Comments on: The Tila Tequila is Naked eBook, or Wherein I Rant About Comment Spam

By: Jeanne Dininni

Jeanne Dininni — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:43:22 +0000

I think you’re right, Dan. The site I mentioned does seem to be rather proud of its name. (It’s a beauty, fashion, celebrity, and wellness-type site, by the way.) In fact, in an ad posted to one of the writing job boards recently, the site required that its ideal candidate “stalk” one or more of the topics covered on the site. So, it’s name and branding are quite deliberate.

By: dcr

dcr — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:52:23 +0000

You know what though, you just never know how these things may work out. It may get attention for one thing! And be memorable.

I have a site (which needs to be relaunched) that was originally, originally intended as a parody of sorts, and so I never worried about the domain name. Before it launched, I changed that and made it a little more serious. I figured the larger audience would be men, and that the domain name would actually turn away women readers. Later, I even got a second domain name that was more “friendly” but that never really took off. I think I may have had more female readers than men, as the pages with the highest views were those written for the women.

So you just never know.

By: Jeanne Dininni

Jeanne Dininni — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 20:00:19 +0000

Correction: The site’s name was actually “All Women Stalk” (emphasis added), and thus the link contained the string “allwomenstalk,” which I, of course, took to mean “All Women’s Talk.” (It made perfect sense, right? At least, I thought so at the time.)

By: Jeanne Dininni

Jeanne Dininni — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:50:20 +0000

Dan,

I recently came across a link for a website called “womenstalk.” What do you think it stood for? I thought (as I believe most people probably would) that the site was called “Women’s Talk.” But, I was wrong. If you can believe it, the site’s actual name is “Women Stalk.” Go figure.

Jeanne

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By: dcr

dcr — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:59:04 +0000

But do you ever have spam sausage spam spam bacon spam tomato and spam? Or do you prefer to stick with spam spam spam spam spam spam spam beaked beans spam spam spam and spam?

By: dcr

dcr — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:56:40 +0000

The Discovery Channel.

By: JD at I Do Things

JD at I Do Things — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:25:00 +0000

Thank god for spam. Now I finally know how to make my own Vicodin.

My favorite? Eel sex. Where else would I learn about that?

By: Eric "Speedcat Hollydale"

Eric "Speedcat Hollydale" — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:35:02 +0000

I only get spam from Hormel in “Austin” Minnesota … just south of my blog