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Re:Chatroulette Creator Is A 17-Year-Old Russian Kid by shib71 on Saturday February 13, 2010 @04:16PM (#1123570)
That would be an interesting advertising model.

Keep the main application advertisement free, but buy up all the doppelgangers and advertise on those.

Diabolical.

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Re:Chatroulette Creator Is A 17-Year-Old Russian Kid by ajg1977 on Saturday February 13, 2010 @09:06PM (#1123977)
And how exactly would that work?

Every time a user, or potential user, mistypes your URL then best case they end up on some keyword related site. Worst case - they end up visiting some adword-buying competitor.

If it's more profitable to direct users away from your site than to visit there's a problem with your business model.

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