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this reminds me of IDN domains, a few weeks ago I purchased fácebook.com and góogle.com. I get a few hundred visits every day. I posted about it here https://plus.google.com/110362380602139255131/posts/NPS3VNyD...


I wonder how/why people end up typing á in that URL - on my machine, it takes extra effort (OPTION-e a) to enter that.


On my keyboard, it's '-a, with ' in a place that's easy to hit accidentally, and since it's combining, it doesn't print. I suspect some layouts might have OPTION-a, which would be almost as easy a mistake to make.


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Yes. I think this is part of it. Here are the logs from a few weeks ago: http://j.mp/pBqfbx I'd be curious if anyone can figure out why so many visitors are using a browser called Netfront (apparently from Samsung mobiles).


On my BlackBerry, inadvertently swiping the trackpad while typing a vowel results in an accented version of the vowel. There might a similar mechanism at work in Samsung devices.


I see. What is interesting is that most of the requests come from Samsung devices in Spanish-speaking countries, so I guess their keyboards must make it even easier to make the mistake.




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