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we've been blocked from using adsense on ww.com, there is no recourse for it so we don't even know why* we've been blocked, same on reocities.com*

Could this be because ww.com sounds like a domain squatter's site? I know that's not the case because I know of the person who runs it, but if I were to see that name without knowing who jacquesm is, I would be inclined to believe it belongs to a squatter.

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I didn't get you, how can a domain sound like a squatter's site?

Many people buy up misspellings of common domain names and try to monetize on typing mistakes. I guess squatting isn't the right word for that

Is this a misspelling of a common domain name? My first thought was "Wow, I didn't know Jacques ran the Weight Watchers site!"

I assume he was referring to "www".

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