How pathetic. My first name gets me industrial equipment of the fork-lift variety. My last name gets a stupid e-mail service. Both together comes up with an auction company in LA.
Okay, this is weird. I had no idea people do this. http://www.bob.com is a site dedicated to … scripophily. I’m not going to explain it, just click the link.
Some insurance salesman in Kansas is using my(well, our) name as a business website. Could be worse, and at least it’s not porn.
My first name brings up a mysterious page that says it will be “Opening Fall 2000!”
My last name (quite unusual) is a 404.
My first name brings up a website consulting firm that has nothing to do with my first name.
My last name bring up a big nothing!
And monster.com, well, we all should know that one.
My real last name.com is a real estate site for an agent who shares my last name.
How boring, I was really hoping for a porn site too.
Batty.com is some private E-mail site owned by MailBank. Whoever that is. There will be litigation if I have anything to say about it.
I just found out there’s a GE spokesman whose real name is Jack Batty. Uh-oh. Hope I don’t get sued.
On a lighter note, there is a superior college track and field athelete who shares my actual real name. He’s listed all over the place as winning a bunch of races. I think I’ll send the sites to my relatives and tell them it’s me.
Nothing under my real last name, but’s it is a bit of an unusual name. User name also nothing, real first name, porn what a shock
Cute kid – but most of us Elizabeth’s are – hehe
I think liz.com is owned by Liz Claiborne.
This chick needs to get off her ass and develop the site.
I own my last name domain it was pretty easy to get as my last name is not common in the States but kind of is in Germany.
Here’s what I got;
Welcome to the Ross Products Division of Abbott Laboratories
Our mission—to improve the quality of life through good nutrition—has remained unchanged since 1903. We’re proud to have pioneered the idea that good nutrition can improve and even save lives while helping to reduce overall medical costs.
With such long-standing, quality products as Similac, Isomil and Ensure as our business base, Ross is a U.S. market leader in pediatric nutritionals and a world leader in adult nutritionals.
My real first name brings up a construction company. Guess it isn’t a good name for porn.
My unser name brings up teen advice column “Dear Lucie” where you can ask those burning questions so important when you are 14 - should you drink, smoke, have sex, have sex while drinking, have sex with your best friends’ boyfriend/girlfriend/sister/brother/uncle/grandmother.
real first name - nothing
real middle name - nothing
real last name - nothing
real first initial + last name - nothing
real first initial + middle initial + last name - nothing
I feel so unloved!
winkelried.com - nothing
arnold.com - finally something! but it’s something extremely boring. «Arnold® Consulting, Inc. offers expert, timely help on electronic mail, directory services, internetworking, and related areas. This Web site is your primary source of information about the company.»
My real first name - taken, but nothing’s there. Better than porn, I guess.
First/lastname - woohoo! available.
Username - something called Fonts for Freaks. Huh. http://www.tygre.com
–tygre
In a spirit of scientific curiosity, I started typing in names of family members. Well, my mother’s first name led to, you guessed it, a porno site! :eek: Specifically a site selling the videos of an actress sharing my mother’s first name. The actress’ bio states that she only performs with women on camera, and when her acting days are over, she wants to get a teaching degree. :rolleyes:
But the worst part is, there was a link to a page with pictures of her, and I clicked on that link! I feel so dirty now. :o
I get the official homepage of a well-known crank Egyptologist when I use my full name (looks like it’s down right now).
Occasionally, I get email from people who are looking for him. My personal favourite was the one that told me (in no uncertain terms) to stop looking for the Arc of the Covenant because the bible says it is on a UFO.
Overkill:
.com hierarchy
Full first name: a company that sells software that prevents NetWare crashes.
Short first name: a company selling high-bandwidth multimedia servers.
Shorter first name: a portal site for one the less respected states in the U.S.
Russian nickname for my name: a network design company.
Phonetic spelling of my first name: a company selling “learn math on the web” software.
Middle name: a telecommunications consulting company.
Last name: vanity email site.
All three initials: technology consulting firm.
Preferred screen name: a TV/VCR repair business.
.org
Full first name: vanity email site.
Short first name: portal site for a city in Virginia
Russian nickname for my first name: internet security firm
All three initials: a professional organization for a major academic discipline
.net
Full first name: a site saying "hello world… buncha geeks.
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Short first name: timed out
Shorter first name: e-commerce site
Phonetic spelling of my first name: squater
Middle name: owned but no web site
Last name: vanity email site
All three initials: WAN design company
.gov
None of the above combinations produced results.
Registrant:
Domain Name Registrations. (YOURNAME4-DOM)
PO Box 333 T Southampton. SO40 4ZF
UK
Domain Name: YOURNAME.COM
Administrative Contact, Billing Contact:
Ward, John (JW1123) ansaback@NETCOMUK.CO.UK
THE LIFETIME E-MAIL COMPANY.
PO BOX 333 T SOUTHAMPTON SO40 4ZF
UK
44 1703 864422
Technical Contact, Zone Contact:
Shevenell, Mike (MS1417) mike@WWW.COVESOFT.COM
Cove Software Systems, IncHow about .mil or .edu?
But your list has given me an idea that saved me from obscurity!
My initials.com is the website for a health care management consulting company.
My initials.net is a website selling Missouri fossilized eggs! The best one yet.
My first name.ch (for switzerland, my country of origin) is a consultant.
My middle name.ch is a site that I can’t quite figure out. It looks like a fake family web site, serving as an advertisement.
My last name.ch is nothijng.
Arnold, not a single hit for me in the .mil or .edu hierarchies, either.
Full first, .co.uk: accounting firm.
Short first, .co.uk: took me to some type of World’s Fair site.
Full first, .de (Germany): A fashion designer’s web site.
Full first, .ch (Switzerland): a personal web page in German
Short first, .ch: a banner ad company, in German
Short first, .fr (France): Same as for .com
Ok, I’m going to stop now because I am bored.
First name: Vanity Email
Middle name: Marketing Group Website
Last Name: Supermarket
First and Middle Initials: Law Firm
All Initials: Network Development Company
First and Middle Names: Nothing
All names: Nothing
First and Last Name: Nothing
Username: Nothing
Topaz: Something for search engines
Antares: A Microsystems company
My full “real” first name: A computer/software consulting group.
An abbreviated version of my first name: Some schmo’s personal website (with not much on it).
My full middle name: A hospital
My shortened middle name (which is what I go by IRL): A web design (I think).
And my last name, just for kicks: I get a website run by DAK himself, Drew Kaplan. (For those who aren’t familiar with DAK, it’s a catalog of overpriced stuff similar to Sharper Image.)