A third of big companies buy [their name] sucks.com

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A third of big companies buy [their name]sucks.com domains

Kevin Spiess / September 5th, 2008


Sorry, http://www.cokesucks.com and visasucks.com already taken

A research company studied some web-habitats of Fortune 500 companies and came up with an interesting find: a full third of the companies studied have preemptively purchased website names with negative connotations, in order to keep the domain names out of the hands of people who might setup unflattering, critical websites.

For instance, 35% of the big-dog companies have purchased [companyname]sucks.com domains, like, say, shellsucks.com or wal-martsucks.com. Some companies really went far out of their way to purchase potentially unpleasant domain names: for example Xerox has purchased 20 unkind domain names, such as xeroxstinks.com, xeroxcorporationsucks.com and ihatexerox.net.

These preemptive purchases could possibly lead to a lucrative new avenue for cyber-squatters to get involved in.

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/8760-a-third-of-big-companies-buy-their-name-sucks-com-domains


Source: Valleywag

35 percent of biggest companies own ____sucks.com

A study of Fortune 500 and other companies found that one in three have bought the name, say, walmartsucks.com. But corporate attitudes toward hate sites vary widely between, say, Dell and Xerox:

FairWinds based its analysis on 1,058 domain names for companies on the Global 500 and Fortune 500 lists. Of the companies surveyed, 35% own the domain name for their brand followed by the word "sucks." They include Wal-Mart Stores, Coca-Cola, Toys"R"Us, Target and Whole Foods Market, according to FairWinds. Some 45% of these domains have yet to be registered by anyone. The study found that the majority of companies that do own these domain names publish no content on them.

Some have been much more aggressive than others. Xerox, for example, has bought or registered about 20 unflattering domain names, including xeroxstinks.com, xeroxcorporationsucks.com and ihatexerox.net. But other companies, such as Dell, have taken a more hands-off approach. DellisEvil.com, MyDellSux.com and IHateDell.info are for sale, but the computer maker says it has no interest in buying them.

http://valleywag.com/5046116/35-percent-of-biggest-companies-own-____suckscom

 

[BinderGang]

Because they know it's true.

 

[weblord]

i think it's better to come out of one's own mouth rather than another's?
bad publicity for them is still publicity as they say.

 

[Dave_Z]

bad publicity for them is still publicity as they say.

Yup. No doubt it'll create a lot of grumbling, but that's neither here nor there
as far as those companies are concerned.

 

[owntype]

Dan Parisi is the one owns tons of [company]Sucks.com domain names. And I sold Sucks.mobi to him

 

[weblord]

and the new contestant is
weblordsucks.com

Registrant:
WyredINC
122.153 Silver Oaks Apartments, DLF Ph 1
Gurgaon, Haryana 122002
India

Domain Name: WEBLORDSUCKS.COM
Created on: 15-Nov-07
Expires on: 15-Nov-09
Last Updated on: 10-Oct-08

using cache:weblordsucks.com
shows:

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[DIR] SOLD_SITES/ 23-Sep-2008 10:41 -
[DIR] arjundhawan.com/ 06-Sep-2008 23:37 -
[DIR] bulkprchecker.com/ 17-Aug-2008 01:23 -
[DIR] cgi-bin/ 24-Jul-2008 08:11 -
[DIR] creativesuite.net/ 28-Aug-2008 13:17 -
[DIR] extu.net/ 23-Sep-2008 12:16 -
[DIR] generatefavicons.com/ 13-Sep-2008 08:49 -
[DIR] iBleb.com/ 20-Sep-2008 01:27 -
[DIR] makesitemaps.com/ 25-Sep-2008 07:08 -
[DIR] moneyhobbit.com/ 06-Sep-2008 23:37 -
[ ] naturewalls.com 23-Sep-2008 10:34 427M
[DIR] naturewalls.net/ 23-Sep-2008 10:38 -
[DIR] quotesarchive.net/ 18-Sep-2008 05:40 -
[DIR] universalawakening.com/ 06-Sep-2008 23:37 -
[DIR] wallpaperpacks.net/ 16-Sep-2008 08:44 -
[DIR] wyred.in/ 26-Aug-2008 01:24 -

is this a member here? arjundhawan?
http://www.namepros.com/member.php?username=arjun
[email protected]

 

[IAmAllanShore]

Don't know what you did to him, but
http://www.DNF/f283/moneyhobbit-com-thread-315852.html
-Allan :gl:

 

[weblord]

he got banned for stealing forum currencies from another member at another domain forum i can't mention, fraud, he also made duplicate accounts.
thanks for that link.
yred.in is now forwarding to another website he changed his company name again, fly by night :td:

Don't know what you did to him, but
http://www.DNF/f283/moneyhobbit-com-thread-315852.html
-Allan :gl:

 

[Traveler]

LOL, I had trouble with an airlines and wanted to register their name with "sucks" but it was already taken. Not only that but it was taken with "complaints", "stinks", "F*ck (before the airlines name)", and most other things I looked for.

I really wanted to spread the word, but in the end all the good names where taken so I figured it was better to use my energy elswhere. I did get a small settlement from them, but nothing near what I thought it should be.

 

[weblord]

but at least you got paid :lol: i agree with you just fill up time with promotion and promotion of own positive website instead of negatives.

I really wanted to spread the word, but in the end all the good names where taken so I figured it was better to use my energy elswhere.

 

[cobainer]

:D thanx for the info....i'd probably do that as well when I have a company of my own...

 

[RogueWriter]

That reminds me, I've got a utility company over here I need to gripe about online, heh.