May 20, 2008     

The Top 9 Rejected Web
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)