Goofy Web 2.0 sites that don't really make sense

It's not all wine and roses around here at Web 2.0 Watcher. Some of the sites I come across are just plain goofy. Maybe it's just me - I'm not getting the point, or I don't see the potential. Maybe the idea is sound but the implementation needs work. Maybe these sites are just not meant to exist.

Parkingspots.com
I get the idea of mash-ups, and that there is likely an end-user for every mash-up idea (hey, people need to find bus routes on Google Maps, right?). I wrote about MizPee.com not long ago, and that it's definitely a felt need (ahem). (By the way, judging from some e-mails, no one seemed to think the site - which takes itself seriously I think -- or my comments were very funny, so keep those cards and letters coming.)

Parkingspots.com seems like a site that helps you find a
parking spot, right? Well, it's actually for finding a parking spot
you can rent - as in, it's for people to post their rentals. I'm not
sure how many people want to rent a parking spot instead of using a parking garage, using a corporate lot, or just finding a, well, parking spot somewhere, but maybe it is a hugely massive number.

Yodio
Yo! Yodio! I don't really get it. I'm sorry - the site has a pretty
good design, although it's a little old tech Intel/Microsoft for me. It seems to work okay. The problem is that - people can call in and annotate photos. So, in other words: you use a telephone, to annotate your photos - that's it. Every time I visited the site, someone said "Hey..." and went on to explain what the site does. There is a Yodio page for a gal who is graduating from college, and I think the dad is explaining why that's cool. Okay, so the gist of this is that: you can use a telephone to annotate photos. I am just not getting excited
about this.

Cuil.com
I'm not sure what cuil means, or how it's pronounced (my guess is that it's "cool"). The reason? I don't care enough to do a Google search to find out. In fact, I am relatively happy with the search results I get. I also don't drive out of my way to get a specific brand of gasoline, and I will pretty much eat lunch at the most convenient restaurant that serves good food. Once in a while, I use Yahoo. There was this one time when I used Scour, and another time I used Surf Canyon. Besides, Google is not really a search company at all, they are Internet pioneers. Cuil? They are a search company, that's it. Just search.

Hubdub.com
When I hear the term "hubdub" my brain sort of says "humdrum" -- which is not good. The site lets you predict the outcome of current news, things like who Barrack Obama will pick for his running mate or who will win the most medals at the Olympics. You receive $1000 in fake money just for joining, and $20 in fake money every time you log in. Then you bet - I mean, predict the outcome of the news, and win more fake money. Making a site about gambling is going to get you lost in an ocean of gambling sites, but predicting news is about as much fun as watching the Yahoo stock price fall.