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Feed My Ego? What Kind of a Domain is That?

There has been an awfully large volume of domain registration for the past few years. People have been snatching up good ones at a rate of thousands per day. When I went hunting for a domain to represent me, I tried lots of possibilities which were already gone.

The Stump Set

stump.com

Glen Stump, a web designer

stump.org

The New Spirit Korean Presbyterian Church of P.C.U.S.A.

stump.net

one of the mail-forwarding domains owned by MailBank

stumpy.com

Not a web site, but already taken by A. Chase Turner

stumpy.org

Now home of Cimex Corporation, a software company. What they're doing with with a .org domain is beyond me. This domain was available for most of my search, but it was taken right after I picked.

The Ventura Set

ventura.com

used by Advanced Network Solutions as a redirection page to a listing of Ventura County, California businesses. This one really cheeses me because you don't ever see "ventura.com" except when you type it in!

ventura.org

The Ventura County Clearinghouse which has government listings.

ventura.net

Advanced Network Solutions again

sventura.com

Not on the original list, but it's now a florist in Spain!

The Already-Taken Set

• otherdoor.com
• slicedbread.com

The Recommended Set

Lots of friends had ideas for domains. Most were available, but not all quite what I had in mind.

Ryan Sowers-Martinez

• stump-zone.com
• home-of-the-stump.com
• stump-o-matic.com
• stump-you.com
• if-you-don't-like-it-stump-it.com (disqualified because apostrophes aren't allowed)
• stumprageous.com
• ren-and-stumpy.com
• stump-and-grind.com
• ventura-pet-detective.com

Josh Pincus

• loudlaugh.com
• feedmysoul.com
• heartyappetite.com
• bigappetite.com
• pastafreak.com
• joviality.com
• rottenpun.com

Josh also produced a set that were already taken:

• gregarious.com (Greg Gerrie Seminars)
• loudmouth.com (Loudmouth, Inc.)
• eatmyshorts.com (XzX Entertainment Group)
• munchy.com (Munchy, Ltd)
• scherzo.com (Scherzo Music, Inc.)
• adante.com (Forte, Inc.)
• forte.com (Forte Software)
• moviebuff.com (West Coast Entertainment Corporation)
• pastalover.com (Borden Foods Corporation)
• italiana.com (Marcel Albert Stenzel)
• lasagna.com (Barilla G. e R. F.lli S.p.A.)
• technophile.com (TechnoPhile, Inc.)

Cameron Half

• helpmesharemylifewithtotalstrangerswholikebeingnosy.org (certainly the right spirit, but it exceeds the 35 character maximum)

Pete Sierk

• I Am A Nutcase With Nothing Better To Do So Im Going To Have My Own Personal Domain Even Though I Dont Really Need It And One Hit A Week Would Exceed My Expectations.com (by far the longest suggestion, and I added the spaces to eschew horizontal scrolling)
• asm.org (already taken by the American Society for Microbiology!)

Sacha Uljon

• sloth.com (already taken by Sloth Industry)

The Winner

In the end, I decided to go with a frank descriptor for all personal websites. Why do I have a web site? To feed my ego! The only other reason I can imagine for someone to do so is to make money or at least build a reputation. I think we can all use a little truth in advURLtising. :-)

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