What Do You Do With a Personal Domain?

bmerr71 writes "I bought my own domain name to use as a self-promotion tool. I use a subdomain, 'profile.mydomain.com', which I selectively put on my email signatures to link to my linkedin profile. I also loaded up Google Apps to use for email. But when you go directly to my domain name, there is nothing there. I didn't want GoDaddy getting ad revenue off my name (and it doesn't look very professional), so I killed the ad page, but it seems like I should be able to put something up on my main page. But, I am not interesting in blogging, I do not want too much personal information up there, and I do not want to spend a lot of money (none, if possible). Are there any free apps that I can load up on my domain to fill the blank space? What do non-bloggers do with their personal domains?"

Seinfeld

[Ukab the Great]

Be master of your domain.

Re:Seinfeld

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm out.

Re:Stay With Me Here

[Anonymous Coward]

I think you should go with a really well thought out image that speaks to your audience with no words needed.

goatse?

Forward it to your myspace page.

[reve]

That's the most professional course of action. Particularly if you have questionable photos posted.

Re:Stay With Me Here

[_Sprocket_]

I think you should go with a really well thought out image that speaks to your audience with no words needed. Ok, stay with me on this one, ok? Picture this: your head ... superimposed on Chuck Norris' body ... punching Clippy ... into the fires of Mount Doom.

You might have missed the part where he said he wanted something professional (having opted to avoid the GoDaddy parking advertising). Obviously he should replace Clippy with a "PC Load Letter" printer.

Re:pictures of family and friends

[Chabo]

I say he should have a web interface for his MythTV machine, so the public can choose what he watches each night. :)

MyDomain.com

[neoform]

I use a subdomain, 'profile.mydomain.com',

BAD BAD BAD.

mydomain.com is a privately owned domain. When demonstrating a domain, you use profile.example.com!

Re:Not "personal" in the same way, but

[legirons]

I registered fuckthenavy.net because .com and .org were taken.

You think the navy might be interested? [punditkitchen.com]

Re:MyDomain.com

[Nefarious Wheel]

I had no idea example.com was reserved. +e insightful.

You're being irrational.

Re:Stay With Me Here

[Jurily]

You might have missed the part where he said he wanted something professional

Oooh, I know! Some worthless text in yellow, with pink background, in Comic Sans, with lots of blink tags!

And don't forget to include "Best viewed with [your exact hardware]" at the bottom.

Re:Stay With Me Here

[Capt.DrumkenBum]

Professional.... Hmmmmmm, Why not porn? At least you could make a few bucks. :)

Re:Personality - you need one.

[geekgirlandrea]

Just you wait until you get sued for personality infringement. :)

Re:Seinfeld

[nateb]

I am the Gatekeeper.

Re:MyDomain.com

[Bromskloss]

When demonstrating a domain, you use profile.example.com!

Hey, you're just trying to get us to link to your personal domain instead!

Re:MyDomain.com

[schmiddy]

use profile.example.com!

BAD BAD BAD I did a little digging into this supposedly-upstanding domain to be used for examples. Well guess what, mister -- I don't trust the "IANA Whois Service" one bit. Did you know that "IANA" is not even a part of the Better Business Bureau? And they don't have contact information on their page, so there's no one you can complain to?? They seem like a shady company to me, getting all this traffic from example code. They don't even have a privacy policy on their website!! Who knows what they could be doing with the IP Addresses they collect?!? Probably sending them to the RIAA, NSA, FBI, and various advertising agencies.

Do yourselves a favor -- stop using example.com in example code and network diagrams, RFC 2606 be damned. From now on, I propose that everyone use the domain "doubleclick.net" in example code, comments, diagrams, URLs, etc. You're welcome.

Re:Stay With Me Here

[samcan]

And don't forget the animated GIFs of flaming torches and spinning globes!

And a cheezy-looking GIF of a spider, or a web. (For being on the "Web." :p)

Re:Stay With Me Here

[OakDragon]

And an "Under Construction" graphic with a little guy shoveling.

Re:Stay With Me Here

[CyberDong]

So... JWSmythe, what kind of porn was it that had the customers harassing you so...

(from jwsmythe.com [jwsmythe.com])

I came to this decision a long time ago, after coworkers were harassed by customers outside of work. What's it like to have a customer who is dissatisfied with the company you work for, calling you at home; showing up at your house; sending threatening letters; making threatening phone calls? These were all because that company didn't live up to that particular customer's expectations. That wasn't a gray-market company. The product and services were clearly outlined, and provided in accordance to that.

Re:Stay With Me Here

[ibwolf]

And an "Under Construction" graphic with a little guy shoveling.

That is so last century. These days we put up a graphic saying "BETA"

Re:Stay With Me Here

[Dunkirk]

He misread the uptime guarantee. It actually said that they provide 9 5's of service. And they're doing FANTASTIC at maintaining it, too!