Lessons in Domain Names
Ursula Hennessey ·
May 6, 2011 at 2:43pm
I've discovered a couple of humorous -- but unrelated -- domain name dramas via Twitter the past two days.
Well, actually, I'm not sure if I find them humorous. How about you?
1. If you type "gutsycall.com" into your browser, you are directed to a very interesting place.
2. Check out these two websites and see if you notice a difference: janecorwin.com and janecorwin.org.
See Jane run and try and get that domain under (her) control.
So, what do you think? Is either one funny? Fair? Clever?
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Aug '10
Re: Lessons in Domain Names
The IP theft is going to be a problem for the .org website. It is quite witty, but they should be using their own images. There is not enough transformation of the images to be original content.
Apr '11
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The first is somewhat clever, and it got a "heh" out of me. If my brother weren't so gung ho-Obama-ite and insisting I'm racist for daring to oppose the President, maybe I'd find it more amusing.
The second got more laughs from me, even though it's littered with liberal prejudices against anyone even remotely conservative. However, "Jane Corwin is standing next to firetrucks" does make me laugh, as well as a few other parts. Though it's correct, the original content is prevalent, going through the legals will take time and in the end drain resources, time, energy, and maybe even some goodwill towards Corwin.
I'd recommend stealing the joke for herself. New picture of her shaking the hand of one of the Navy SEALs, "Jane Corwin is shaking the hands of heroes."
May '10
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These examples support the idea that the left is just more new media savvy than the right. I would love for someone to prove me wrong. The Barack Obama one is distasteful but still enterprising and worth points. The Jane Corwin one is clever and shame on her campaign for not thinking of owning all of the potential derivations of her name up front.
Mar '11
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Are they new media savvy or do they have more free time? How many of these clever sites are produced by government employees when they take a break from surfing porn sites? Mean while people on our side are too busy earning a living and paying taxes that support this kind of tomfoolery.
Aug '10
Re: Lessons in Domain Names
There used to be a politician in Canada named Reg Alcock.
He made the mistake of not registering his domain name before someone else had a chance.
It's no longer active, but www.regalcock.ca was a very interesting web site.
Sep '10
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The janecorwin.org one is funny albeit a bit on the lunatic left. But give them credit for scooping the domain - somebody on the Corwin team should be catching some heat for letting that happen.
The Obama one seems a bit pathetic to me. Maybe I'm wrong but I just can't see Bush doing something like that. "Sure, some guys - and a dog - flew into extremely dangerous territory and took out the world's most wanted terrorist but I'm the gutsy one! I told them to do it. In fact, let's set up a domain site named 'gutsycall' that directs them to my re-election campaign." Really?
Just to make sure, I entered "missionaccomplished.com". The domain is for sale.
Aug '10
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I agree with PT. The gutsycall thing is not funny or clever but rather pathetic and in bad taste. The Corwin folks made an unbelievable rookie blunder in not grabbing all the domain names. Heck, my wife and I considered that when setting up the site of her professional organizing business! The spoof site is kind of funny, bit it's also juvenile and snide, with stale liberal tropes against conservatives, as C.U. noted. This is the battlefield the left chooses because they are losing to conservativism in the marketplace of ideas. Jon Stewart-style snark is the refuge of scoundrels.
Jul '10
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When you consider the cost of registering a domain name (I paid $30.00 for 5 years of www.jaydee007.net) it's even more idiotic that they didn't register all of the iterations of the domain name. And this kind of alt extension thing has been going on a long time, who can forget whitehouse dot com where you could get a view of "Interns as the President sees them." Apparently Jan Corwin's organization.
Mind you I'm quite certain that janecorwen or janecorwon or some other minor mispelling would have been grabbed for the parody website. Porn Sites have been doing that for years, taking a minor mispelling and redirecting to thier own special take on it. I seem to recall Yaho with only one O taking me to an interesting site once, of course with my wife looking over my shoulder.
Jul '10
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My favorite of these is still the guy that bought peta.com and put up a pro-carnivore site entitled People Eating Tasty Animals. PETA tried every trick in the book and set some domain name legal precedents over many, many years taking the guy down and tearing the domain name from his bosom.