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I still cannot read that name without my brain auto-correcting in the missing "a". I wish they would change the name to something more distinct from Code Acade
by Legion 14y ago
I still cannot read that name without my brain auto-correcting in the missing "a".
I wish they would change the name to something more distinct from Code Academy.
- codegeek 14y agoactually you can just type codeacademy.com with the a. There is auto redirect to the one without the a.
- trueneverland 14y agoIt doesn't change the fact that there is already a Code Academy (.org) in chicago or that when I do a Google search, I have to purposely put in a negative keyword for codecademy for it to accurately get Code Academy, which people end up mixing up anyway. I genuinely believe the name to be Codecademy and not Code Academy. But overall I wish they'd just change the name period lol.
- Legion 14y agoWhich helped further train my brain on the wrong name, as that's exactly what I've been typing in for a while now. I get to the right site, but I continue to call their service the wrong name to everyone I talk about it with.
- catshirt 14y agoi've seen the name dozens of times, i've done a dozen or so lessons on their site to try it out, i've told people about it, and this is first i've realized this.
- samstave 14y agoI tend to read it as "Co-Deck-A-Demy"
- petercooper 14y agoI think if anyone were to change name, it'd be the real Code Academy now. About 90% of times I encounter anyone trying to say Codecademy, they say 'Code Academy' and don't believe me when I say they're wrong and that there's another service using that name. That's branding for you.. and they've won the battle.
- dandelany 14y agoThey also appear to have won the Google battle - the first result for "code academy" (with or without quotes) is Codecademy.
- kafkaesque 14y agoI'm not an SEO expert, but I believe the way it works is persons/entities/companies bid on keywords through Google Adwords. If they win the bid, their site will pop up first or closer to the top. I always thought Codecademy.com and Codeacademy.org were the same company or at the very least sister companies; somehow related.
- yohui 14y ago> I'm not an SEO expert, but I believe the way it works is persons/entities/companies bid on keywords through Google Adwords. If they win the bid, their site will pop up first or closer to the top. I think dandelany meant organic results, not sponsored links. In any case, I didn't receive any ads for "code academy" on Google, so Codecademy's ranking is natural.
- kafkaesque 14y agoThanks for the clarification.
- thatsnotright 14y agoThis is just completely wrong. Please stop talking about things you know nothing about.