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35 percent of biggest companies own ____sucks.com

valleywag.com — Of the companies surveyed, 35% own the domain name for their brand followed by the word "sucks." They include Wal-Mart Stores, Coca-Cola, Toys"R"Us, Target and Whole Foods Market. Some 45% of these domains have yet to be registered by anyone. The study found that the majority of companies that do own these domain names publish no content on them.

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  • MadTom, on 09/05/2008, -0/+174AppleSucks.com was NOT what I was expecting.
  • MidnightRIder77, on 09/06/2008, -1/+112It was better than what I was expecting.
  • brandita, on 09/06/2008, -0/+91I think that this might be a different story for vacuum companies.
  • DiggItalia, on 09/06/2008, -0/+81"sucks" is just one among an infinite range of possible insults. Oh, silly Fortune 500 companies, you can't beat the Internet, it's like fighting a cloud with a stick.
  • Maynza, on 09/06/2008, -0/+56www.*****.com
  • electrolemon, on 09/06/2008, -0/+44The Dyslexics Of America Association have just registered Dyslucksiasex.com,
  • inactive, on 09/06/2008, -0/+43Forbidden
    You were denied access because:

    Access denied by WebWasher DynaBLocator content category. The requested URL belongs to the following category: Pornography.
  • thegrantman, on 09/06/2008, -0/+39Hoover blows.
  • einstein2k8, on 09/06/2008, -1/+35My dad works for Dick's Sporting Goods. They can't buy variations of their name because those silly porno people already bought them all up. (FTR Their official website is dickssportinggoods.com, not dicks.com. dicks.com doesn't sell sporting goods. It sells... other things...)
  • spaceshipsix, on 09/06/2008, -0/+31Buying 20 domain names is such a joke. How about xeroxsucksalot.com. If some one wants to make a site about how much xerox sucks they're not going to say "damn xeroxsucks.com is taken I guess I'll leave them alone."
  • inactive, on 09/05/2008, -1/+30Well then let's get buying! Pretty funny though. I like that thinking on their part. Might as well ward off possible hate sites. I wonder how much these domains are worth.
  • tomj88, on 09/06/2008, -7/+36please note, NSFW
  • inactive, on 09/06/2008, -0/+29this comment sucks
  • JackSchittt, on 09/06/2008, -0/+22I'm surprised they just don't have them redirect back to their main sites.
  • john1108, on 09/06/2008, -0/+22DellSucks.com seems to have been purchased by dell, but not DellSucks.net

    thanks to all the extensions for domain names
  • FUR10N, on 09/06/2008, -1/+21*opens a new incognito tab*
  • electrolemon, on 09/06/2008, -1/+19Note: Apple didn't register "AppleSucks.com". Instead, they went the trendy, alternative route, and registered iSuck.com. Apparently, the site keeps a tally of how many people visit per day and sends it to the Census Bureau for their ongoing tally of emotional, depressed internet travelers.
  • tiuk, on 09/06/2008, -0/+18Looks like http://*****.com/ is still up.
  • Sahdow, on 09/06/2008, -0/+17dickssucks.com is available
  • electrolemon, on 09/06/2008, -1/+17JohnMcCainSucks.com is still available. I'm sure someone on Digg will jump on that.
  • SnapDragon86, on 09/06/2008, -0/+16OreckVacuumsSuck.com thatll show them
  • borez, on 09/06/2008, -0/+15http://whois.domaintools.com/diggsucks.com
  • inactive, on 09/06/2008, -4/+17Does anyone even use .net anymore?
  • sclark, on 09/05/2008, -2/+15Sort of brute-force reputation management.
  • lollercauster, on 09/06/2008, -2/+13'Walmart's prices were TOO low! I had to hide the price tag from my friends so they didn't think I was a cheap ass. God damn that smiley for cutting prices!"

  • trogdor282, on 09/06/2008, -0/+11yeah but at $10 a year there's no reason NOT to.
  • houndeyex, on 09/06/2008, -1/+11... Doesn't exist? Haha?
  • archer104, on 09/06/2008, -1/+11www.dairyqueenisfineIguessbuttheirchilitasteslikecatfood.com
  • jbenson2, on 09/06/2008, -3/+13And the point of this lame article is?....
  • vincevonvice, on 09/06/2008, -3/+12I expect AppleSucks to be an integral part of digg's submission bloc. Huffington Post, Cracked and Engadget are getting stale.
  • dunmasterkane, on 09/06/2008, -7/+16NSFW
  • jwolcott, on 09/06/2008, -1/+9"___Complaints.com" is the new "sucks".

    Check out: http://www.AAcomplaints.com , http://www.DeltaComplaints.com , http://www.UnitedComplaints.com , http://www.USAirwaysComplaints.com , http://www.RyanAirComplaints.com , http://www.SouthwestComplaints.com , http://www.NWAcomplaints.com , http://www.AlaskaAirComplaints.com , etc....

    It looks like the companies can't take them all, they'll always be playing catch up. This year it's "sucks", next year it might be "complaints", and the following year it might be "sucks balls".
  • Sil369, on 09/06/2008, -5/+13NSFA (apples)
  • Rotzooi, on 09/06/2008, -2/+10It seems many companies are using the .net for internal affairs, and .com for commercial purposes.
  • rexblade, on 09/06/2008, -0/+8How about "______blows.com" , or there is also the "______sucksass.com" variant.
  • 5urr3al5am, on 09/06/2008, -0/+7Its only 35%? I would think that would be higher.. not buying those seems almost like a liability
  • MatchStick, on 09/07/2008, -0/+7lmao, I work in the appliance section at Best Buy, I love when a customer says "my old vacuum sucks" cuz I get to say "isn't that the idea?"
  • inactive, on 09/06/2008, -0/+6To get someone to register valleywagsucks.com.
  • Sahdow, on 09/06/2008, -1/+7LMAO! dugg for making me laugh uncontrollably
  • inactive, on 09/06/2008, -0/+6I'm gonna let ya' in on a little secret, Ray. K-Mart sucks.
  • myhandleondigg, on 09/06/2008, -0/+6Personal research has also taught me that many of them register *****.com as well.
  • MikeyMoose, on 01/30/2009, -0/+6Uh, you might want to read the comments before posting...
  • modthoa, on 09/06/2008, -0/+5Oh man, that's how i can REALLY make money off ...sucks.com domain names... Better than selling them to companies!!

  • Greengoo, on 09/07/2008, -0/+5http://www.diggsucks.com/

    Doesn't seem to be registered.
  • redfan, on 09/06/2008, -1/+6They should have remembered Lloyd's Is Pants.

    http://lloydsispants.com/
  • 5urr3al5am, on 09/06/2008, -0/+5yes considering making one television commercial and airing it probably costs $100,000
  • PabloMac, on 09/06/2008, -0/+4$6/year.
  • MikeyMoose, on 01/30/2009, -0/+4Ewww! That was disgusting!
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