Re: Choosing a good domain name

#1

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, William Tasso wrote:
[snip]

Quote:

One more note - domain names with hyphens in them are difficult for people
to say.

On the other hand (foot, claw, paw or tentacle), hyphens *can* help
prevent unfortunate misparsing of the domain name. Some examples
of cases where hyphens could have prevented embarrassment had they
been used:

+--------------------------+ +-------------------------+

Quote:

Italian power generation | or | battery-powered dildos? |
+--------------------------+ +-------------------------+

www.powergen-italia.com vs. www.powergenitalia.com

+---------------------------+ +-------------------------+

Quote:

www.lawyers-exchange.com vs. www.lawyersexchange.com

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Quote:

www.twa-travel.com vs. www.twatravel.com

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#2

"Norman L. DeForest" wrote:
: On the other hand (foot, claw, paw or tentacle), hyphens *can* help
: prevent unfortunate misparsing of the domain name. Some examples
: of cases where hyphens could have prevented embarrassment had they
: been used:

<snip>

To add to the list: www.servershit.com

OTOH, the unfortunate misparsing of that domain helped me remember
it. I saw this domain in a sig line at WHT and it stayed in my head
although I don't remember actually going to the site until now.

The company name is "Servers Hit" and not what I kept reading it as
from the domain.

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#3

Lois wrote:

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The company name is "Servers Hit" and not what I kept reading it as
from the domain.

And a classic one: vo.mit.edu :-)

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#4

Norman L. DeForest wrote

Quote:

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, William Tasso wrote:
[snip]
One more note - domain names with hyphens in them are difficult for
people to say.

On the other hand (foot, claw, paw or tentacle), hyphens *can* help
prevent unfortunate misparsing of the domain name. Some examples
of cases where hyphens could have prevented embarrassment had they
been used:

+--------------------------+ +-------------------------+
| Italian power generation | or | battery-powered dildos? |
+--------------------------+ +-------------------------+

www.powergen-italia.com vs. www.powergenitalia.com

How many people would have heard of Powergen Italia if they had used the
hyphen?

Again, the disadvantage far outweighs any advantage.

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#5

Lois wrote

Quote:

To add to the list: www.servershit.com

OTOH, the unfortunate misparsing of that domain helped me remember
it. I saw this domain in a sig line at WHT and it stayed in my head
although I don't remember actually going to the site until now.

The company name is "Servers Hit" and not what I kept reading it as
from the domain.

Lois
--
www.wordsweave.com

Speaking of which, what does sweave mean?

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#6

On 9 Jun 2005 09:07:06 GMT, Charles Sweeney <me (AT) charlessweeney (DOT) com>
wrote:

Quote:

Norman L. DeForest wrote

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005, William Tasso wrote:
[snip]
One more note - domain names with hyphens in them are difficult for
people to say.

On the other hand (foot, claw, paw or tentacle), hyphens *can* help
prevent unfortunate misparsing of the domain name. Some examples
of cases where hyphens could have prevented embarrassment had they
been used:

+--------------------------+ +-------------------------+
| Italian power generation | or | battery-powered dildos? |
+--------------------------+ +-------------------------+

www.powergen-italia.com vs. www.powergenitalia.com

How many people would have heard of Powergen Italia if they had used the
hyphen?

I wouldn't worry about the above. It was a fake. It was even reported
on "this morning" as real ........... then later found out it was a a
joke.

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Again, the disadvantage far outweighs any advantage.

plh
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#7

Norman L. DeForest wrote:
: On the other hand (foot, claw, paw or tentacle), hyphens *can* help
: prevent unfortunate misparsing of the domain name. Some examples
: of cases where hyphens could have prevented embarrassment had they
: been used:

LOL this got printed *grin*

#8

Heidi wrote

Quote:

Norman L. DeForest wrote:
: On the other hand (foot, claw, paw or tentacle), hyphens *can* help
: prevent unfortunate misparsing of the domain name. Some examples
: of cases where hyphens could have prevented embarrassment had they
: been used:

LOL this got printed *grin*

A visit from Heidi, what an honour!

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#9

"Charles Sweeney" quoted and wrote:
: > --
: > www.wordsweave.com
:
: Speaking of which, what does sweave mean?

Nothing...I hope. :-)

On the same topic, nobody spells your name Charless, do they? ;-)

www.charlessweeney.com

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