> Would Google discourage this? Yes, I think so. When ISPs wildcard all domains, I think the typical reason is so that when you've typed an invalid name, they

> Would Google discourage this? Yes, I think so. When ISPs wildcard all domains, I think the typical reason is so that when you've typed an invalid name, they return a page with search results guessing at your intent. If I'm right (I might not be), then Google has plenty of incentive to stop that from happening, or at least know that it is happening. First, those pages with search results are often ugly, full of ads, poorly formatted, etc. Google would like you to have a nice experience in Chrome so that you're a happy user. If you see an ugly, messy ad-ridden page (especially if the ads aren't Google ads) every time you make a typing mistake, Google loses out. There are probably other more subtle and nuanced reasons that Google would dislike that practice, but I'm not really sure of specifics. (In fact, I'm not entirely sure that DNS wildcarding is even related to those ISP search pages...but I think it is.)