[ale] Why do malformed URLs redirect to microsoft

[H. A. Story]

GREAT INFORMATION
I seem to remember Microsoft frontpage and perhaps M$ word embedding 
Microsoft.com links when they are used to create a webpage.  I will have 
to confirm this though.

Adrin


Rev. Johnny Healey wrote:

> This is spawned off of the conversation in the March 9th thread about 
> firefox redirecting to microsoft.  I've set up a web page that 
> explains why malformed links end up redirecting Mozilla/Firefox users 
> to microsofts web site.  The page also proposes a relatively simple 
> fix, which involves page-rank spamming to promote a more appropriate 
> site (the w3c protocols page).
>
> If you're interested, the link is 
> http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/~jpheale/help_spam_google.html 
> <http://www.mathcs.emory.edu/%7Ejpheale/help_spam_google.html>
>
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