Your typo$ are worth money

Wat's wrong wit tis blog? Noting, you are still able to read it, despite the absence of "hs". But of course, if you wish to book a Hotel, you won't find it under "otel". Typos and misspellings. Nightmares for anyone who needs to use a written language that, to an Italian, just makes so little sense, when it comes to a one-to-one correspondence between sounds and signs. Italian is read as it is written, but in English you can never tell how the surname of anyone will appear on paper, or indeed how that name on paper may sound. So?

So, there is money in it, and quite a lot. Ever thought about all those mistyped or misspelled items on ebay that nobody buys and that you could get for a penny? Visit TypoTracker, it will help you to search for them and get a better bargain.

And what about misspelled/mistyped urls that lead nowhere? Google, as usual, is there already, placing advertisements that pop up when you look for things like www.compani.com instead of www.company.com. Not nice, is it? But not evil either. According to a recent article, the business is worth more than 1 million dollars. Yours typos and misspelled words are definitely not just your business.

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