EnterTheFist EnterTheFist
Meh, business is business. If any of you had the chance to buy gooogle (dot) com or faceboo(dot)com, wouldn't you? They recognize how popular Eden is and are cashing in from it. If they wanted to, Eden could have purchased that domain. Business is business.

But yeah, that whole crap about p-spot toys being only for gay men? Fuck that noise.
01/31/2012
Contributor: Ash1141 Ash1141
Its dumb but I guess fair game.
01/31/2012
Contributor: Highmaintenancegirl916 Highmaintenancegirl916
i didnt know that. thats crazy. eden is home page tho.
01/31/2012
Contributor: Errant Venture Errant Venture
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Originally posted by karay123
Companies do this in the hopes of users making a typo.
Yes, but my point was that legitimate companies don't always have site urls the same as what the actual name for their business is.

(Not saying that this is the case, here. That site is clearly being underhanded and sneaky, and come Judgment Day Skynet shall terminate them with due haste and verve. *whistles innocently*)
02/01/2012
Contributor: GONE! GONE!
Yeah, typical internet crap!
02/19/2012
Contributor: Missmarc Missmarc
When I was in middle school, while doing school assignments, I found whitehouse.com was a porn site not to be confused with whitehouse.gov. I don't think it's a porn site anymore, but it used to be
02/19/2012
Contributor: ksparkles16 ksparkles16
Wow that sucks
02/19/2012