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I was expecting the "web naming industry" to go through a full cycle of trends to stay unique and googleable. Trademarks, open-source libs, product names, langu
by tajen 10y ago
I was expecting the "web naming industry" to go through a full cycle of trends to stay unique and googleable. Trademarks, open-source libs, product names, languages, I was expecting that more and more strange names would become acceptable:
- random strings (xkcd) - longer as all 4-, 5- and 6-letter domains are reserved
- names (Levenstein distance) - More and more strange names, perhaps invented
- patterns (.ly, .io) - But that gets crowded very fast
- composed names: "Diffie Hellman"
- 3-part composed names: Will that be seldom in 2020 when all 10-letter domains are taken?
- Even a small sentence, as long as it's unique enough for Google to identify it.
But it seems I'm not good at predictions: Companies keep recycling the same names, the domains expensive, and VCs don't like founders who didn't put enough thought in their brand.
- stepvhen 10y agoTangential, the band "Chvrches" chose their name specifically because it was easy to search for. And indeed, search engines never get confused.