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Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by BbzzbB »

jackblemming wrote: post #260
BbzzbB wrote: post #247

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's wrong with Google? I'm sure the origin (googolplex) is lost on most people, but it seems like a decent brand name to me. On top of which, consider if Yahoo! had won the search market, i don't think their brand would've become a universal verb. Granted, I don't believe it was an explicit choice to have a "verbale" brand-name. But you (and many others in this thread) are right that names often don't matter that…

The OP didn’t say anything was wrong with Google and you repeated exactly what they were getting at.

I argued Google is a good name (IMO, subjectively) in the first part, while I understood OP as saying it's a bad one and that the company succeeded in spite of it (which I indeed agreed with in the second part). I've also already acknowledged said agreement/reiteration in my comment.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by dotancohen »

sillysaurusx wrote: post #168
dotancohen wrote: post #152

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> Getting the shape right was the hardest part, since if you think about > how to mold something like that you’ll run into a bunch of problems. Shape of the part that interfaces with the guy's anatomy? I wonder what types of problems? How pliable is the silicone bag? Human women and men come in a variety of interface shapes yet it usually works out. Could different size bags be manufactured?

Bingo. I wasn't involved directly, so unfortunately this is a game of telephone. This was also back in 2012 through 2015, so it's been some time. But here's my understanding of it. Suppose the problem is to make a silicone bag that you can fill with warm water. That wouldn't be easy , but it'd be much easier. To make something like that out of silicone, you have to pour some material into a mold, and let it sit. (I t…

Very interesting, thank you! I do prefer bags of mostly water that require more maintenance than the silicone bags, but it is good to know that the option exists (or did exist).

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by slavik81 »

johndough wrote: post #235
runjake wrote: post #199

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Step 1: Obtain gethotdogs.com Step 2: Make billions. Step 3: Buy hotdogs.com with your massive amounts of VC funds^W^Wcash. This is what Facebook (thefacebook.com), Dropbox (getdropbox.com), etc did.

Counterpoint 1: Steam could not buy steam.com. Counterpoint 2: Domain scalpers will demand ridiculous prices if they believe that you are affiliated with a similar-sounding domain or company.

The steam URL is kind of whimsical. I quite enjoyed when Stardock created their competing service in the same vein:

Valve : Steam : steampowered.com

Stardock : Impulse : impulsedriven.com

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by feymese »

srmarm wrote: post #33
Tabular-Iceberg wrote: post #28

What bad things would happen if the zone file was made available for everyone without any approval?

You can compare to get newly registered domain names so it's sometimes used for Spam to target new companies - I've not noticed that so much lately though. I suppose you could identify recent NS changes to create a list of servers/hosting that might not have been locked down or secured yet. But on the whole I can't personally think of anything too bad.

didn't they already doing this?

i remember getting lot a spam from different persons/agencies to develop a website for my newly bought domain.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by slig »

bradstewart wrote: post #173
Beltalowda wrote: post #117

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By accidentally forgetting a "-" is how I once ended up on a porn site in front of the entire company, since that's what the version without a "-" was. It wasn't a big deal, but I was very young, and I had a very red head.

Oh man, I did something similar in class. In 4th grade (+/- a year). whitehouse.com (I don't know what it is now, but it was a porn site) instead of whitehouse.gov.

Also python dot com back in the day.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by patrec »

codegeek wrote: post #225
joshstrange wrote: post #169

Honestly I think domain names should be the least of your worries when building something. You can always add a "get" prefix or "app" suffix (or a bunch of other options). If you are sold on a company name then by all means, grab the domain but don't confuse "buying a domain" with "making actual progress". When I was younger I used to snap up domain names for every little idea I had. I executed on less than 1% of tho…

I pretty much stopped obsessing over domain names after seeing the success of "google". Ultimately it is the product/service/business that matters. Sure, we all try to get a domain name that we want/like but no need obsessing over it. It sucks that most of us didn't know what to do in 1994 when lot of dictionary words were available. But it is what it is.

Google is a great name -- easily the best name among the top 5 tech companies. It's unique, short, can be "verbed" and is easy to memorize and pronounce for English speakers and many non English speakers alike.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by sillysaurusx »

dotancohen wrote: post #272
sillysaurusx wrote: post #168

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bingo. I wasn't involved directly, so unfortunately this is a game of telephone. This was also back in 2012 through 2015, so it's been some time. But here's my understanding of it. Suppose the problem is to make a silicone bag that you can fill with warm water. That wouldn't be easy , but it'd be much easier. To make something like that out of silicone, you have to pour some material into a mold, and let it sit. (I t…

Very interesting, thank you! I do prefer bags of mostly water that require more maintenance than the silicone bags, but it is good to know that the option exists (or did exist).

I don’t suppose you watch Star Trek? “Ugly bags of mostly water” was a line from the show. Just wanted to be like that spiderman meme where we both point at each other.

It’s actually fascinating that there still aren’t any products like that on the market. The water is what makes it feel real. Or at least a lot nicer than a fleshlight.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by ClashTheBunny »

BbzzbB wrote: post #247
codegeek wrote: post #225

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I pretty much stopped obsessing over domain names after seeing the success of "google". Ultimately it is the product/service/business that matters. Sure, we all try to get a domain name that we want/like but no need obsessing over it. It sucks that most of us didn't know what to do in 1994 when lot of dictionary words were available. But it is what it is.

What's wrong with Google? I'm sure the origin (googolplex) is lost on most people, but it seems like a decent brand name to me. On top of which, consider if Yahoo! had won the search market, i don't think their brand would've become a universal verb. Granted, I don't believe it was an explicit choice to have a "verbale" brand-name. But you (and many others in this thread) are right that names often don't matter that…

FYI, googolplex is derived from googol.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googolplex#History

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googol#Etymology

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by platz »

dspillett wrote: post #193
platz wrote: post #151

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OP says you want .com What's wrong with .org?

Nothing inherently, it doesn't have the “full of spammers” stigma of .xyz and so forth, though some seem to think it inherently means non-profit/non-commercial (sort of true, it was defined as for organisations not fitting in other tlds where .com was one of those and intended for commercial use) and think .com therefor looks more serious. Also: if you take the .org and the .com is already in use, be ready to have th…

i see, thanks

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by Termitiono »

koolba wrote: post #55
Termitiono wrote: post #49

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You get a good and potentially expensive com domain for easy of use and not landing in spam folders. I prefer *.io domains for non critical things.

The renewal fees for .io domains are a scamola. Last I checked it was $50+/year.

Totally forgot about this but btw. We are on hn. .io is my preferred domain ending due to io ;)
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