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PC World's 25 Worst Web Sites

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the heh-neuticles dept.

Cilibrin writes "PC World has posted a story on the 25 dumbest dot-coms and silliest sites. Among those to make the list are the pet-related Neuticles — a site for testicular implants for pets — and every child's favorite, Rabies for Kids." From the article: "As venture capitalists scramble to throw money at anything labeled Ajax or Web 2.0, and Web publishing becomes so simple that anyone with a working mouse hand can put up a site, we offer our list of the 25 worst Web sites of all time. Many of our bottom 25 date from the dot-com boom, when no bad idea went unfunded. Some sites were outright scams — at least two of our featured Net entrepreneurs spent some time in the pokey. Others are just examples of bad design, or sites that got a little too careless with users' information, or tried to demand far too much personal data for too little benefit. And to prove we're not afraid to pick on somebody much bigger than us, our pick for the worst Web site may be the hottest cyberspot on the planet right now. "

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  1. The full list by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    25. Rentmychest.com.
    24. IKissYou.org
    23. InmatesForYou.com
    22. Digital entertainment network (den.com)
    21. Golden Palace Casino
    20. Hotmail.com
    19. WebVan
    18. Beenz.com and Flooz.com (tie)
    17. Boo.com
    16. Microsoft Windows Update
    15. Neuticles.com
    14. BidForSurgery.com
    13. Whitehouse.com
    12. The Dancing Baby
    11. Rabies for Kids
    10. MyLackey.com.
    9. HamsterDance.com
    8. BonziBuddy
    7. Pets.com
    6. Pixelon.com
    5. AllAdvantage
    4. CD Universe
    3. Cartoonnetwok.com
    2. CyberRebate
    1. MySpace.com

  2. I hate to rain on this parade... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Neuticles are more than cosmetic. Dogs that are shown need to be intact--which is to say, they need both nuts. If they're lacking one, they're disqualified. A fake nut is cheating, but it's pervasive.

    An intact dog is also required for breeding.

  3. Re:What's wrong with rabies site? by mblase · · Score: 2, Informative

    what's so terrible for this particular source?

    I think the (legitimate) gripe about this particular site was the garrish design. The whole thing is very, very 1990s-college-freshman in the way it looks.

  4. Re: myspace by klenwell · · Score: 4, Informative

    Resistance is afoot:

    http://code.google.com/p/moshi/

    --
    Innovation makes enemies of all those who prospered under the old regime... -- Machiavelli
  5. Re:Worst website according to Digg... by just_forget_it · · Score: 2, Informative

    Someone should write an article about the 25 worst HTML tags

  6. Re:Worst website according to Digg... by imroy · · Score: 2, Informative
    Ok, that has got to be a parody. The author(s) claim to be a "Member of the HTML writers guild", but a look at the HTML shows it was produced with MS Word, complete with all the rubbish that entails. The clan members page however looks to be a dead give-away.
    i helped co-author two of the bestselling books, "Teach Yourself MS-Paint in 21 Days" and "Teach Yourself MS-Bob in 21 Days".
    i have written, consulted and co-written many various and numerous plugins for MSPAINT, including the "ALIASER" (a de-anti-aliaser), the innovative and hi-tech "Tree Fattener v2.0", and the "Lens Flare Drop Shadower" (if you've ever seen a lens flare with a drop shadow, and who hasn't, chances are it was done with the "Lens Flare Drop Shadower").
    Ah, right.
  7. Re:Myspace... by garett_spencley · · Score: 1, Informative

    While it's undeniable that there's tons of Crap on MySpace, it also has it's uses.

    As an independent musician who has a CD out, MySpace has given me an excellent means of promotion and finding new listeners. I've also been able to find other musicians to form bands with using MySpace. I wouldn't have a bass player right now if it weren't for MySpace. It was simply a matter of heading over to google and typing "inurl:myspace.com (my city name) bass" (since MySpace lacks a useful search feature, heh) and I found tons of people in my city who played bass.

    Yes MySpace is total crap from a technological point of view. I completely understand why the slashdot crowd would have big problems with it. I just, personally, have a hard time disliking it since so much good has come out of it for me.

  8. Re: Bumper Bawls by tylernt · · Score: 2, Informative
    Are you really implying that the boss felt he had the right to order his workers to remove these "decorative" objects AND that the workers all acted like good little sheep and obeyed him?
    Absolutely. A parking lot is private property, and the rights of the property owner trump any 1st, 2nd, or 4th amendment rights you have. That's why you can be fired for wearing an "offensive" T-shirt to work, you can be fired for carrying a self-defense tool at work, and your employer can have your desk/locker/you searched without a warrant.

    Each time you enter private property, it's like entering a mini Communist Soviet Union. Check your rights at the door, please. If you don't like it, don't enter private property. Constitutional rights only protect you from the government, not private parties.
    --
    DRM 'manages access' in the same way that a prison 'manages freedom'