Kisok – the power of mispellings – definition of kisok or kiosk Trivia

By | July 12, 2020

Last Updated on July 12, 2020 by Craig Allen Keefner

Kisok – the power of mispellings

Kisok - the power of mispellings

An example of a ticketing kisok

It always amazes us at the terms and phrases that end up getting misconstrued for lack of better phrase.

If you sit a keyboard and you type with your left and right hands try typing out kiosk a couple of time and eventually you will end up with KISOK.

I spent over 10 years with KIS also known as KIOSK.  One of my jobs was web traffic and one of the best actions I ever took was purchasing the kisok.com (and net) domain name. Set up a simple redirect in DNS so that anybody trying to go to www.kiosk.com and who mispelled kisok then they would automatically be redirected to the proper site.

Probably 1500 a month which is substantial, and saved money on Adwords.

And that is a bit of trivia about the work Kisok (yes it is a real word).

Industry Group Kiosks Digital Signage Craig is a  senior staff writer for Kiosk Industry Group Association. He has 25 years of experience in the industry. He contributed to this article.

 

Author: Craig Allen Keefner

Craig Allen Keefner is an industry analyst, content strategist, and longtime authority on self-service kiosks, digital signage, unattended payment systems, and interactive technology. He manages content and industry strategy for Kiosk Industry and The Industry Group, with a focus on kiosk software, hardware-software integration, accessibility, payment compliance, healthcare kiosks, restaurant self-service, and emerging AI automation. Craig has covered the self-service and kiosk industry since the 1990s, tracking how public-facing terminals move from concept to field deployment. His work combines industry research, vendor analysis, operator conversations, standards tracking, trade show coverage, and practical experience with the real-world constraints of kiosk deployments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kiosk