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I'm a software developer for search technology platforms and this choice for a name is a terrible one. facepalm It would have been much much smarter to choose

I'm a software developer for search technology platforms and this choice for a name is a terrible one. facepalm It would have been much much smarter to choose a term that wasn't already broadly used. Even more mystifying is that someone would do this IF THEY KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT SEARCH ENGINES. Pick a different name, don't make your new offering compete with thousands of other search results explaining how GNU grep works. An even bigger sin is the fact that grep is already used for searching and if even someone is looking for your site after forgetting the website, they are gonna have a fun time finding your offering vs scads of linux tutorials. This is BASIC marketing level SEO knowledge, you don't even need a search architect to tell you this info. Good luck in any case. Do yourself a favor and pick another name if you want any traction.

lisasays 4y ago
Even more mystifying is that someone would do this IF THEY KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT SEARCH ENGINES. This is BASIC marketing level SEO knowledge, you don't even need a search architect to tell you this info. I agree. The irony here is simply profound.
dang 4y ago
Name complaints are generally covered by these guidelines from https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html: "Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting." "Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- chrismorgan 4y ago
  I think name complaints are actually more reasonable here than they often are, especially as demonstrated in this comment you’re responding to: a search engine has to concern itself with such matters, so when a search engine deliberately names itself provocatively⸻ Anyway, I’m stopping there. I just thought this perspective worth mentioning.
  - wolfgang42 4y ago
    Yeah, in this case I’m not sure that I’d consider the name “tangential”.

lisasays 4y ago

Even more mystifying is that someone would do this IF THEY KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT SEARCH ENGINES. This is BASIC marketing level SEO knowledge, you don't even need a search architect to tell you this info. I agree. The irony here is simply profound.

dang 4y ago

Name complaints are generally covered by these guidelines from https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html: "Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage. They're too common to be interesting." "Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

chrismorgan 4y ago
I think name complaints are actually more reasonable here than they often are, especially as demonstrated in this comment you’re responding to: a search engine has to concern itself with such matters, so when a search engine deliberately names itself provocatively⸻ Anyway, I’m stopping there. I just thought this perspective worth mentioning.
- wolfgang42 4y ago
  Yeah, in this case I’m not sure that I’d consider the name “tangential”.