“Women are like domain names, all the good ones are taken, unless you get one from a third world nation”
When I was on holiday in Portugal, one little geeky momento I wanted to get was a .pt domain name. .pt is the top level domain for Portugal, rather like .uk is for the United Kingdom. Turns out I couldn’t get one - .pt’s are really quite strict and for Portugese people only. Shame really. As I’d love one.
Question is, what would I have got? Gospelrhys.pt seems like a bit of a waste, so I probably would’ve got a domain name hack. Domain hacks are when the domain spells something, instead of the traditional www. and .com. For example: del.icio.us. I’ve tried to keep the list mature (I’m sure every business in the Cook Islands don’t want to be registered there), and here is my top 10, plus what could be hosted there, in no particular order.
- A Portugese website for employers to discuss potential rubbish employees. (http://ine.pt)
- Cyber squatting for an ex Arsenal striker on the islands of Nuie (http://nwankwo.ka.nu)
- A Spanish soft porn site focusing on breasts (http://boobi.es)
- A Spanish soft porn site focusing on bums (http://ars.es)
- An Eritrea site focusing on alcoholic frothy beverages (http://be.er)
- A site for depressed singles in Libya (http://lone.ly)
- A good sex website in San Marino (http://orga.sm)
- A Romainian website that discusses barnets and other extreme hairdoes (http://af.ro)
- An Icelandic site promoting the fair use of recreational drugs (http://cannab.is)
- The Switzerland website advertising small tourist attractions on Anglesey (http://llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogo.ch)
Incidentally, only a couple of the links work (#2 and #10, and only to Wikipedia pages). I cannot be responsible if you type these into your browser and get scat porn or something.
So, that’s my list, and I’m sure there are more. I especially would love number 7, so if any San Maritians (I think that’s correct) who could tell me how I could go about registering it, that’d be fantastic. Cheers.
But it’s open to you, here is a list of all the world’s TLD’s, come up with your own domain names, and leave them in the comments.
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del.icio.us
Digg
Stumbleupon
Rhys Wynne, the author of this blog, is a 20 something web designer from Colwyn Bay.
I always wanted http://clai.re …but they won’t let me have it
I hope you realise with all of these sexual-based words you’re going to have a hell of a lot of traffic coming your way…
Anyone would think it was planned!
What about the Kingdom of Lesotho branch of the Colwyn Bay Supporters Club…
http://www.mightyseagul.ls
apparently its a Little land locked country of 1.8m people near South Africa!
I came up with a bigger list than you
My mate registered suckon.us! It was a forum hehehe!
If what john boy says is true there are some .ls names which refer to the male testicles which could be used there. I am far too mature to go there though
suck.my.bal.ls
http://make.mine-a-p.int/
“The .int TLD is strictly limited to organizations, offices, and programs which are endorsed by a treaty between two or more nations”
The program: Buy Me A Beer
Treaty Between Two Nations: Wales (Thats you Rhys) and England (Thats me!)
This time we won’t put Saw 3 on in the background!
JB: I just don’t like those sorts of movies, okay?!?!
mightyseagul.ls made me chuckle.
Ryan: Grow up
Han: Yours were okay, but I’m pleased with my 10
Claire: I need to become a niger resident so I can register http://rhys.wyn.ne
Matt: You think?
Domain hacks are always fun.. As in the case of my country, one can get quite a lot of cool .in hacks.. And there are quite some available
I have to get a Manx one in somehow…
http://www.kick-h.im
…is my favourite
I’m so mad, I was clicking on some of those names thinking they would actually open up! LOL
‘Congratulations, the domain name “jem.ma” is available.’
..now all I need is someone in Morocco to register it on my behalf and £115 for the privilege.
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