Showing posts with label One-of-a-Kind Bad URLs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label One-of-a-Kind Bad URLs. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
FLETCHERJONESAUDI.COM/NORTHAVE.HTM
ALL CAPS and /Slashes can be tolerated but what comes after the slash here is unforgivable. North and Ave are 2 words that just don't go well smushed together (Nort Have?) and there's no reason to include .HTM. This URL is High-Total-Maintenance, let's hope their cars aren't!
Monday, January 7, 2013
WWW.crossroadspublichouse.com
I've been on a bit of a hiatus from URL-spotting but this one caught my eye as a misuse of CAPS I don't think I've seen before. For some reason, the dubs here are capitalized and the rest of the URL is in alllowercase. Talk about putting the em-phah-sis on the wrong sy-lah-bles!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
www.eiu.edu/~adulted
Just when you think you've seen it all, a truly one-of-a-kind Bad URL rears its ugly head -- or, in this case, it's ugly tilde. Props to Aaron Bynum who spotted this in the Champaign-Urbana News Gazette. As he pointed out, it's also a best practice not to use the word "adult" in your URL unless you're in the porn industry. This URL makes me say eww, not eiu.
Monday, March 9, 2009
ST.BALDRICK'S.ORG
Someone sure screwed up this URL display. Of course, the correct URL is StBaldricks.org. Now, we've seen erroneous apostrophes in URLs before never a false subdomain. Looks like someone snapped up Baldricks.org to capitalize here. That was quite the bald, er... bold move.
Labels:
.Subdomains.,
ALLCAPS,
Alternate Domains (Non-Dot-coms),
Bad URL Display,
Bad URLs,
NotURLs,
One-of-a-Kind Bad URLs,
TV Ads
Saturday, January 24, 2009
moc.mortsdronpb
I've seen reverse URLs but this is a first -- an updside down URL. This graphic adorns the wall of the BP section at Nordstrom. I suppose it might be a good way to reach the BP target market -- teenage cheerleader types that can read it while doing a handstand. This URL has really bottomed out.
Friday, August 29, 2008
trrainright.com
Alejandro Sanchez, long-time URL-aholic, submitted this misspelled URL but pointed out that, to their credit, they covered their tracks by buying this domain too. Regardless, this URL is a train-wreck.
Sunday, August 10, 2008
.com
Anders Hofseth spotted this mysterURL in Egypt. Your guess is as good as mine. This URL should've been flagged before they, ah... flagged it.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Sunday, June 1, 2008
www.lookwithlaura.c m
Labels:
alllowercase,
Bad URL Display,
Bad URLs,
One-of-a-Kind Bad URLs,
Out-of-Home/Billboards,
Real Estate URLs,
www (aka Dubs)
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
www.justhewayoulikit.com
Ladies and Gentleman, we have a winner. May I present the world's worst URL. Avid reader Carolyn Grantham sent this one in. Looks like these guys chop more than hair. I love how they just arbitrarily lopped off letters here. Yeah, we'll just trim the double-T and double-Y, snip off that E... ok, looking good. This URL is justhewayihatit.
Labels:
Acronyms/Abbreviations,
alllowercase,
Bad URL Display,
Bad URL Selection,
Bad URLs,
One-of-a-Kind Bad URLs,
Retail Signage,
www (aka Dubs)
Friday, March 21, 2008
wwwuspest.com
Reader John Cade spotted this URL that's bad on 2 levels. First, the dot is missing after the dubs -- first time I've seen that one! Second, using alllowercase makes this look like upset.com. This URL decal needs to be exterminated.
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