How many O’s does it take to get to the end of the internet?

How many O’s does it take to get to the end of the internet?

A browser window of a page with many, many Os in the URL

The premise of this experiment is simple: incrementally add O’s to Google’s address (http://gooogle.com, http://goooogle.com, etc.) until encountering ten unowned domains in a row, thus exposing the lengths spammers are willing to go to cheat the system, and consequentially proving what an unbelievable nerd I am.

Take a guess, multiply by three and you’re probably still below the final answer: 59 (highlight text to reveal) I thought the prevalence of link farming was bad, but I really had no idea.

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