Celebrity Domain Names

Similar to the Michael Jackson and Tiger Woods domain name rush a huge amount of domainers have been quick to register Brittany Murphy domain names, after she recently passed away.

Whenever something happens in the celebrity world or there is a celebrity scandal it make people buy domains names. Celebrities draw domain traffic; Paris Hilton is a celebrity known for scandals and KeywordDiscovery states that the search term ‘Paris Hilton’ is searched for approximately 19,398 times a day!

As soon as there is a scandal from a celebrity there is a sudden rush to register domain names appropriate to the scandal. For example, Tiger Woods has recently been in the spotlight for indiscretions he made and on the day the Wood’s scandal was publicized, 30th November 2009, the domain name: TigerWoodsCheater.com was created.


Domainers capitalizing on the shocking death of Michael Jackson on June 25, 2009 registered numerous domains including the domain name: MichaelJacksonDie.com.

The below domain names were registered on the Dec. 20th 2009, the day of the tragic death of Brittany Murphy:

BrittanyMurphyDead.com
BrittanyMurphyDies.com
BrittanyMurphyDied.com

It is sad that this celebrity headline involved a death, although it proves that celebrity scandals create domain name registering at a record speed.

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