Re:Let me Duck Duck Go that for you
by cookiecaper on Monday May 10, 2010 @12:14PM
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Well, "Google" rolls off the tongue much easier than "Duck Duck Go". "Duck Duck Go" is also hard to "verb", as it were. I don't have a problem with the mentioned silliness of the name, I just think it's too long and hard to say/write.
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Duck it! Working on shorter domain names...we have dukgo, though that isn't that memorable. I hope to have something soon though.
I'd say get something that you can easily say, spell, and use as a verb.
bloip gibbit erdle jopple etc etc But rebranding does seem a big job to me.
It's amazingly motivating when you start seeing your startups name appearing as a verb on twitter searches :)
Re:Let me Duck Duck Go that for you
by mattmaroon on Monday May 10, 2010 @01:08PM
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Rebranding is not too difficult if you don't get much traffic from organic search. It's a simple redirect and a notice on the page.
It's also not too difficult when you're small but gets more costly as time goes on. If DDG succeeds, the customer base it has now will be something like .00001% of it's users.
How would you like voidy.com?
not really. I'd just say I'd "DDG" it, or "double D", or "duck" it.
In the same way, I just type I'd 'fb' someone for 'facebook' someone.
It only rolls off the tongue because you're so use to it now. Same with other brand named that got verbed. Kleenex. Xerox., etc.
Double D would actually be pretty good brand. Could have a large breasted woman as the mascot.
Re:Let me Duck Duck Go that for you
by mattmaroon on Monday May 10, 2010 @11:25PM
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That's called Evony.