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This is a little off-topic but can someone explain why some companies are hosting official content on domains that are similar to their real domains but not the
by DharmaPolice 6y ago
This is a little off-topic but can someone explain why some companies are hosting official content on domains that are similar to their real domains but not their actual domain? e.g. AboutAmazon.com or tescogiftcards.com - at first glance they look fake and it's additional step to verify they are actually affiliated with the company.
- jedberg 6y agoUsually this happens because a totally different departments runs the marketing site, and it's just easier to have their own deployment than integrate to the main site. In some cases it's a hosted CMS. Another reason is for cookie management. This way your cookies aren't sent to the marketing site. I'm not sure why Amazon does it though, as I think they're big enough to run their own CMS and therefore the cookie thing isn't really an issue.
- advisedwang 6y agoIf a page hosted on amazon.com has security vulnerabilities, users real amazon accounts are at risk because of same-origin policy etc. Putting a page on a different domain eliminates this risk. Another reason is for branding. Using aboutamazon.com for PR fluff keeps amazon.com reserved for their actual consumer products.