# When typing, "gmail.com" in your browser... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167 "2015-08-28T13:28:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/1 "2015-08-28T13:28:25Z")
…at work, make sure you don’t accidentally type, “gmial com”. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/2 "2015-08-28T13:58:52Z")
And in case the OP wasn’t clear, the link he posts is sorta borderline NSFW. No nudity, but ladies, some scantily clad. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/3 "2015-08-28T14:51:10Z")
I was guessing as much but I’m glad I didn’t click it ----------- for now at least. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/4 "2015-08-28T14:54:35Z")
Since I’m not at work, I did click the link (for, uh, research purposes). My Avast anti-virus informed me that going to that web page might not be such a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2015, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/5 "2015-08-28T15:50:38Z")
Since there are NSFW concerns and the possibility of a virus I broke the link. Unbreak at your own peril. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/6 "2015-08-29T07:43:37Z")
Here’s a screenshot if you really want to see it. Spoilered because some images are (barely) not safe for work. [http://i.imgur.com/Bui2Iac.jpg](http://i.imgur.com/Bui2Iac.jpg) It’s just some ads they think might appeal to the people who mistype [gmail.com](http://gmail.com). I guess they default to straight male. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2015, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/7 "2015-08-29T08:30:30Z")
There are a lot of sites of that kind taking advantage of mistyped common URLs. It’s rare that people are hit by them, as people tend to Google search, use bookmarks, or follow links to reach them these days, but there’ll still be thousands of victims a day. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2015, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/8 "2015-08-30T02:17:43Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > There are a lot of sites of that kind taking advantage of mistyped common URLs. It’s rare that people are hit by them, as people tend to Google search, use bookmarks, or follow links to reach them these days, but there’ll still be thousands of victims a day. I posted about one years ago. There was a spam site at starightdope dot com. No idea if it’s still there and don’t care to find out. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/9 "2015-08-31T16:56:26Z")
I wouldn’t expect the _Reader_ to buy starightdope, but why has Google not grabbed goggle/gogle/googol/googl/gmial/gmali? (I didn’t check, for all I know they have some of those) ---
**Author:** ![brewha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@brewha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brewha)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/10 "2015-08-31T17:26:39Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > …at work, make sure you don’t accidentally type, “gmial com”. > > :smack: I found the same thing when typing “[hotmail.com](http://hotmail.com)” My index finger hit both the J&H at the same time. Do not go to “jhotmail dot com” at work! Turns out it’s a teen porn site. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/11 "2015-08-31T17:34:37Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I guess they default to straight male. That’s sexist and gayist. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2015, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/12 "2015-08-31T22:18:43Z")
Not sure if it is still active, but years ago putting .com behind whitehouse, instead of the official [whitehouse.gov](http://whitehouse.gov) would lead to porn. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/13 "2015-09-01T00:06:50Z")
Since Avast took the precaution of blocking it for me (redirector warning), I’ll have to take your word for it. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/14 "2015-09-01T00:07:43Z")
It’s not…hasn’t been for about a decade. [Been through a lot of different things in that time, primarily real estate and government-related since thing, apparently.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehouse.com) ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/15 "2015-09-01T00:09:58Z")
I have an account at both. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/16 "2015-09-01T13:21:45Z")
> [@Kamino\_Neko](#): > > It’s not…hasn’t been for about a decade. [Been through a lot of different things in that time, primarily real estate and government-related since thing, apparently.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehouse.com) I find this fascinating in the sense that I never would have thought to look up a domain name on Wikipedia. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/17 "2015-09-01T13:49:20Z")
> [@brewha](#): > > I found the same thing when typing “[hotmail.com](http://hotmail.com)” > > My index finger hit both the J&H at the same time. Do not go to “jhotmail dot com” at work! Turns out it’s a teen porn site. Or hotmale. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/18 "2015-09-01T14:50:44Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I find this fascinating in the sense that I never would have thought to look up a domain name on Wikipedia. Famous websites (and whitehouse dot com was one, just due to the controversy) tend to get wiki pages. ---
**Author:** ![Fubaya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@Fubaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fubaya)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2015, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/19 "2015-09-01T15:17:13Z")
On a related note, [penisland.net](http://penisland.net) hasn’t changed. It’s still exactly what you’d expect, a great little internet island of pen sales! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2015, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-typing-gmail-com-in-your-browser/729167/20 "2015-09-03T19:19:03Z")
I’ve used Gmail forever and don’t think I’ve ever typed “[gmail.com](http://gmail.com)” into a browser: if there’s no bookmark, I always type [mail.google.com](http://mail.google.com). Huh. (now I’m all curious about what would happen if I tried [male.google.com](http://male.google.com), but I’m at work and won’t try it here…)