Top 10 Most Painfully Funny Company URLs

As I was telling ya a few days ago, the domain name you choose for your site is uber-important.

Pick a really good domain name and folks will remember you for it.

Pick a really bad one and folks will  remember you for it too, but for all the wrong reasons  .

These poor, unfortunate companies who in real life offer completely innocent products are being remembered for the latter reason. They picked a domain name that made sense to them, but they obviously didn't consider hard enough what the URL would look like to your average stopper-by.

Entrepreneurs, let us learn from their mistakes, shall we?

This list comes from Independent Sources:

1. A site called ‘Who Represents‘ where you can find the name of the agent that represents a celebrity. Their domain name… wait for it… is
www.whorepresents.com

2. Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views at
www.expertsexchange.com

3. Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island at
www.penisland.net

4. Need a therapist? Try Therapist Finder at
www.therapistfinder.com

5. Then of course, there’s the Italian Power Generator company…
www.powergenitalia.com

6. And now, we have the Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales:
www.molestationnursery.com

7. If you’re looking for computer software, there’s always
www.ipanywhere.com

8. Welcome to the First Cumming Methodist Church. Their website is
www.cummingfirst.com

9. Then, of course, there’s these brainless art designers, and their whacky website:
www.speedofart.com

10. Want to holiday in Lake Tahoe? Try their brochure website at
www.gotahoe.com

I must say that my faves are "speedofart" and "powergenitalia". It took me a while to get the Therapist Finder one as well as the Mole Station Nursery (I get it now!   ).

I have to admit that I still don't get the "cummingfirst" one. Someone please explain that to me.

Questions for ya:

Which ones are your faves?

And do you have any to add to the list?

Painfully funny photo via (Rest easy, y'all. The puppy was not hurt.)

Comments

[Sharon Sarmiento]

Hi Gina,

I know, that one is a hard one :) I didn't get it at first either.

www.therapistfinder.com

The first word is "the", and the last word is "finder".

Hope that helps!

[wisp]

My girl and i got them all instantly (well, my girl and i had to make a special effort to see the original intent instead of the dirty accidental content, perhaps we're dirty), except for www.ipanywhere.com

English is not our native language.

I pan... y... where?

I... pany... where?

ipan... yw... here?

I pan, you're welcome. Here.

I don't get it...

[Alice]

Swedish telecom company IP only? http://www.iponly.se/

[Naruto Manga 453]

i had a good laugh with this article! Thanks.

[News O Mator]

I would just like to point out number two is wrong.

It's: experts-exchange.com. Not without the hyphen.

They added a hyphen to the domain name for the exact same reason.

[Funny!]

I do not understand what's funny about www.ipanywhere.com either!

[Pete Moraites]

gourmet foods company " Artisanal " sports this one :
" www.artisanalcheese.com "

-ouch

[Parker]

Apropos, check out the crazy domain game http://guess.whatat.me/ . Some of these urls are there, but there are a lot more.

[Rain Bojangles]

I P Anywhere. Like the old book joke "Yellow River" by I. P. Freely

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This is the reason we should think before speaking.

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Wisconsin (who is a PETA member and vegetarian) that had been denied a vanity license plate that read ILUVTOFU. I guess the state of Wisconsin thought she was trying to say something else with the FU at the end.

[Soi Soi Soi]

Pen Island is a well-known joke, the site thusly is a joke as well.

If you still don't understand cummingfirst, cumming = ejaculating.

[W]

Its i.. P (pee) Anywhere..

[Company relocation Netherlands]

Good point! If this is a. Com, and it was not taken there may simply be a good reason for that! ;-)