The Dangers of Subdomains
September 9th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Even though it’s not a spot-on SEO issue, I took special note today of a CNN/Wired article on the security risks of subdomains (such as examples.examples.com). Although research seems to indicate that it’s easier for site visitors to remember a subdomain as opposed to a directory name on the other end of a backslash (such as examples.com/examples), CNN/Wired reports that:
Two researchers who set up doppelganger domains to mimic legitimate domains belonging to Fortune 500 companies say they managed to vacuum up 20 gigabytes of misaddressed e-mail over six months.
A doppledanger domain, of course, is one that closely mimics a legitimate web address and is designed to capture information from users who slightly misspell the legitimate address. Click here for the complete article.
