Uh oh. October 30, 2005
Microsoft has made quite the flub up.
On www.msn.com, microsoft links to an article that supposedly tells us how to “Earn $1 million more on your 401(k)”. Unfortunately, the link has a little problem.
The link is to a LAN machine, and as such, instead of a real domain it has the machine name in the URL.
http://edpreview/content/Investing/Mutualfunds/P132921.asp
Now users who click this while browsing with firefox will see something.. interesting. Instead of a 404, firefox takes it as a searchterm and gives us the first google result for “edpreview”. Which as it turns out, is a hardcore ebony porn site. Uh oh.
The real article is here if anyone just needs to know how to earn 1mill more on their 401(k).
I laughed and sent the error to CNN in a news tip. I hope to god we see it on the morning news.
On the bright side, I bet the webmaster of that porn site is happy as a pig in mud with the undoubted surge in traffic.
Edit: Screens thanks to a friend.
The link, plain as day under the Money section.
The site that firefox redirects you to. (Warning: Graphic)
5 Responses to “Uh oh.”
…. Bahahahaha!
Two words. Brilliant.
Hardcore ebony? XDXDXD Oh man.. XBOx.. X indeed!
it should say “how to add two commas to the bling bling of your 401k. Gee”
Hahaha. Stupid people.