Ignorance is also a disease.
We saw a lot of silly arguments about the right to use Ebola.com, from people that do not understand nor appreciate how domain investing works.
Here’s a list of the top 10 deadly diseases in reverse order, and who owns the respective .com domain, and what do they do with it:
- Cancer.com – Owned by Johnson & Johnson. No active web site, currently.
- Malaria.com – Owned by Epicenter Communications, the active site provides up to date information on the disease.
- Tuberculosis.com – Owned by Sanofi Pasteur, a pharma company. The landing page announces the site’s ownership.
- Diarrhea.com – Owned by Procter & Gamble, the live web site promotes commercial products controlling conditions of the digestive system.
- Perinatal.com – Owned by Mednax, a medical group. The active web site displays content related to their business.
- COPD.com (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) – Owned by GlaxoSmithKline corporation. The active web site is a resource portal.
- HIV.com – Privately owned. The active web site provides information, and generates revenue from affiliate links.
- LowerRespiratoryInfections.com – Unregistered, BuyDomains used to own it. If you really want it, it’s available.
- Stroke.com – Owned by Sanofi, the French pharmaceutical giant. The live web site is used by Bristol-Myers Squibb, another mega-pharma corporation that Sanofi collaborates with.
- IschemicHeartDisease.com – Privately owned and parked at Domain Name Sales, but without a for sale sign.
