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Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

dqv wrote: post #54
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It really is amazing how big a difference this makes. I've started using Apple's Aperture software recently (I'm well aware it's been discontinued). I really like it, but my biggest frustration is that it's difficult to learn how to do new things, because "aperture" is a generic word in photography. I can't search for the name and get results about the software.

>I'm well aware it's been discontinued Limiting the dates to indexes before 2016 might help (at least with google). You can usually train google to get you what you want after a few searches. This was initially a problem with the Elixir programming language, but it learned what I actually wanted it started letting me just type in the term elixir without specifying it was a programming language. On other computers not…

> but it learned what I actually wanted it started letting me just type in the term elixir without specifying it was a programming language

Oh, you know what, this might be largely my own fault. I purposefully use Startpage.com as my search engine in order to avoid getting customized results (while still using Google's index).

I worry that customized results put me in a filter bubble—but they certainly have their advantages!

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

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Post by danellis »

business007 wrote: post #20
hliyan wrote: post #18

On a related topic, the name of the company I work for starts with a colon. The rest of the name is a common adjective. As you can imagine, it is virtually ungooglable at the moment. Any thoughts on how to get around this?

better find a nickname, like D's community did, using dlang lol otherwise no one could find anything on language googling

The Go community had to do the same. Go. A language created by a company that makes a well known search engine.

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

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Post by surround »

jjar wrote: post #39

Fun fact: It's currently law that you can have the and "" characters in your name. https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/17/schedule/1/made

It’s been 13 years since the Bobby Tables comic was drawn, has nobody actually tried it yet?

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

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Post by Freak_NL »

RandallBrown wrote: post #55
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It really is amazing how big a difference this makes. I've started using Apple's Aperture software recently (I'm well aware it's been discontinued). I really like it, but my biggest frustration is that it's difficult to learn how to do new things, because "aperture" is a generic word in photography. I can't search for the name and get results about the software.

The band Chvrches chose to use the the Roman "u" to spell their name so they'd be easier to search.

Kind of hard to pronounce though. Like that jewellery brand, seemingly pronounced 'buffelgary' or something.

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

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Post by identity0 »

schwartzworld wrote: post #60
business007 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

better find a nickname, like D's community did, using dlang lol otherwise no one could find anything on language googling

how hard would it be to learn BASIC using Google? "Basic Programming" is going to have a lot of irrelevant results.

Try it! Nearly every result is related to BASIC. Search engines have gotten very good at guessing what is and isn't a proper noun over the years.

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

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Post by LeifCarrotson »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #47
hliyan wrote: post #18

On a related topic, the name of the company I work for starts with a colon. The rest of the name is a common adjective. As you can imagine, it is virtually ungooglable at the moment. Any thoughts on how to get around this?

It really is amazing how big a difference this makes. I've started using Apple's Aperture software recently (I'm well aware it's been discontinued). I really like it, but my biggest frustration is that it's difficult to learn how to do new things, because "aperture" is a generic word in photography. I can't search for the name and get results about the software.

One of my favorite mobile games is Antiyoy, by Yiotro (https://github.com/yiotro/Antiyoy) who also created other games like Vodobanka, Achikaps, and Bleentoro.

The creator mentioned that he picked the names because they were pronounceable, unique, memorable, and searchable. That misses out on meaningfulness and familiarity, but those are expensive - by dropping those requirements, you gain easy SEO, trademarks, domains, etc. A big company knowing they're going to sell millions of copies can spend 5 figures on a domain and 6 figures on SEO, but I don't think it's worth it for most startups.

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

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Post by Freak_NL »

yaboy wrote: post #58
Scoundreller wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don’t go with !!! You’ll never find them on YouTube or google unless you search for their informal name: chk chk chk

However, they benefitted greatly in the early ‘00s. If you had them in your Apple Music library, iTunes always put them at the top of your alphabetical music library, keeping them top of mind, ! comes before A. There might have a similar iTunes Store benefit too. Terrible Google SEO, great accidental Apple SEO.

I always though the best name for a band with only one album would be 'Various Artists' with 'Greatest Hits' for the album name.

They probably exist, I just don't think I can ask a search engine to find them.

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

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Post by Freak_NL »

dylan604 wrote: post #41
razster wrote: post #14

I registered Be for a small company a long time ago. I thought it was clever. They folded during the tech bubble.

clearly, it was older as now it would be encouraged to use Be

That's actually kind of clever, albeit developer centric.

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

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Post by iso1631 »

schwartzworld wrote: post #60
business007 wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

better find a nickname, like D's community did, using dlang lol otherwise no one could find anything on language googling

how hard would it be to learn BASIC using Google? "Basic Programming" is going to have a lot of irrelevant results.

DDG'd

  BASIC programming
all the results were about BASIC, the wiki page to start with, then

* BASIC Programming : 7 Steps - Instructables

* Learn More - Just BASIC

* The History of the BASIC Programming Language

* Programming in BASIC: the absolute beginner tutorial

* FreeBASIC Language | Home

* PureBasic - A powerful BASIC programming language

* Quite BASIC — fun, learning and nostalgia

* World of Spectrum - Documentation - ZX Spectrum manual

Only after all that is a non-basic link

* Introduction | Programming for Beginners

Re: That company whose name used to contain HTML script tags Ltd

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Post by surround »

Scoundreller wrote: post #53
hliyan wrote: post #18

On a related topic, the name of the company I work for starts with a colon. The rest of the name is a common adjective. As you can imagine, it is virtually ungooglable at the moment. Any thoughts on how to get around this?

Don’t go with !!! You’ll never find them on YouTube or google unless you search for their informal name: chk chk chk

There’s a video on YouTube with three full-width explanation points as the title. I watched it once, and although it wasn’t particularly interesting, it bugs me that I cannot find it again.
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