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>> Unfortunately there are very few real words or even real word combinations that are not registered. Problem solved... I'll plug my own site for finding good

by jorgem 18y ago

>> Unfortunately there are very few real words or even real word combinations that are not registered. Problem solved... I'll plug my own site for finding good, available domain names: http://Hotnamelist.com http://Hotnamelist.com Or, go out and BUY a good one: http://sedo.com http://sedo.com or http://Afternic.com http://Afternic.com

mcdowall 18y ago
Cheers for this link mate, having a look now Ive been struggling looking for a new projects domain for days now, snapnames, freshdrop, domainpigeon (from here), so hopefully you might have some suggestions!!
moe 18y ago
Sorry but problem not solved. It's nice that your site lists CowardlyAct.com, MountyBounty.com and SecuritySituation.com as available - but that's completely useless to me who's looking for a name that somehow makes sense in conjunction with my business model. Furthermore a good name is supposed to be short and distinctive. Most names listed on your and similar services meet neither criteria. They consist of more or less randomly combined dictionary words which leads to generic 10+ letter domains like, well, SecuritySituation.
- jmackinn 18y ago
  Who told you that names are supposed to be short and distinctive? Security Situation is a pretty damn good name if you're starting a security company. Impressing the web 2.0 fanboys with misspellings makes your company look illiterate to everyone else. If you're simply going after those fanboys (or girls) as you target audience then that is fine but considering how many people are web 2.0ers and how many regular people there are, when starting a company I'm probably going to go after the far bigger market.
  - moe 18y ago
    Who told you that names are supposed to be short and distinctive? My common sense and probably every marketing book in existance. Think about the internet brand names that you can recall from the top of your head. How many of them are longer than 8 letters? Security Situation is a pretty damn good name if you're starting a security company. Most certainly not. It's generic and unsuggestive. That kind of name may work for an information page ("Security situation in your neighbourhood") but not for most businesses.

by jorgem 18y ago

mcdowall 18y ago

Cheers for this link mate, having a look now Ive been struggling looking for a new projects domain for days now, snapnames, freshdrop, domainpigeon (from here), so hopefully you might have some suggestions!!

moe 18y ago

Sorry but problem not solved. It's nice that your site lists CowardlyAct.com, MountyBounty.com and SecuritySituation.com as available - but that's completely useless to me who's looking for a name that somehow makes sense in conjunction with my business model. Furthermore a good name is supposed to be short and distinctive. Most names listed on your and similar services meet neither criteria. They consist of more or less randomly combined dictionary words which leads to generic 10+ letter domains like, well, SecuritySituation.

jmackinn 18y ago
Who told you that names are supposed to be short and distinctive? Security Situation is a pretty damn good name if you're starting a security company. Impressing the web 2.0 fanboys with misspellings makes your company look illiterate to everyone else. If you're simply going after those fanboys (or girls) as you target audience then that is fine but considering how many people are web 2.0ers and how many regular people there are, when starting a company I'm probably going to go after the far bigger market.
- moe 18y ago
  Who told you that names are supposed to be short and distinctive? My common sense and probably every marketing book in existance. Think about the internet brand names that you can recall from the top of your head. How many of them are longer than 8 letters? Security Situation is a pretty damn good name if you're starting a security company. Most certainly not. It's generic and unsuggestive. That kind of name may work for an information page ("Security situation in your neighbourhood") but not for most businesses.