Re:When Google Hates Your Name: Why We Renamed Our Startup
by greg_holsclaw on Thursday September 16, 2010 @03:25PM
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It is tough acquiring a short (under 8 letter) meaningful domain name now. I am curious to know how much it cost just to buy that domain. Sometimes you can make a nonsensical name stick with enough effort/branding: see zillow.com, it is all in the sub title.
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Re:When Google Hates Your Name: Why We Renamed Our Startup
by iuyhgtfvgbhjn on Thursday September 16, 2010 @04:14PM
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Supposedly the 'internet generation' are now savy enough to know this.
If you launch a site called "sport.com" or "music.com" young people know that however hip and trendy your graphics you must be a bank/$Bn corp to own that name. So to appeal to 'yoof' you have to have a "the only address we could get" type meaningless name ( even if you are a $Bn corp!)