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‘Wicked’ Doll Packaging Misprint Drives 12-Year Surge in Traffic to Porn Site


Mattel's misprinted website URL on 'Wicked' doll packaging yielded surge of search interest for porn site Wicked Pictures.

That has been driven by media coverage of Mattel’s mistake in listing that URL on the packaging for the special-edition “Wicked” dolls, which are being sold at retailers including Target, Amazon and Kohl’s. The official website for the Universal Pictures film, which stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande in the adaptation of the Tony-winning musical, is wickedmovie.com, which has seen a similar spike in search activity over the past two days, according to Google Trends. Wicked Pictures “showcases some of the top-rated female porn stars” such as Stormy Daniels — who is famous for her legal entanglement with now president-elect Donald Trump — Jessica Drake, Julia Ann, Asa Akira and Blake Blossom.

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