Carly Fiorina is running for president. And while the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard might boast about how her experience as a tech executive can help her run the country, she failed to secure one aspect of her online identity.
While CarlyFiorina.com redirects to Fiorina's official campaign website, CarlyforPresident.com,CarlyFiorina.org is another story.
The domain, which was registered in December 2014, according to WHOIS records, tallies the 30,000 employees Fiorina laid off during her tenure as HP CEO from 1999 to 2005, when she was forced to resign.
The site has 30,000 ":(" emoticons, one for each employee laid off during the candidate's six-year reign.
If you scroll to the bottom, you'll find an additional quote from Fiorina about her regrets about the layoffs: "I would have done them all faster."
IMAGE: SCREENSHOT CARLYFIORINA.ORG
Fiorina is just the latest presidential candidate to run into branding trouble online.
In March, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz announced his 2016 run on Twitter, but it soon became clear that TedCruz.com is owned by someone who supports immigration reform and President Obama.
This also isn't Fiorina's first attempt at a big campaign; she unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate seat for California in 2010.
Pro tip for all political candidates (or, frankly, anyone remotely famous): Purchase your name's .com, .org and .net domains.
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