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Doctor Q

Administrator
Original poster
Staff member
Sep 19, 2002
40,104
8,383
Los Angeles
If you go to yourfirstname.com and yourlastname.com and yourusername.com, what kind of websites do you get? (You don't have to tell us your real name to answer.)

I'm curious whether you get a business site, your own personal site, someone else's personal site, an unused domain, a parked domain, or something else. If you find something interesting at yourfirstname.net or yourlastname.net or yourusername.net, tell us about those too.

Here's what I get:

firstname.com: parked domain
lastname.com: business
http://DoctorQ.com: parked domain

firstname.net: business
lastname.net: parked domain
http://DoctorQ.net: medical site with broken English
 

Queso

Suspended
Mar 4, 2006
11,821
8
Wierd flash animation on constant loop for my first name. Placeholder for the second name.
 

Jaffa Cake

macrumors Core
Aug 1, 2004
19,801
9
The City of Culture, Englandshire
Hmm... www.jaffacake.net is some kind of environmental blog thing. Nowt much of interest there. :eek:

As for my real name...

myrealfirstname.com is a directory-type site.
myrealfirstname.net is a blog.
myrealfirstname.co.uk is a single webpage with a big 'email me' link.

myrealsurname.com is a Hong Kong-based pharmacutical company.
Nothing comes up for myrealsurname.net or myrealsurname.co.uk.
 

mkrishnan

Moderator emeritus
Jan 9, 2004
29,776
15
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Haha, fun, I wonder how long before someone gets something fun?

Everything I tried came up parked or unregistered except for krishnan.net, which is actually taken up by a family website for a family with the same last name as me. :)
 

PlaceofDis

macrumors Core
Jan 6, 2004
19,241
6
placeholder for my first name.
personal site for my last name.
nothing for my username.

for: firstnamelastname.com, personalsite
 

killmoms

macrumors 68040
Jun 23, 2003
3,754
55
Durham, NC
Someone's personal site for my first name.
My Dad's site for my last name.
My blog for killmoms.com, obviously (from which you can find out my real first and last name—incidentally my resumé/professional site is at firstnamelastname.com. ;))

Nothing interesting at the .nets. I really should get the .nets and .orgs for my sites.
 

xUKHCx

Administrator emeritus
Jan 15, 2006
12,583
9
The Kop
firstname.com: parked domain
lastname.com: business
firstnamelastname.com: non existant
xUKHCx.com: non existent

firstname.net: business
lastname.net: business
firstnamelastname.net: currently down for maintance
xUKHCx.net: non existent

firstname.co.uk: personal website of a chellist
lastname.co.uk: parked
firstnamelastname.co.uk: family website (not mine)
xUKHCx.co.uk: non existent
 

digitalnicotine

macrumors 65816
Jan 11, 2008
1,171
40
USA
First name: Online education site
Last name: Major company that would identify my last name if I elaborated
Username: redirect to a LAN service that's for sale
 

Telp

macrumors 68040
Feb 6, 2007
3,075
25
firstname.com-parked domain
username.com-wiccan site

firstname.net-news and opinion gazette
username.net-Garmen GPS site?

firstname.org-Foundation for artists
username.org-The erathian liberation party?

this was actually interesting and enlightening.
 

vanmacguy

macrumors 6502a
Aug 13, 2007
586
0
Not where you live.
Wierd flash animation on constant loop for my first name. Placeholder for the second name.

Hmm, I wonder if we have the same first name? I get a strange animation that does nothing but loop around too?

And my last name (which has an unusual spelling) happens to be a blog site for a woman that lives in the same suburb that I do. Who'd have thought that in all the world that there would be two of us in the same 15 mile square, both with web sites.

Hers is mylastnamespelledpeculiarly.com and mine is mylastnamespelledpeculiarly.org?

vanmacguy.com doesn't exist - yet.

myfirstnamelastname.com belongs to me, so no surprise there.

Bizarre...
 

mac 2005

macrumors 6502a
Apr 1, 2005
782
126
Chicago
firstnamelastname.com = website with photos I've taken and freelance articles I've written

I use the URL for email. At one point, I was going to start a freelance writing business, but I never completed the site and was always toying with redesigns. Eventually, I just linked it to a Google blog and it is what it is.
 

EvanLugh

macrumors 68000
Aug 29, 2007
1,929
3
Developer land
I have well over 70 but my personal one was evanlugh.com - I forgot to renew it for a day and some corp spamming advertising fools bought it. :(
 

kainjow

Moderator emeritus
Jun 15, 2000
7,958
7
I have well over 70 but my personal one was evanlugh.com - I forgot to renew it for a day and some corp spamming advertising fools bought it. :(

Next time register your domain with godaddy.com - they'll make sure you don't forget to renew by spamming your inbox daily ;)
 

Brianstorm91

macrumors 65816
Sep 30, 2007
1,365
0
Cambridge, UK
firstname.com: Internet gift, flower and chocolates search
lastname.com: Last name tree experts: scientific tree care since 1907 :|
firstnamelastname.com: Naff all
username.com: Naff all
 

sushi

Moderator emeritus
Jul 19, 2002
15,639
3
キャンプスワ&#
Here's what I get:

firstname.com --> A weird flash movie saying firstname has a broad mind and can switch between the Geek world and the high level strategic world.

lastname.com --> Domain is for sale.

sushi.com --> Without exploring in detail, it seems like a centralized shopping information site.
 
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