What's in a Domain name

[SoCalDem]

Uh Oh

What do you check before you buy a domain name. Spelling of course. Trademarks. What else?

Sometimes a domain name phrase is intended to be pronounced in one way, but if you look at it differently, it can be pronounced in a another, often hilarious, way. The classic example that is often mentioned on the internet is a site called Experts Exchange, where techies gather to answer each others’ questions.

The founder of the site picked out what seemed like the very nice domain name of www.ExpertsExchange.com, and it became very popular. But, early on, he found out that some were reading the the domain name differently, mispronuncing it as www.ExpertSexChange.com . LOL! He’s since changed his site name to www.Experts-Exchange.com to make sure everyone understands he is not in the business of performing sex change operations.

I was surprised to see that he did not hang on to the original domain though, pointing it to their new domain name. It now sits parked for click revenue.

There are other classic mispronounced domain names. One is the site www.WhoRepresents.com , with the unfortunate alternate enunciation of www.WhorePresents.com . But, since it’s in the performing artist arena, maybe it’s not just a misnomer.

Another is www.TherapistFinder.com , for those looking for California marriage and family therapists. Unfortunately, the wrong clientele might stumble upon the site as www.TheRapistFinder.com . And then there is www.PenIsland.net ,where you can buy custom pens.

However, someone could mistake their site name for something else if they pronounce it www.PenisLand.net .

Adding to the hilarity–and maybe it’s just me and my sick mind–is this quote: “Whether you’re looking for a long and skinny pen, a thick pen, a fountain pen that squirts ink, or even a black pen, we have just the one for you.” Is it just me? I’m on the floor laughing my ass off! They had to have written that fully knowing what they were saying.

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[UncleSepp]

1. It happened to someone I know, who is not, in fact a rabbit

He is, though, a Ted, which led to www.RabbitEdOnline.com.