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domain name generator?

roger

2006-08-18, 6:36 pm

I am trying to select a domain name.

It looks like it's gonna have to be a double barrelled name (ie two words)

I know nameboy dot com generates ideas for domain names.

Are there any other good name generators that you know of out there?

Charles Sweeney

2006-08-18, 6:36 pm

roger wrote

> I am trying to select a domain name.
>
> It looks like it's gonna have to be a double barrelled name (ie two
> words)

Sure does. Not aware of any (sensible) single-word names freely available.

Don't worry about multiple words. MySpace, YouTube, MillionDollarHomepage
have done alright lately.

> I know nameboy dot com generates ideas for domain names.
>
> Are there any other good name generators that you know of out there?

I've never used them. More chance of getting something good and original
if you don't use a resource that's used by many others.

--
Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com

Dan

2006-08-18, 6:36 pm

roger wrote:
> I am trying to select a domain name.

You don't mention what it's for; depending on whether it's intended for
a commercial entity, a noncommercial organization, a personal site, an
informational project, etc., and on what country it's located in or
targeted at, different top-level domains would be most appropriate for
it (.org for a noncommercial organization, .ca for a Canadian site,
etc.). As some TLDs are less picked-over by speculators than others,
the available choices could vary.

--
Dan

sir robert blake

2006-08-18, 6:36 pm

Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
news:Xns9823CBE048EBDmecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:

> roger wrote
>
>
> Sure does. Not aware of any (sensible) single-word names freely
> available.
>
> Don't worry about multiple words. MySpace, YouTube,
> MillionDollarHomepage have done alright lately.
>
>
> I've never used them. More chance of getting something good and
> original if you don't use a resource that's used by many others.
>

yes, I'd advise the same as well. The best ideas tend to come from up
top.

By the way Charles, i was looking the other day at new urls.

would you recommend short or longer urls?

ie would you go for say: sweetlist dot com or sweetlistings dot com?

* NB - i am using 'sweet' above as an example/placeholder. i don't wanna
give anybody looking in an idea for my new url.

Both the long and short version of the url are available. i just don't
know which to go for. Is it better to be concise, and have fewer
characters ie sweetlist..........OR is 'listings' more descriptive and
thus better (as in sweetlistings)

Els

2006-08-18, 6:36 pm

sir robert blake wrote:

> Both the long and short version of the url are available. i just don't
> know which to go for. Is it better to be concise, and have fewer
> characters ie sweetlist..........OR is 'listings' more descriptive and
> thus better (as in sweetlistings)

Why not register both and redirect one to the other?
If you don't, you may have sweetlist, and people who only half
remember the name might type in sweetlistings, and end up on your
competitor's site (once they registered that domain).

I ended up on a different hosting company's website that way once, and
first I just thought they had redone the design, before I realised my
mistake by the big difference in pricing.

--
Els http://locusmeus.com/

Now playing: De Dijk - Onderuit

Charles Sweeney

2006-08-18, 6:36 pm

sir robert blake wrote

> Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
> news:Xns9823CBE048EBDmecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:
>
>
> yes, I'd advise the same as well. The best ideas tend to come from up
> top.
>
> By the way Charles, i was looking the other day at new urls.
>
> would you recommend short or longer urls?
>
> ie would you go for say: sweetlist dot com or sweetlistings dot com?
>
> * NB - i am using 'sweet' above as an example/placeholder. i don't
> wanna give anybody looking in an idea for my new url.
>
> Both the long and short version of the url are available. i just
> don't know which to go for. Is it better to be concise, and have
> fewer characters ie sweetlist..........OR is 'listings' more
> descriptive and thus better (as in sweetlistings)

I would say more descriptive is better, but I'm with you here, I have
sometimes had to give it some thought too.

I find that if it's more natural to say, and it describes the site then
it's better. Or in other words, I try to imagine how someone would
think of the site, and how they would describe it to another person. So
if it's a site of listings, then "listings" would be better. If there
are not too many combinations, I would register them all anyway.

--
Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com

sir robert blake

2006-08-18, 10:47 pm

Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
news:Xns9823D837951FCmecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:

>
> I would say more descriptive is better, but I'm with you here, I have
> sometimes had to give it some thought too.
>
> I find that if it's more natural to say, and it describes the site
> then it's better. Or in other words, I try to imagine how someone
> would think of the site, and how they would describe it to another
> person. So if it's a site of listings, then "listings" would be
> better. If there are not too many combinations, I would register them
> all anyway.

that is what I think I will do. Thus I'll maybe order my fave for 10
years and the other for 2.

'listings' rolls off the tongue better, and probably better describes
the site (which is aimed at houses, cars, etc.)

Tho 'list' i shorter and sweeter.

Ah feck it..gonna have to sleep on it.

I just hope so bugger hasn't been monitoring my domain searches and i
find some nazi has since parked it.

sir robert blake

2006-08-18, 10:47 pm

Els <els.aNOSPAM@tiscali.nl> wrote in
news:1m8tcposbjah7$.15p1ymqvgev5t$.dlg@40tude.net:

> sir robert blake wrote:
>
>
> Why not register both and redirect one to the other?

good point, Els

> If you don't, you may have sweetlist, and people who only half
> remember the name might type in sweetlistings, and end up on your
> competitor's site (once they registered that domain).
>
> I ended up on a different hosting company's website that way once, and
> first I just thought they had redone the design, before I realised my
> mistake by the big difference in pricing.

yes, if I don't register the second site, someone else will (for the
reason you mention above)

I like the concise version ie sweetLIST It is quick to type out.

But sweetLISTINGS better describes my site.

I will need to think on this a little more.

sir robert blake

2006-08-18, 10:47 pm

"Dan" <dan@tobias.name> wrote in news:1155929441.024218.175200@
74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com:

>
> roger wrote:
>
> You don't mention what it's for; depending on whether it's intended for
> a commercial entity, a noncommercial organization, a personal site, an
> informational project, etc., and on what country it's located in or
> targeted at, different top-level domains would be most appropriate for
> it (.org for a noncommercial organization, .ca for a Canadian site,
> etc.). As some TLDs are less picked-over by speculators than others,
> the available choices could vary.
>

Dan, I always go for .com

It will be a hobby in the meantime.....with scope to become something more
in the future.

The focus will be on houses and cars for sale.....and other thing
spossibly.

Charles Sweeney

2006-08-19, 6:44 pm

sir robert blake wrote

> Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
> news:Xns9823D837951FCmecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:
>
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>
>
> that is what I think I will do. Thus I'll maybe order my fave for 10
> years and the other for 2.
>
> 'listings' rolls off the tongue better, and probably better describes
> the site (which is aimed at houses, cars, etc.)
>
> Tho 'list' i shorter and sweeter.
>
> Ah feck it..gonna have to sleep on it.

:o)

The shorter one could be used as a verb "list your car", the longer one
as a noun "car listings". Both have their merits.

--
Charles Sweeney
http://CharlesSweeney.com

sir robert blake

2006-08-20, 6:37 pm

Charles Sweeney <me@charlessweeney.com> wrote in
news:Xns9824814F13733mecharlessweeneycom@130.133.1.4:

>
>
>:o)
>
> The shorter one could be used as a verb "list your car", the longer one
> as a noun "car listings". Both have their merits.
>

good point, Charles.

funi, the first name that i am gonna go with, has no linkage at all to
listings.

ie I believe in that notion, that by picking something way off kelter, the
thing is more memorable. (hypnotists and people who memorise things say
that such way out imagary is most memorable)