The Six Worst Domain Names Ever Put to Use

It sounds like probably the easiest job of all for a business and a website – pick a domain name that’s catchy, easy to remember and looks good on the screen. Of course things are never as simple as they look and when it comes to getting a domain name right, it never fails to surprise business heads just how easy it is to get it wrong.But here’s the thing – there’s a big difference between getting a domain name wrong and landing yourself a whopper of a regret. Sometimes when striving for greatness in the world of business we can forget to look at things through the eyes of a child, which in some cases delivers a rude awakening you’ll wish you’d have been granted some time before.   So if you thought your own domain name was a bit on the lackluster side, spare a thought for these poor fools:www.itscrap.com – IT ScrapAn innovative business that set about making its name by ridding companies of unnecessary IT resources in order to streamline affairs and save money, IT Scrap really should have known better when penning its domain name. I mean, it’s not as if you really need to look deep for a hidden meaning here, but at least if nothing else you can’t say it’s not memorable!www.whorepresents.com – Who RepresentsThe fact that this company is none other than a database of representatives for Hollywood talent and the like makes the name even funnier when read in its domain name format. Like many of the unfortunate names on our list, this is a site that’s still running and hasn’t changed a thing – maybe they ended up finding fame for themselves for the unlikeliest of reasons.www.penisland.net – Pen IslandSeriously, when the folks handing out this particular domain name did so they must have had a hell of a giggle. Admittedly, there’s not a great deal more you could really do with Pen Island in order to preserve the name of the place as a whole, but no matter how ‘grown up’ you are we guarantee you’ll have read it in a different way the first time around.www.expertsexchange.com – Experts ExchangeNot sure about you, but I’d find it difficult to take anyone seriously that I got hold of through this particular database. A nice site that does a fine job, but when you’re talking pure professionalism and the need to make a winning first impression, they’re not making it easy for you.www.nobjs.org – North of Boston Jewish SinglesThey say it’s not a dating website but rather a site to be used to meet new and interesting people all across the North Boston area. And with a domain name like that, it looks like they mean it!www.partenerstalking.com.au – Partners TalkingAnd finally, it’s nice to see that at least one organisation has had the good sense to do something about its name…there’s a big difference between relationship guidance and stalking. Australia’s Partners Talking is no longer on the web in its prior guise and hasn’t been sighted since disappearing a while back.