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Am I the only one that likes the name Ryza more than Experiment? Experiment just sounds so bland to me and will be harder to rank high with.
by avalaunch 13y ago
Am I the only one that likes the name Ryza more than Experiment? Experiment just sounds so bland to me and will be harder to rank high with.
- dchuk 13y agoRank high for what? The term Ryza? It's easy to rank high for a made up word, but if you're ever in debate over whether to use a domain with ambiguous spelling or a standard word...go with the standard word.
- avalaunch 13y agoYes - rank high for Ryza vs Experiment. It's pretty bad if you aren't the first result when someone googles your company's name especially for a company relying on word of mouth.
- dchuk 13y agoLooking at the SERP for "experiment", I actually don't see them having much trouble ranking for it after a bit of time has gone by. Most of the results are informative and they're spread across different sectors (There isn't a heavy commercial influence in the SERPs). Just look at Box.com...they rank for "box" now, for the same reasons experiment.com will eventually come to rank for "experiment" so long as they nail the basics for SEO.
- nally 13y agoI agree. (original domain owner). If ranking for that term is important to the experiment.com business model, I'm sure they'll be able to do it.
- CamperBob2 13y agoThe very first paragraph of the article puts the lie to that, doesn't it?
- mwsherman 13y agoI’m with you. It’s a better name and can really be called a brand name in that it only denotes the company and otherwise has no other meaning. That uniqueness means no competition in search results, as you point out. Unique-er, shorter, has a cultural history with the company, evokes “Rise”. Keep in mind that brands really become signifiers of the company, and have little meaning of their own over time. Beatles, Google, Radiohead, Amazon. All either bad or meaningless on their own.