www.domain.com vs www.wwwdomain.com

[INVIGOR]

Ok, even though Ive got some experience, I need some guidance: How come a lot of people register domains like www.wwwcnn.com? Why would you include the "www" after the first "."?

I understand it obviously has something to do with typos, but is it for mistypes that forget to type in the first "."??

Thats the only way I can see it resolving, unless I'm totally missing something.

I think by now, a lot of people don't even use the initial "www" thereby reducing those possible mis-type ins, and the rest of the world has become pretty adept at the initial "www."

Thoughts please??

 

[Biggie]

some people forget to put the (.)

thus wwwdomain.com

many sites are still advertised with "www.domain.com"

 

[Devil Dog]

You are correct. Believe it or not, people still type www dot domain.

Remember, there are seasoned internet users, and there are new people coming onto the net everyday.

 

[jondoe0069]

Edit- looks like you already realize it's for typos. That's really all there is to it.

 

[Tom K.]

I've noticed a lot of people registering www-domain.com, now a dash is far away from the dot (on the keyboard). What is the logic behind this one? Look at www-travel.com, for example. All the extensions are taken.

 

[Devil Dog]

Don't forget wwwldomain.com

Check those out.

 

[snicksnack]

I've noticed a lot of people registering www-domain.com, now a dash is far away from the dot (on the keyboard). What is the logic behind this one? Look at www-travel.com, for example. All the extensions are taken.

this is due to the different keyboard layout for different countries. www-domain.de is a very common typo in germany as the "-" is located next to the "."

 

[INVIGOR]

Interesting indeed....