The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor – December 7, 1941.
Today’s date marks the 70th anniversary of the attack against the American fleet stationed in Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.
The day of infamy, December 7th, 1941 marked the official entry of the United States of America in World War II.
That important and historic location in Hawaii returns a hefty 30 million results in Google, however, none of these on page one point to the domain name PearlHarbor.com
In fact, only on page 2 of the results one can discover a Disney URL forward and not the domain itself.
According to Archive.org the domain changed hands from its previous owners at the end of 2000, just in time for the Disney movie by the same name – Pearl Harbor, starring Ben Affleck.
However, the web site’s content hasn’t changed since 2001, as it references the “Pearl Harbor 60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition”. Sorry Disney, that was 10 years ago.
It’s a shame that such a historic domain name hasn’t been updated in a decade and it’s essentially a hostage to Disney’s interests.
It’s definitely a shame that Disney didn’t more with it (um, I mean ANYTHING, besides forwarding it). Shows a fundamental lack of understanding of how the internet even works if you ask me. Such an amazingly short-sighted approach to marketing, and an equally trivial use of a domain that commemorates one of the most significant dates of the 20th century should not go unmocked.
Sure wish I was “holding it hostage” rather than them.