Leosghost
msg:4348197 | 12:26 pm on Aug 5, 2011 (gmt 0) |
You are "the product"..
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rocknbil
msg:4348272 | 3:23 pm on Aug 5, 2011 (gmt 0) |
This may be a new twist but it's been going on for quite some time [webmasterworld.com].(Note that thread is NOT about FireFox, see encyclo's post, thanks encyclo.) It's maddening.
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pageoneresults
msg:4348287 | 3:41 pm on Aug 5, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Ya, RoadRunner have been doing it for a while.
[dnssearch2.rr.com...]
You can change your preferences to disable the redirect.
[dnssearch2.rr.com...]
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Fribble
msg:4349136 | 6:42 pm on Aug 8, 2011 (gmt 0) |
The links provided in the responses refer to DNS Hijacking - something that has been around for a while.
Engine's post refers to the hijacking of actual SEARCH queries meant for the SE's. This is a whole different animal. I'm surprised that the leaders of these companies think it's ok to do this.
List of ISPs that are redirecting some search queries
Cavalier
Cincinnati Bell
Cogent
Frontier
Hughes
IBBS
Insight Broadband
Megapath
Paetec
RCN
Wide Open West
XO Communication
Charter and Iowa Telecom were observed to be redirecting search terms, but have since ceased doing so. Iowa Telecom stopped its redirection between July and September 2010, and Charter stopped in March 2011.
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pageoneresults
msg:4349142 | 7:07 pm on Aug 8, 2011 (gmt 0) |
| Engine's post refers to the hijacking of actual SEARCH queries meant for the SE's. This is a whole different animal. |
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Doh! Thank you for the clarification.
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Web_speed
msg:4349253 | 12:50 am on Aug 9, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Telstra Bigpond has been doing it in Australia for some time too. Redirecting ANY web wide "not found" pages to their own search engine (sensis).
Quite annoying realy.
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Leosghost
msg:4349262 | 1:02 am on Aug 9, 2011 (gmt 0) |
| Redirecting ANY web wide "not found" pages to their own search engine |
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That has been going on for years ..in many countries ..with many ISPs..we had a long thread about it ( in foo I think ) in about 2004 or 2005 or thereabouts...My ISP at that time ( Tiscali ) did it with all non registered domain names that were typed into the address bar.
ISPs redirecting specific search terms to sites ( when sites exist which would have returned results without that redirection ) in order to make money for themselves via aff deals or whatever is hi-jacking ..
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keyplyr
msg:4349365 | 7:15 am on Aug 9, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Ya, RoadRunner have been doing it for a while. - pageoneresults |
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As has Cox Cable.
Cox will hijack your search right from Google to their own default 404 page laden will service ads.
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koan
msg:4349374 | 7:34 am on Aug 9, 2011 (gmt 0) |
That applies when a service is free and doesn't make money by selling directly a product, like Facebook or Google. At least it's limited to their web sites. But people pay these ISP and they expect non-interference when browsing the web. It's very sleazy and shouldn't be allowed.
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