Number Of Bin Laden Domain Names Soars

by Laura Sydell, NPR

Osama bin Laden's death is having many ripple effects — but none more pronounced than the land rush on the Internet to secure desirable domain names, such as osamakilled.com. Within hours of bin Laden's death, roughly 2,000 new bin Laden URL addresses had been registered.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, May 9, 2011