Web 2.0 quiz, 2009 version

Posted on Nov 20, 2009 in Misc. | 1 comment

Update: the fake website, uzinewz.com, is now highlighted. It’s a shame that is’ not a real site; it’s the first place I’d check for information about everyone’s favorite sub-machinegun.

Back in mid-2008, I offered a simple quiz on “Web 2.0″ site names. As it was then, it is now (and probably ever shall be), so I present an updated quiz. The premise is simple: buried among this list of seemingly random collections of letters and capitalization is one ersatz web site name. That’s right… just one. The rest, ridiculous as they may be, are actual in-use domains (at least, they are as the time of this writing; who knows how long they’ll last?). In week or so I’ll highlight the fake site. In the meantime, suggest your answers in the comments.

So if you think of the “e” in “-er” words is as vestigial as a human appendix, you’re ready. (Go ahead and take it even if you still have your appendix and spell “flicker” with an “e.”)

1. a9
2. etsy
3. SCIPLEX
4. Designatr
5. utterli
6. Gigdom
7. Noonhat
8. investobiz
9. Statnip
10. fcukstar
11. uoOo
12. uzinewz
13. goowy
14. kijiji
15. sedo
16. ZooLoo
17. zumobi
18. Lilpip

There you have it: 17 real—though strange—domain names in the “Web 2.0″ style, presented in no particular order. Oh, and don’t forget the one fake one. Can you spot it without resorting to your web browser for confirmation?

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