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How bad domain names can damage your organization

“Ouch, I just saw a really HORRIBLE website address!”, I complained to my friend after I recently saw an add on LinkedIn.

The add, created by a large government organization, was graphically very nice, and apparently they tried their best to attract students to find more information on their website about one of their programs, spending thousands of dollars for their adds in social media.

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[dombastic]

Before 2014, we really had only few options to create addresses in extensions like .com, .net or .org, or national domain extensions like .co.uk or .de.

And you do not really need more options.

.uk determines your market like "UK" in a postal address or +44 in a phone number. Same for .de.
Phone number have a country prefix and the domain name a country post (suffix). Why should it be more complicated?
.com is global,
and also for the U.S. market, because .us came too late.

And before the dot you have the name of your company/brand or site. No more dots, just the name.

(.co.uk holders could receive a .uk domain name, so ".co" is not necessary any more.)

BrandXYZ has a .uk in the UK, .de in Germany, .it in Italy.
Very easy to understand for clients/consumers.
And short. Just two letters or thee in case of .com.

But .international?
Is it the longest one?
You know that also .int exists and it means the same...

http://www.brands.com.mt/

 

[tonyk2000]

Auctions Hit - www.AuctionShit.com (defunct)
The Autonomous Crypto Asset Exchange - Bit.ch
Big Al's On-line - www.BiGalsOnline.com
Bill Gothard - www.BillGotHard.com
But That's Not All - www.ButtHatsNotAll.co.nz
Cooperativa Enis - www.CooPenis.it
Dickson Web - www.DicksOnWeb.com
Experts Exchange - www.ExpertSexChange.com (defunct)
Fagas Straps - http://www.FagAssTraps.com/
Ferreth and Jobs, PA - www.FerretHandJobs.com
First Methodist Church of Cumming, Georgia - www.CummingFirst.com
Go Tahoe - www.GotAHoe.com
IP Anywhere - www.IPAnywhere.com
Mammoth Scaffold Erection Services - www.MammothErection.com
Mole Station Nursery - www.MolestationNursery.com (defunct)
New York Canal - www.NYCAnal.com
Powergen Italia www.PowerGenitalia.com (defunct)
Pro-Lapse Photography - www.pro-lapse.com
Speed of Art - www.SpeedoFart.com
Therapist.com - www.TheRapist.com
Therapist Finder www.TheRapistFinder.com
Via Grafix - www.ViagraFix.com (defunct)
Web One - www.WeBone.com
Who Represents? - www.WhorePresents.com

Source: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fun:Unfortunate_website_names

 

[CJ6]

Auctions Hit - www.AuctionShit.com (defunct)
The Autonomous Crypto Asset Exchange - Bit.ch
Big Al's On-line - www.BiGalsOnline.com
Bill Gothard - www.BillGotHard.com
But That's Not All - www.ButtHatsNotAll.co.nz
Cooperativa Enis - www.CooPenis.it
Dickson Web - www.DicksOnWeb.com
Experts Exchange - www.ExpertSexChange.com (defunct)
Fagas Straps - http://www.FagAssTraps.com/
Ferreth and Jobs, PA - www.FerretHandJobs.com
First Methodist Church of Cumming, Georgia - www.CummingFirst.com
Go Tahoe - www.GotAHoe.com
IP Anywhere - www.IPAnywhere.com
Mammoth Scaffold Erection Services - www.MammothErection.com
Mole Station Nursery - www.MolestationNursery.com (defunct)
New York Canal - www.NYCAnal.com
Powergen Italia www.PowerGenitalia.com (defunct)
Pro-Lapse Photography - www.pro-lapse.com
Speed of Art - www.SpeedoFart.com
Therapist.com - www.TheRapist.com
Therapist Finder www.TheRapistFinder.com
Via Grafix - www.ViagraFix.com (defunct)
Web One - www.WeBone.com
Who Represents? - www.WhorePresents.com

Source: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fun:Unfortunate_website_names

I wish I had Bit. ch

 

[tonyk2000]

Some more from the list are rebranded already.... Cumming First United Methodist Church is now using cfumcga.com . They might want to find some branding pro, really.

 

[CJ6]

Some more from the list are rebranded already.... Cumming First United Methodist Church is now using cfumcga.com . They might want to find some branding pro, really.

I would not suggest they switch to Cumming.com

 

[dombastic]

Some more from the list are rebranded already.... Cumming First United Methodist Church is now using cfumcga.com . They might want to find some branding pro, really.

To rebrand the city?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumming,_Georgia

 

[Brands.International]

Auctions Hit - www.AuctionShit.com (defunct)
The Autonomous Crypto Asset Exchange - Bit.ch
Big Al's On-line - www.BiGalsOnline.com
Bill Gothard - www.BillGotHard.com
But That's Not All - www.ButtHatsNotAll.co.nz
Cooperativa Enis - www.CooPenis.it
Dickson Web - www.DicksOnWeb.com
Experts Exchange - www.ExpertSexChange.com (defunct)
Fagas Straps - http://www.FagAssTraps.com/
Ferreth and Jobs, PA - www.FerretHandJobs.com
First Methodist Church of Cumming, Georgia - www.CummingFirst.com
Go Tahoe - www.GotAHoe.com
IP Anywhere - www.IPAnywhere.com
Mammoth Scaffold Erection Services - www.MammothErection.com
Mole Station Nursery - www.MolestationNursery.com (defunct)
New York Canal - www.NYCAnal.com
Powergen Italia www.PowerGenitalia.com (defunct)
Pro-Lapse Photography - www.pro-lapse.com
Speed of Art - www.SpeedoFart.com
Therapist.com - www.TheRapist.com
Therapist Finder www.TheRapistFinder.com
Via Grafix - www.ViagraFix.com (defunct)
Web One - www.WeBone.com
Who Represents? - www.WhorePresents.com

Source: https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Fun:Unfortunate_website_names

That's pretty entertaining list, thank you

 

[lambo.com]

Brands.International for Medium.com:

How bad domain names can damage your organization

“Ouch, I just saw a really HORRIBLE website address!”, I complained to my friend after I recently saw an add on LinkedIn.

The add, created by a large government organization, was graphically very nice, and apparently they tried their best to attract students to find more information on their website about one of their programs, spending thousands of dollars for their adds in social media.

read more...

Was it a ngtld?

 

[dombastic]

Was it a ngtld?

TLDs that nobody knows...

 

[Mytz.com]

Thanks for sharing