That’s on you, not the internet or google. As has been pointed out, dot al is a TLD for a country. Just because you can’t type properly and didn’t spell check yourself, doesn’t mean the internet is doomed.
Of course I make typos :) But .al is the top-level domain of a country. This is the original purpose of the system. If you type something that looks like a valid domain, and this is a valid domain, why not make it a link? Maybe I mistook your point all along. Why don’t you think this should be a link?
I would agree that we have too many useless TLDs, and Google did help in spreading more domains, but I just don’t think this is a case where it applies.
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calling other countries TLDs bullshit is quite a take
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I think it was a typo, the phrase is usually written “et al.” which cannot be confused with a domain.
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That’s on you, not the internet or google. As has been pointed out, dot al is a TLD for a country. Just because you can’t type properly and didn’t spell check yourself, doesn’t mean the internet is doomed.
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“et” doesn’t need to be abbreviated, it’s a full word. “al.” is short for “alia”.
You could argue that typos shouldn’t get turned into links, but there’s simply no good way of stopping that from happening.
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That et is exclusively for Albanian use.
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That’s the TLD of Albania though
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As others have pointed out, it’s actually: et al.
You’re mad about nothing.
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Of course I make typos :) But
.alis the top-level domain of a country. This is the original purpose of the system. If you type something that looks like a valid domain, and this is a valid domain, why not make it a link? Maybe I mistook your point all along. Why don’t you think this should be a link?I would agree that we have too many useless TLDs, and Google did help in spreading more domains, but I just don’t think this is a case where it applies.
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The grandparent commenter should’ve written “et al.” instead. The “alii” is the abbreviated part, not the “et”.
Agreed about the bullshit TLDs, by the way.
How is that Google’s fault?
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Probably just depends on how websites or apps handle it? I’m using Liftoff and that’s not a link for me
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Hmm interesting, it probably just needs to be updated