Cutesy domain names considered harmful. As somebody pointed out earlier in the thread, del.icio.us was really a terrible name. When you try to say it out loud

Cutesy domain names considered harmful. As somebody pointed out earlier in the thread, del.icio.us was really a terrible name. When you try to say it out loud (or even think it in your head) it comes out as "dell dot icky-o dot us"; the whole "oh, that's cute, it spells delicious" is pretty shortlived. delicious.com is way easier to say and looks better. The same thing goes for your personal sites. bob.jon.es sounds pretty stupid when you try to tell somebody "Just go to bob dot jon dot es" or "bob dot j-o-n dot e-s". Just say no to cutesy domain names. bobjones.net, not bob.jon.es; delicious.com, not del.icio.us.