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Proving that not all URLs on vehicles need to be wrecks, Charles Lumpkin spotted this tasty URL. No dubs keep it clean and Leading Caps are icing on the cake.
Miss Emma weighs in with her 3rd URL spotting. Still aways to go to catch Mr. Askew -- 17 to be exact. Where to start with this one? I almost had to pull out every label in the book, er... blog. Dubs, ALLCAPS, Spacing Issues. Sheesh. Maybe the brain processes words differently in Australia but I just can't see this one moving into long term memory.
DJ Rewind shows some forward-thinking with this URL display. Setting off BOOM in bigger caps really makes this URL tick... tick tick tick BOOM.
If you're in the market for one of those Life Alert devices (btw, did you know they've trademarked the phrase, "Help, I've fallen and can't get up!"???) you've got enough problems than to have to remember all these extra numbers. Then again, it might just be a good direct response tracking mechanism as old folks may not realize that you can get to ...
Unfortunately, I didn't pan out for this photo because they actually had a good slogan -- "You're going to need a bigger closet." The URL display though drives me bananas.
Here's another example of abbreviations gone wrong. Apparently National Geographic is trying to be more hip my shortening to Nat Geo. Sounds like a Steve Irwin stand in. And cramming all those letters in lowerrcase doesn't do anyone any favors. This URL should be released back into the wild.
URL-aholic Ron Patrick spied this traitorous URL. I like the fact that the URL backs up the ad speaking directly to parents but methinks Parents.GoArmy.com would work much better. This URL loses the battle with the slash and the war with the underscore.
Corey Jenness submitted this hodgepodge -- 1 Good URL and 4 Bad URLs. This ad starts off on the right track with a catchy domain and leading caps but runs downhill from there through a maze of all lower case and slashes before bottoming out with a real downer.
Fellow URL-spotter, Sean Fallows sent this one in. Since the URL is only one word, I'll give the use of all caps a Presidential pardon. Dig how they tied it in with the campaign slogan. I wouldn't change a thing here.
One more from the Good URL Bad URL mailbag. This one comes courtesy of Leo Dominguez. He points out that the spacing here makes it look more like an email address than an URL. They need to fix this one today.
Peter Askew must not sleep. The man is a machine. Here's a batch of SkewURLs submitted via Facebook. Not sure how these guys decided which words to hyphenate here. Ford-dealer seems more intuitive to me. Of course, I'd rather they didn't include the dashes at all. Makes it too tough to decipher.
Speaking of tough to decipher, good luck finding the URL in this disclaimer. Reminds me of www.love21222.com/terms.html -- another disclaimer URL that they really don't want you to see. This URL cannot be enjoyed as it was not displayed responsibly.
Here's another bad hyphenated-alllowercase URL. At least the hyphen seems to be in the right place here. But when you're using an abbreviation like ATL, you need to treat it with the CAPS it deserves. Same for your brand name. Truth is, there's no good way to display this one what with the back to back L's. Whoever came up with this one should slap...
Don't even know where to start with this one, except to say that this URL is spooky. The chances of anyone remembering this one are slim to none. They'd have been better off shrinking it down with TinyURL. TinyURL.com/6eh6ek is probably easier to remember than this http://sites.google.com/site/halloweenchicago2008. This URL is definitely more trick...
One misplaced backslash can really cause problems. Now you might be saying, "Who in their right mind would think that the URL is laptopgiving.org/call1-877-70-LAPTOP?" Well, maybe the geniuses behind 1-877-Kars-4-Kids.org. This URL would be much easier to lap up if they slashed the slash.
When you're dealing with an obstructed view billboard, all you can do is make your URL big and bold. In this case, Leading Caps is just what the doctor ordered.
Nathan White sent this one in via the Good URL Bad URL Facebook Group. I like how this URL pokes fun at itself. Reminds me of RRRRThats5Rs.com. And alternating the font color makes sure all those words don't get lost. This URL goes to great lengths to be memorable.
Here's another one from the Facebook group. Brian Wyrick gets off the URL schnide with this entry. At first I thought it was a typo but this is actually the band's MySpace URL. I knew it was getting tougher and tougher to get a good MySpace domain but I didn't realize the pickings had become this slim. They should rename their band to Shot in the D...
Fellow URL-aholic Robert Fitzgerald spotted this too-hot-for-TV URL. The double slash is truly the kiss of death. A while back I posted a print ad from Sony with the URL www.sony.com/sonycard/hd. I didn't like that one either but at least it had a chance because people could take the ad with them to the computer and type it in. This one doesn't hav...
Miss Emma joins the ranks of 2-time URL-spotter with this submission. This one had me at Leading Caps. But I also like how it clearly states the value prop -- you should live here. Not to mention there's a double meaning (which I doubt they intended but still works well) -- come to the website and watch us building the condos live in action. They c...
Credit Stuart McIlreavy with this spot. I just hate everything about this URL. From the all lower case display to the use of misspelled slang (methinks "comfy" is more generally accepted) to the weird TLD. Maybe one of the many domainers that keeps tab on this blog can weigh in and explain what the .com.au is all about. Is that really the country d...
It wouldn't be a complete batch of URLs without a couple from the biggest URL-aholic of them all, Peter Askew of Domainer's Gazette. In fact, in honor of Peter's 16th and 17th submission, I'm creating a new category called "SkewURLs" and labeling all his posts accordingly. Methinks this tag works on a number of levels:1. It's 3 of the first 4 lette...
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