Web sites pointing to Amazon - AAAARGGGH!

Hi,

in the process of trying to find a cheap cable router, and when I search for
details via Google (UK) I find pages of sites with different names all
offering the cheapest deals on the web for cable routers.

Strangely, when you click through for details they all point to Amazon.

Does this indicate that Amazon is the cheapest (a couple of squid cheaper
than Dabs on the router I am chasing - but haven't checked P&P yet) or just
that Amazon is populating the net with masses of spoof search sites all
pointing back to Mummy?

My investigations are being seriously hampered by information overload.

Or underload.

Hmph.
Dave R

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On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 11:23:18 +0100, "David W.E. Roberts"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Does this indicate that Amazon is the cheapest (a couple of squid cheaper
>than Dabs on the router I am chasing - but haven't checked P&P yet) or just
>that Amazon is populating the net with masses of spoof search sites all
>pointing back to Mummy?
>
The first links on Google always point to Amazon where possible as
Amazon pay money to Google for the service.

Andrew.

<aep@nospam writeme.com> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 11:23:18 +0100, "David W.E. Roberts"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >Does this indicate that Amazon is the cheapest (a couple of squid cheaper
> >than Dabs on the router I am chasing - but haven't checked P&P yet) or
just
> >that Amazon is populating the net with masses of spoof search sites all
> >pointing back to Mummy?
> >
> The first links on Google always point to Amazon where possible as
> Amazon pay money to Google for the service.
>
> Andrew.

The first links, O.K.

However, the first thee pages or more of links, almost all to other sites
which link indirectly to Amazon?

I hope they pay Google a lot!

"David W.E. Roberts" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> However, the first thee pages or more of links, almost all to other
sites
> which link indirectly to Amazon?

They could be Amazon affiliates?

Regards
Sunil

In uk.telecom.broadband, David W.E. Roberts wrote:

>
>Strangely, when you click through for details they all point to Amazon.
I wondered if there is a cock-up in the DNS system, I tried to reach
www.giga-byte.com recently and it points to ebay!


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"Nigel Mercier ®" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> In uk.telecom.broadband, David W.E. Roberts wrote:
>
> >
> >Strangely, when you click through for details they all point to Amazon.
> I wondered if there is a cock-up in the DNS system, I tried to reach
> www.giga-byte.com recently and it points to ebay!
>
>
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> Nigel Mercier
>
> Please remove NOSPAM from my return address

Nigel

I got straight to GigaByte.

eric

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Nigel Mercier ® writes:

> In uk.telecom.broadband, David W.E. Roberts wrote:
>
> >
> >Strangely, when you click through for details they all point to Amazon.
> I wondered if there is a cock-up in the DNS system, I tried to reach
> www.giga-byte.com recently and it points to ebay!

Check for spyware. I use Spybot Search & Destroy for that sort of thing.

Also check your networking settings for a rogue DNS suffix.

In uk.telecom.broadband, Eric Parker wrote:

>> I wondered if there is a cock-up in the DNS system, I tried to reach
>> www.giga-byte.com recently and it points to ebay!

>Nigel
>
>I got straight to GigaByte.

So do I today, hence my thought about a DNS cock-up.


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In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Nigel Mercier ®
said......

> In uk.telecom.broadband, Eric Parker wrote:
>
> >> I wondered if there is a cock-up in the DNS system, I tried to reach
> >> www.giga-byte.com recently and it points to ebay!
>
> >Nigel
> >
> >I got straight to GigaByte.
>
> So do I today, hence my thought about a DNS cock-up.
>
>
>
It's OK through Pipex using their DNS servers
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