A news article sent me searching registration of some domain names. You see, CIT Bank just purchased some domain names containing their CEO’s name and ending in “sucks” to keep them out of the public’s hands. This is a general defensive practice that big companies employ all the time, if they think of it — or have been noticing a lot of public criticism. The name with a website can serve as an online complaint department — where they can control the spin and appearance of the whole thing — or the company can put some public service thing there, or ad that makes them look good. Or they simply keep it from being used by others.


This became a practice after the public started using "something something sucks.com" as its voice to air injustice or bad practices.


The Clinton campaign got hold of TrumpSucks.com before Trump’s people could. They redirect it to HillaryClinton.com. Maybe a Clinton supporter gave it to them.

DonaldTrumpSucks.com is held by the Trump organization;
Donald-Trump-Sucks.com is held privately and might pop up an insulting web page any day now;
Trump-Sucks.com same goes as above.

HillarySucks.com is being auctioned on eBay, again;
HillaryClintonSucks.com is a site selling anti-Hillary T-shirts;
ClintonSucks.com is held by someone in Grand Cayman who is probably hoping someone will offer them some decent money. I doubt it, this close to the election.

ComeySucks.com, in case you thought of it, was registered in 2006 by a software company in Ohio. It doesn’t refer to FBI director James Comey at all; it’s held to protect the name of Comey & Shepherd Realtors which has its website on Comey.com and Comey.us.

In 2003, when angry activists were able to direct search engines results whenever you look up “Santorum” it became clear the internet itself can be a campaign destroyer if employed early. Not so much at this point, as far as the presidential campaign goes.