Google continues assault on domain names monetized through survey sites.
Google has filed a UDRP case against the owner of three Gmail typos that forward to “survey” sites.
The three domains — gmaill.com, gmal.com, and gmiail.com — all lead to a page on VideoRewardsNow.com that have a logo oddly similar to Gmail’s logo:
Once users complete the three question “survey” they are invited to select a prize such as an iPad. But in order to get that prize they must complete online offers.
Google has been aggressively going after sites monetized like this, including filing cases against multiple YouTube related sites and Goggle.com. It lost the case for Goggle.com because of some prior history with the domain, but I suspect that case isn’t over yet.
I suspect Google is more concerned with these sites compared to pay-per-click parked pages because they can create ill will toward the company.
John McCormac says
They are more typosquats than survey sites. This might be Google’s motivation. The interesting thing to see is whether this signals a more aggressive crackdown from Google on possible typosquats and domains containing variants of its TMs.
Andrew Allemann says
@ John – yes, they’re typosquats. But I think the reason Google is aggressively going after these particular sites is b/c of the survey. I bet they get emails from people asking “where’s my iPad”?