While researching new domain names for a client, we decided to go back and look at all the funny (and horrible) web domain names we’ve seen over the years.
Just a gentle reminder to make sure your domain name conveys what you want it to!
Here’s the 40 most notorious domains that have been registered:
- penisland.net – Pen Island
- sydneytherapist.com – Sydney Therapist
- mammotherection.com – Construction Company
- kidsexchange.net – Kids Exchange
- bigalsonline.com – Big Als Online
- webone.com.au – Web One
- choosespain.com – Choose Spain
- bendover.com – Ben Dover
- bitefartcafe.rs – Bitef Art Cafe
- partnerstalking.com.au – Partners Talking
- whorepresents.com – Who Represents
- expertsexchange.com – Experts Exchange
- nobraces.com.au – No Braces
- wintersexpress.com – Winters Express
- gotahoe.com – Go Tahoe
- therapistfinder.com – Therapist Finder
- powergenitalia.com – Power Gen Italia
- molestationnursery.com – Mole Station Nursery
- ipanywhere.com – Internet Protocol Anywhere
- speedofart.com – Speed of Art
- dicksonweb.com – Dickson Web
- viagrafix.com – Via Grafix (renamed to Learn2)
- nycanal.com – New York Canal Region
- mofo.com – Morrison & Foerster, LLC
- michaeljacksonsthisisitmoviemerchandise.com – really?
- dicksonweb.com – Dickson’s Temperature Instruments
- teacherstalk.com – Teachers Talk
- auctionshit.com – Auctions Hit
- butthatsnotall.co.nz – But That’s Not All
- childrenswear.co.uk – Childrens Wear
- ihavegas.com – IHA Vegas Holiday Rentals
- machome.com – Mac Home
- oddsextractor.com – Odds Extractor
- alterscrap.com – Alter Scrap
- ladrape.co.uk – La Drape
- llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwyll-llantysiliogogogoch.com – an actual Welsh town
- gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooogle.com – a spinoff of the famous search engine
- 1hourscrap.com – Rapid scrapbook making
- swissbit.ch – Germany-based Swissbit
- pedo.org – An actual dentist organization
Have you seen a URL that should be on this list? Let us know on Twitter or Facebook!