Comments on: What’s in a name? In Web 2.0, confusion http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/09/17/1702/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Sun, 12 Oct 2008 05:05:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Michael http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/09/17/1702/#comment-334872 Michael Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:03:42 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/09/17/1702/#comment-334872 Funny how the company with the least wacky, most generic domain name won, right? Funny how the company with the least wacky, most generic domain name won, right?

]]> By: wolf http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/09/17/1702/#comment-330452 wolf Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:17:25 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/09/17/1702/#comment-330452 > what planet are these other services from, > or do they think their potential users will be > coming from? Did you know that only 18 % of the internet users are coming from the US ?http://www.internetworldstats.com/top20.htm And that depending on the state between 8 and 43% from the US users are using Spanish ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_in_the_United_States So FAROO comes from Pharos - Lighthouse of Alexandria - built 300 BC. at the island of Pharos. After the location the tower was later called 'Pharos' . The name was adapted in many languages as term for lighthouse: lat. 'pharus', ital. and span. 'faro', fr. 'phare' and port. 'farol'. And besides this, try to register a domain name of a plain english term without some additional vowel or other trick. > what planet are these other services from,
> or do they think their potential users will be
> coming from?

Did you know that only 18 % of the internet users are coming from the US ?http://www.internetworldstats.com/top20.htm

And that depending on the state between 8 and 43% from the US users are using Spanish ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_in_the_United_States

So FAROO comes from Pharos - Lighthouse of Alexandria - built 300 BC. at the island of Pharos. After the location the tower was later called ‘Pharos’ .
The name was adapted in many languages as term for lighthouse: lat. ‘pharus’, ital. and span. ‘faro’, fr. ‘phare’ and port. ‘farol’.

And besides this, try to register a domain name of a plain english term without some additional vowel or other trick.

]]> By: Victor Jablokov http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/09/17/1702/#comment-329990 Victor Jablokov Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:49:01 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/09/17/1702/#comment-329990 Has anyone tried to register a good .com domain lately? Forget about it, the domain squatters have taken most off the market. This necessitates creativity amoung startup founders in naming their companies since most cannot afford to pay $50k or more for "nomal"... Has anyone tried to register a good .com domain lately? Forget about it, the domain squatters have taken most off the market. This necessitates creativity amoung startup founders in naming their companies since most cannot afford to pay $50k or more for “nomal”…

]]> By: Omar Ismail http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/09/17/1702/#comment-329713 Omar Ismail Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:47:34 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/09/17/1702/#comment-329713 The inanity of the name is inversley proportional to the chances of success. xobni? faroo? argoo? Come on... Though Xobni did get called out by Kawasaki so that was good to see. The inanity of the name is inversley proportional to the chances of success. xobni? faroo? argoo? Come on…

Though Xobni did get called out by Kawasaki so that was good to see.

]]> By: Ed http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/09/17/1702/#comment-329655 Ed Tue, 18 Sep 2007 19:36:59 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/09/17/1702/#comment-329655 Outside of a few instances, like when counting stars or atoms, when does the average person ever really use the term googol? Outside of a few instances, like when counting stars or atoms, when does the average person ever really use the term googol?

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