uTube.com makes $1000 a day from a typo

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uTube.com makes $1000 a day from a typo

by Brad Linder May 17th 2007

Remember uTube? Of course you do. Who could forget about the Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment Corporation.

OK, that was trick question. But the corporation's website happens to be similar enough to a popular video sharing site that nearly 2 million people each month mistype YouTube.com and wind up visiting uTube. You'd think that'd be a good thing, but not if it means crashed servers and high bandwidth costs. So uTube filed a lawsuit after Google (with its deep pockets) purchased YouTube last year.

Now Red Herring reports that uTube is actually making money off of user typos. A lot of money.

The corporation has installed a ring tone search engine that lets users find and download cellphone ring tones. The site is now bringing in almost $1000 every day. But uTube hasn't dropped its suit against YouTube. The corporation is still seeking damages and a permanent injunction against use of YouTube.com. Cause, you know, people who don't even know how to spell YouTube will definitely stop visiting your site immediately after YouTube changes to a new URL.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Liam said 9:43AM on 5-17-2007

you have to be an idiot to file lawsuits like these!

Ron said 2:08PM on 5-17-2007

Now, if Microsoft or Yahoo really wanted to go after Google, they could buy/rent the UTube site and start up a video site there, but that would be just evil...

lev polvoi said 6:27PM on 5-18-2007

LOL 2 million people misspell youtube every month. There are 2 million people on the web who are clueless :#

davydany said 9:14PM on 5-19-2007

btw...whats the url to this site again? :)

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