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I think a number of us would agree that good domain names help, they lend something that is easy to remember, like a jingle, and help with SEO, but the Internet is full of successful businesses with not terribly cool names. Take NewEgg. Is that from Egghead? They say not (probably for legal reasons) but there is nothing special about their name until they made it a brand. If you product is compelling enough, you coul…
I've always thought "Yahoo" was pretty bad. After all, the word traditionally means some uncivilized hooligan. But look where they are, now. In any case, I think it's not so much that the name matters, but if you have a good product that people hear about frequently, the name simply becomes a few phonemes associated with that company and loses all other meaning. That's why my friends Kimmo, America, and Pooja used to…
Re: I'm Giving Away Domain Names
#21Totally. Although, it's kinda fun to say names like Flickr, Twitter, and Reddit.