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What are the worst web sites you've found? Why? (Both why was it so bad, and why on Earth did you ever visit it if it was that bad?)
First nominee is Pen Island's website at http://www.penisland.net
Reason: WORST DOMAIN NAME EVER!
One can just imagine a naive, idealistic, entrepreneur ... maybe a reformed, aging hippie looking to branch out into more legal business opportunities, certainly long before Al Gore invented the Internet, setting up his small kiosk in the mall and asking himself, "What would be a good name for a kiosk selling pens amidst this sea of people?" Suddenly, he smacks himself in the head, falls to floor, stunned, but unharmed, and then springs back up enthusiastically, "I've got it! I'll call my kiosk Pen Island!"
Oh, what a tragic decision. Better if he'd suffered a concussion and forgotten his name than what happened when he migrated to the Internet. Now the poor owner has to display a bright, red EMAIL FRAUD WARNING on his home page, warning potential customers what to do if they receive vulgar or offensive E-Mails from someone@penisland.net.
The only thing worse would be if he had been smart enough to insert an underscore between "pen" and "island". Then he would go to bed every night knowing his customers where only one omitted character away from getting the shock of their lives. Always buy up all the variations of your domain name!
The way it is, he already has to warn his customers of two imposters:
http://www.penisland.org and http://www.pen-island.net .
One can only guess what pen-island.net might have done in the past, but penisland.org is actually better than penisland.net. It has better sound, better animation, a better color scheme, and even a better island picture. About the only bad thing you can say about penisland.org is the sound isn't quite in synch with the animation. How bad is it when the parody site is better than the site it's making fun of?!
What a disaster of a domain name!
First nominee is Pen Island's website at http://www.penisland.net
Reason: WORST DOMAIN NAME EVER!
One can just imagine a naive, idealistic, entrepreneur ... maybe a reformed, aging hippie looking to branch out into more legal business opportunities, certainly long before Al Gore invented the Internet, setting up his small kiosk in the mall and asking himself, "What would be a good name for a kiosk selling pens amidst this sea of people?" Suddenly, he smacks himself in the head, falls to floor, stunned, but unharmed, and then springs back up enthusiastically, "I've got it! I'll call my kiosk Pen Island!"
Oh, what a tragic decision. Better if he'd suffered a concussion and forgotten his name than what happened when he migrated to the Internet. Now the poor owner has to display a bright, red EMAIL FRAUD WARNING on his home page, warning potential customers what to do if they receive vulgar or offensive E-Mails from someone@penisland.net.
The only thing worse would be if he had been smart enough to insert an underscore between "pen" and "island". Then he would go to bed every night knowing his customers where only one omitted character away from getting the shock of their lives. Always buy up all the variations of your domain name!
The way it is, he already has to warn his customers of two imposters:
http://www.penisland.org and http://www.pen-island.net .
One can only guess what pen-island.net might have done in the past, but penisland.org is actually better than penisland.net. It has better sound, better animation, a better color scheme, and even a better island picture. About the only bad thing you can say about penisland.org is the sound isn't quite in synch with the animation. How bad is it when the parody site is better than the site it's making fun of?!
What a disaster of a domain name!
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They'll even sell you a sample pen (before you make a full order) that has their company name on it...including their web address! Okay, I can barely resist, I think I HAVE to have a pen that says 
