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Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

Fta_Files — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:42:03 -0000

Once a name has gone from one person’s mouth to another person’s ear, there shouldn’t be any confusion as to how its spelled when typed into a browser.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

daleclara — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:27:23 -0000

Web designers

If you have decided that you need a good website for your business,the next step is to decide who should create it.This decision is one that needs a lot of attention because if on the one hand, a well-organized and attractive web design can help you tremendously in making more money; on the other hand,a poorly designed website can cost you money, drive away customers, and can hurt your company reputation.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

sermozz4 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:23:53 -0000

they differ because it was his own made with his own explanation over things.. got it?.. so better comment something good.

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webrochester1 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:20:23 -0000

I couldn't agree more with what you had indicated in your post, originality is a must but we also need to ensure that people can easily remember our site, making it more catchy is highly recommended.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

Silver Atoll Design — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:08:09 -0000

Nice article. This has enlighten me on what to keep in mind when naming web 2.0 startups, and also it applies well for any corporate naming.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

dayoadefila — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:50:33 -0000

Definitely useful advice from folksonomy and all you guys - i have been in a spot for a few weeks over some name choices I am exploring. Tnx.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

dayoadefila — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:38:39 -0000

Definitely good advise to start off with - though one must mix and match to suit ones own situation like mine! Thanks

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

kyle — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:34:53 -0000

LOL I loved number 5!!!

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

PCNames — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:34:13 -0000

To help find that domain try http://www.pcnames.com

The main tool checks domain availability as you type. Very fast!

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

Silicon Valley Blogger — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:33:53 -0000

Great tips. One other thing -- make sure the name is available. If not, make sure you have a list of potential names you are prepared to buy from someone else. Be willing to pay at most $4K for a good name but no more than that.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

Jim — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:33:46 -0000

I agree with this but the problem is some one needs to deviate from the norm of creating unusually different 2 syllable company names. Otherwise we will just become clones of each other.

I personally like http://whatsonmybookshelf.com

It has a longer name but they incorporate it as part of their logo.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

michaelczhang — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:55:30 -0000

It's a solid name john. Definitely fits these guidelines.

Good luck.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

John — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:55:14 -0000

Guys, what do you think about the name Jobcloud?

It is a web2.0 job portal where anyone can post Gigs for free.

It can be found at www.jobcloud.com

Check it out and let me know what you think

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

Jimblake — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:54:47 -0000

Jimblake,

From what I can see, showing.com has been registered since March of 1996...

By available, maybe you mean it's for sale. Yes, it's being sold via Sedo right now, but the price will be much, much more than registration fee.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

Jimblake — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:54:46 -0000

I ran across showing.com the other day, and I'm surprised that it's even available.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

_asais — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:54:13 -0000

Useful post! Thanks for the info!

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

Bonekhan — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:53:41 -0000

Intellegent, well put, and helpful. Well done on this--I'm sure it is a very helpful resource for those in this position.

-Corey (aka Bonekhan)

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

yaph — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:53:30 -0000

Nice read. I especially like section 2 and 7.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

Stevan L — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:53:14 -0000

Nice guidelines, but i wouldn't stick to them religiously. Google, Yahoo, delicious, eBay nor Amazon have names that relate even remotely to the market they're in

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

Gerome — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:52:58 -0000

How about hum.com? Short, sweet, meaningful, easy to remember.

And it's available.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

web2jobs — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:52:41 -0000

http://keith.hostmatrix.org/

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

Keith — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:52:36 -0000

Nowadays, short TLD names are extremely hard to get. Buying them is way far more expensive. Not to good, unless if you have known, could have invested on it 10 years ago.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

Tim — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:52:02 -0000

There's one little problem with choosing a good name: it's very hard to find a short simple .com domain. Virtually all single word .coms are gone. Most combinations of 2 short or relevant words are taken. Even most catchy, short and easy-to-say made up words I tried were taken. Here's one I just made up: http://tyrop.com/ oh look it's in use.
After a long search I found http://bla.st/ - It's nice and short but suffers from the "unusual factor". Some people try and type .com onto the end of it. It's also hard to say, as you have to explain the domain to people.
What to do about it? There must be a good solution out there. Perhaps more global, non-specific top level domains?

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

Mobile360 — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:51:56 -0000

Nice article, a very good starting point.

Re: 7 Tips for Naming Your Web 2.0 Startup

michaelczhang — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:51:33 -0000

If a friend tells you of a web service, which extension would you try first in your browser?

Always go with .com.

If you're still not convinced, read this article by Alexa.

http://awis.blogspot.com/2006/07/distribution-o...