[LINK] Email Obfuscation Helps Spammers: Google returns 27 million results for "* at * dot com"

[Adam Todd]

At 08:16 AM 18/06/2007, Ivan Trundle wrote:
>Kim is using Google.com, Rick is using Google.com.au. Whilst it
>shouldn't make any difference, it does. Oddly.
>
>My results (with 100 results per page):
>
>Google.com
>Results 1 - 100 of about 401,000 for "at*dot*au". (0.12 seconds)
>
>Google.com.au
>Results 1 - 100 of about 399,000 for "at*dot*au". (0.28 seconds)

As oddly as it is, there are some search results that are considered 
inappropriate for Australians for one reason or another and hence the 
com.au entry point sets filters to prevent them being displayed.

(sigh)