domain names gone wrong in all their earnestness
January 30th, 2007
As the web becomes more important to businesses, domain names are nearly as important as the business name and often interchangeable depending upon your most common mode of communication (email, IM, etc).
This is an issue I’ve belabored internally for years now … my own attempt at naming my business resulted in an obtuse name that no one can spell because the names I wanted were unavailable as domains. I suspect, however that the below domains were readily available for a reason… or maybe they’re Freudian slips.
- 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
- Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views. Admittedly, I’ve landed on this site numerous times and never noticed the url is
- Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at
- Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at
- Then of course, there’s the Italian Power Generator company…
- And now, we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales:
- If you’re looking for computer software, there’s always
(I had to say this outloud and consider the context of this list before I got it… IP is IP right? Either I don’t have the mind of a 10 year old, or I just take it for granted that most guys do and I thought we were no longer commenting upon that as a society.)
- Welcome to the First Cumming Methodist Church. While already challenged in the naming department, they apparently embraced their challenges … their website is
- Then, of course, there are these designers and what could have been a bad branding initiative but somehow I think it works. They should keep it
- Want to holiday in Lake Tahoe? Try their brochure website at
Being the only state with legalized prostitution, one does wonder how on purpose that was.
courtesy of independentsources and grupthink
It seems that since this list came out that most of them have changed their urls.
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