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Thursday, December 07, 2006

Unfortunate Domain Names

I recently read a great little item in the Daily Telegraph newspaper about companies who didn't think carefully enough about how their domain name might be misinterpreted. Unfortunately I couldn't find the article concerned on the website, but I put the list below together from memory and and another site, Independent Sources.

All of the following sites are (or were) run by legitimate companies who deal in everyday products and services, but clearly didn't give their domain names sufficient consideration. As far as I know all these examples are genuine, though in some cases the companies closed the domains down or sold them on when they realised their error. I haven't bothered to hyperlink the URLs themselves, therefore.

1. A site called Who Represents, where you can find the name of the agent that represents a celebrity. Their domain name is www.whorepresents.com.

2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views, at www.expertsexchange.com.

3. If you want a pen, look no further than Pen Island at www.penisland.net.

4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at www.therapistfinder.com.

5. Then, of course, there's the Italian power generating company www.powergenitalia.com.

6. And Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales, ended up with the highly unfortunate www.molestationnursery.com.

7. If you're looking for computer software, there's always www.ipanywhere.com.

8. Or, if you need to change currency, www.dollarsexchange.com might fit the bill.

9. And finally, there's the rather offputting graphic artist website at www.speedofart.com.

Any other suggestions (that aren't too rude to print) welcome!

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