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techrepublic.com.com?

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by virginiabeachbum

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Ummm...what's up with the address?
Mine says: https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5200-6230-0.html?

Somebody goof or what?

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by dawgit

I'm sure there is a logical ?:| reason for it, but it just is.... I hope someone at TR will explain better for you. (I could try, but I think that I would do it any justice.) -d

by jaqui

CNET's "Techrepublic.com" has a .com domain.
the numbered html file is the page generated by the script for your browser.

CNET has a number of different tech sites that do that, have .com in the domain name and be a .com domain.

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by virginiabeachbum

Well I knew about the html file.
I get it just never noticed it before I guess. A tree of a forest sub-domain kinda thing...still kinda strange though!

by tonythetiger

many blocking services categorize ".com.com" as phishing sites, and blocks them by default. I had to request an exception.

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