Be Careful Picking that Domain Name
Thursday, November 2, 2006 at 01:54PM
Tim Feathers in Domain Names

Speedofart.com anyone?  How about Penisland.net?  These are but a few of the unintentional bad domain names floating around out there these days.  We've all heard horror stories about some company painstakingly picking the perfect name for a product, only to find out that the term they so carefully chose actually means "goat boogers" in many of the countries where they intend to market their wares.  Well, a similar thing can happen with domain names.  Consider the first two listed, which are legitimate sites for Speed of Art and Pen Island respectively.  There are more. 

Consider a site called "Who Represents" where you can find out who Tom Cruise's agent is: www.whorepresents.com (its his sister).  Or you can visit www.therapistfinder.com if you are looking for a good -  get this - therapist (what were you thinking!).   Believe it or not, www.molestationnursery.com will take you to the site of Mole Station Native Nursery from Australia.  My kids got a kick out of www.ipanywhere.com, and finally, if your planning for a holiday at the lake, you will definitely want to visit www.gotahoe.com

The moral of the story, of course, is let's be careful out there

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