May 20th, 2008
The Top 9 Rejected Web
Site Marketing Slogans
Site Marketing Slogans
9> AOL: “Your partners in ignorance and stupidity”
8> eBay.com: “Cash for crap, crap for cash”
7> Hormel.com: “Register for free Spam!”
6> Microsoft.com: “Your money = our passion”
5> Google: “We’re sorry, we couldn’t hear you over the sound of how awesome we are”
4> MySpace: “Geocities for the New Millennium”
3> YouTube: “Yep, we’ve got drunk Britney!”
2> Playboy.com: “The cold light of the computer screen is as close as you’re ever going to get”
and the Number 1 Rejected Web Site Marketing Slogan…
1> Wikipedia: “This Wikipedia ad is a stub. You can help by writing it.”
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Credits:
Selected from 49 submissions from 16 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:
Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 1
Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH — 2, 8
Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC — 3
Kim Moser, New York, NY — 4, List Moderator, Topic
Matt Van Opens, Watertown, WI — 5
Daniel Attema, Adelaide, Australia — 6
Nathan Sherman, Bellevue, WA — 7
James Knowles, Bellingham, WA — 9
RUNNERS UP list — Customer Disservice
iTunes: “All the non-Beatles music you could ever want”
(Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL)
NBC.com: “It’s all repeats here, too.”
(Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC)
TopFive: “Exploiting unpaid humor writers since 1994″
(Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX)
(Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH)
(Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL)
NBC.com: “It’s all repeats here, too.”
(Bruce Kane, Charlotte, NC)
TopFive: “Exploiting unpaid humor writers since 1994″
(Douglas Frank, Crosby, TX)
(Donald Johnson, Cincinnati, OH)