I can’t help it. Money topics aside, I love this kind of stuff so pardon me for being a bit juvenile.
There’s this list (rehashed below, please read on) that has been making the rounds of the net with the designation of “unintentionally worst company URLs or worst URL flops” but I cannot believe that the troublesome connotation of these names was truly lost to the owners. So I must ask: are these company URLs for real? Really now.
Plus what’s so hard about changing your name? I just did it twice in 3 months so there’s nothing to it. So who wants to bet the people behind these web sites just have a wicked sense of humor or were just ready to try some risque marketing schemes.
Granted, there are some sites that are no longer there, but for those who have persisted, why would they keep any of these URLs knowing now what brouhaha they’ve generated? 4 reasons:
- Inertia: too late, too much trouble to change anything, why bother
- Principle: all those people out there just have dirty minds; it’s their problem not ours
- Controversy: It’s an intentional marketing scheme to rile people up and keep them coming, though can you really snare targeted traffic this way? Perhaps by casting a wider net?
- Silver Lining: It was an honest mistake but the attention and traffic received from all the hype are just too compelling
With that, here is the list in all its glory plus some contributions I’ve incorporated:
Attn: Entrepreneurs
Everyone knows that if you are going to operate a business in today’s world you need a domain name. It is advisable to look at the domain name selected as other see it and not just as you think it looks. Failure to do this may result in situations such as the following (legitimate) companies who deal in everyday humdrum products and services but clearly didn’t give their domain names enough consideration:
1. A site called ‘Who Represents‘ where you can find the name of the agent that represents a celebrity. Their domain name… wait for it… is
www.whorepresents.com
2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at
www.expertsexchange.com
Update: This site no longer exists!
3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at
www.penisland.net
Update: This site no longer exists!
4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at
www.therapistfinder.com
5. Then of course, there’s the Italian Power Generator company…
www.powergenitalia.com
Comment: An unexciting “under construction” page is up.
6. And now, we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales:
www.molestationnursery.com
Comment: It’s a redirect now.
7. If you’re looking for computer software, there’s always
www.ipanywhere.com
8. Welcome to the First Cumming Methodist Church. Their website is
www.cummingfirst.com
9. Then, of course, there’s these brainless art designers, and their whacky website:
www.speedofart.com
10. Want to holiday in Lake Tahoe? Try their brochure website at
www.gotahoe.com
Here’s the original article from Independent Sources.
As I was on a roll, here are more word derivations that I came across and checked out!
11. Another art site, but this can’t be anything but deliberate!
www.scentofart.com
12. You can find some therapist help over at www.therapisthelp.com.
13. So I found an alternative to the defunct www.penisland.net. But it’s a t-shirt company definitely capitalizing on the notoriety of the original site. They are hawking pens and t-shirts, but so far only shirts are available. I wonder why.
www.thepenisland.com
And here’s a BONUS. My awesome young bro-in-law’s decided to get into the eyebrow raising URL business too and he’s got a strongly worded blog called Flowjob, intentionally named that way of course. He really is nothing like he sounds in it.
Now I was going to hunt for more funky names but then you might think I just have way too much time in my hands.
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Ha! Thanks so much for this post. Truly what I needed on a Friday afternoon.
I agree with you that these people HAD to have known! If not, if it were me, I certainly wouldn’t admit it. I’d rather take credit for marketing brilliance than, well ignorance
Hehe, that just made my day! I wonder the same thing, really – could these people really failed to notice the… interesting word combinations that their URLs resulted in?
Nice of you to drop by!
Truly enjoy your comments.
I’m surprised people think all the names were an “accident” — unless of course it’s that Church (now that would be quite a wreck)!
LMAO… this is great. I cannot believe that it was never proof-read prior to going live… what were they thinking?
I have to post this on my blog… hope u don’t mind. I’ll be sure to link it back to your blog….
LOL… man this is awesome!
Monchster – of course! Post away! Spread the cheer I say!
Expert Sex Change was always wrong, the real address:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/
Love the list anyway
This is simply a hilarious post. I loved it. Took me long enough to find it, but hey, better late right?
My wife just got an email from another mom about http://www.kidsexchange.net where moms can exchange kids clothes and toys. Definitely one of the top ten worst urls!
Ahhh, the good old, “therapist” joke… I loved it when SNL did it on their Celebrity Jeopardy skit.
http://www.halfpricedrapes.com