Message Forum: Re: ill-advised advertising.

Re: ill-advised advertising.

Posted By: Faux Pas, on host 68.32.218.102
Date: Saturday, October 26, 2002, at 12:28:33
In Reply To: ill-advised advertising. posted by Faux Pas on Saturday, October 26, 2002, at 12:26:47:

> Spotted on an SUV's rear window:
>
> WWW.FULLBOREKUSTOMBORERS.COM
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> All uppercase, stretching across the whole window. After puzzling out that it meant "Full Bore Kustom..." instead of "Full Borek U.S." or "Full Borekus", I just had to wonder -- Was WWW.FULLBORECUSTOMBORERS.COM already taken? Why have such a long URL? Why advertise the mega-long URL in all caps so it is impossible to read? Most of the time, when I advertise thesnakefarm.com to people, I mix cases so the person can actually read it: TheSnakeFarm.com
>
> -Faux "WWW.JUSTCURIOUSABOUTTHATOKAYSHEESH.COM" Pas

And before the uber-geeks reply with "FullBoreKustomBorers.com isn't even active", I forgot the last word in the overlong URL.

-FP

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Message:	> > Spotted on an SUV's rear window: > > > > WWW.FULLBOREKUSTOMBORERS.COM > > > > All uppercase, stretching across the whole window. After puzzling out that it meant "Full Bore Kustom..." instead of "Full Borek U.S." or "Full Borekus", I just had to wonder -- Was WWW.FULLBORECUSTOMBORERS.COM already taken? Why have such a long URL? Why advertise the mega-long URL in all caps so it is impossible to read? Most of the time, when I advertise thesnakefarm.com to people, I mix cases so the person can actually read it: TheSnakeFarm.com > > > > -Faux "WWW.JUSTCURIOUSABOUTTHATOKAYSHEESH.COM" Pas > > And before the uber-geeks reply with "FullBoreKustomBorers.com isn't even active", I forgot the last word in the overlong URL. > > -FP
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