Spiceworks changing business direction?

glenyoung3827 · 2011-12-22T02:26:02.000Z

i have just been looking for a new domain, and got curious, so i checked the Spiceworks Domain Availability.

as expected they are all taken, inclding www.Spiceworks.xxx

not checked what is on this website as i am at work, but it did give me a giggle.

Huw3481 · 2011-12-22T02:36:32.000Z

It’s so they can filter off PSX’s posts.

michaelhogg2310 · 2011-12-22T02:45:59.000Z

Haha that is funny yet disturbing at the same time, spicerex/bacon themed movies?

glenyoung3827 · 2011-12-22T02:53:02.000Z

i think it may be Nic making his own version of LMFAO - Sexy and i know it videos, his fro would fit in well…

now i am disturbed…

rhipkin · 2011-12-22T02:53:57.000Z

Michael1984 wrote:

Haha that is funny yet disturbing at the same time, spicerex/bacon themed movies?

Gee, thanks for planting that thought in my mind

DanielB1978 · 2011-12-22T03:13:53.000Z

Its not even been stolen by a sitter, the who is suggests a block to cyber squatters. Imagine if you accidentally wrote www.spiceworks.xxx instead of www.spiceworks.com . Purely accidental of course.

kirk · 2011-12-22T03:15:37.000Z

lol - now im just imagining someone in the pepper suit making adult movies…

DanielB1978 · 2011-12-22T03:16:28.000Z

pepper porn lol

kirk · 2011-12-22T03:16:34.000Z

Daniel537 wrote:

Its not even been stolen by a sitter, the who is suggests a block to cyber squatters. Imagine if you accidentally wrote www.spiceworks.xxx instead of www.spiceworks.com . Purely accidental of course.

if spiceworks do have it why dont they just forward it to the main site?

kirk · 2011-12-22T03:18:07.000Z

Daniel537 wrote:

pepper porn lol

HOT! HOT! HOT! Adult Content

glenyoung3827 · 2011-12-22T03:23:31.000Z

www.spicerex.xxx is available

ivanidea · 2011-12-22T04:49:47.000Z

Dogs wrote:

lol - now im just imagining someone in the pepper suit making adult movies…

Anyone seen SpiceRex recently?

jay6111 · 2011-12-22T05:18:59.000Z

That seems pretty normal for businesses to do these days for the simple purpose that once a site gets popular then it becomes a target for scammers, spammers, and even porn. A simple mistype of an address from someone who has never visited the site could land a person on a web page they were not expecting giving bad PR.

By purchasing the xxx and not using it, SW has ensured that no one else can buy it and become the equivalent of major porn website overnight with the “SpiceWorks” name attached to it which to get back later more than likely would cost a lot of money and lawyers.

It’s actually a smart business move. Seen a lot of Universities recently do the same, which really makes sense for them because it wouldn’t take long for every young male over hormoned adult to go, “hey I wonder if there’s a UW-Blank.xxx with all the hot college chicks”…

Make sense?

-Jay

Denis-Kelley · 2011-12-22T06:08:54.000Z

How does someone accidentally type .xxx?

Huw3481 · 2011-12-22T06:10:43.000Z

Denis Kelley wrote:

How does someone accidentally type .xxx?

StickyKeys

kirk · 2011-12-22T06:12:44.000Z

Huw3481 wrote:

Denis Kelley:

How does someone accidentally type .xxx?

StickyKeys

Hahahahahahha

Denis-Kelley · 2011-12-22T06:15:04.000Z

Huw3481 wrote:

Denis Kelley:

How does someone accidentally type .xxx?

StickyKeys

LOL

jay6111 · 2011-12-22T06:20:03.000Z

lol, good one, but really it wouldn’t be typing it, it would be the autocomplete that gets most people.

Or even a google search and depending on the rank…

-Jay

glenyoung3827 · 2011-12-22T07:03:36.000Z

i still wonder if it is indeed spiceworks that own this domain however.

just completely curious really.

jeremyb · 2011-12-22T07:08:59.000Z

Look it up on WhoIs . That’ll tell who owns the space.

I’m at work, so I won’t do it for you.