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miceagol
October 20th, 2006, 10:27 AM
Check this out. :D
http://www.ie7.com

Why didn't MS get it first, and do you think they will take it from them?
slimdog360
October 20th, 2006, 10:50 AM
hahaha
Kateikyoushi
October 20th, 2006, 11:26 AM
I heard about it this summer, ie6.com doesn't belong to microsoft either.
Anyway it is funny but I wonder how many people visit that page.
bluenova
October 20th, 2006, 11:32 AM
Lol, that great :D
Rui Pais
October 20th, 2006, 11:50 AM
Anyway it is funny but I wonder how many people visit that page.

yes, a counter would a nice inclusion for that page ;)
JohnTheLutheran
October 20th, 2006, 12:48 PM
Well, FWIW, Alexa currently has it ranked at around 24,000th place (http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=www.ie7.com), with a "reach" nearly two-thirds that of SpreadFirefox.com (http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?&compare_sites=&y=t&q=&size=medium&range=&url=www.spreadfirefox.com).

It's also second-ranked on Google (http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-10,GGGL:en&q=ie7) for "IE7".

I suspect if MS took this to a domain-name dispute process then whoever is running this site wouldn't have a leg to stand on. If they haven't done so, perhaps it's because they're afraid of the bad publicity it could cause.
denad
October 20th, 2006, 01:38 PM
:D doh! Whenever somebody asks you about IE, link to that page.
Old Pink
October 20th, 2006, 02:07 PM
Check this out. :D
http://www.ie7.com

Why didn't MS get it first, and do you think they will take it from them?

GOOD ONE! :D

And Microsoft can't "take" anything from anyone... (except the right to re-install Vista....) 8)
Klaidas
October 20th, 2006, 02:35 PM
Why didn't MS get it first, and do you think they will take it from them?

Because IE is just a product of MS, and it doesn't need a separate website?
Old Pink
October 20th, 2006, 05:08 PM
Apart from anything, hardly anyone will visit the Internet Explorer page on Microsoft.com, as the browser is included in every one of their OSes, and updated automatically.
deepwave
October 20th, 2006, 06:14 PM
Hehe. Love it.
total wormage
October 20th, 2006, 06:41 PM
wether or not much visited, at least we had the fun :D
aysiu
October 20th, 2006, 06:45 PM
http://weblog.infoworld.com/techwatch/archives/008427.html
dddouglas
October 20th, 2006, 07:59 PM
"But instead of all that Microsoft goodness" what are they refering to ? Some yummy pastries? Or is MS suddenly become the conferrer of good?
DirtDawg
October 20th, 2006, 09:10 PM
Ha! Brilliant!