Touche!And may I point out as a side note, that in the Mac commercials, the Mac guy has the definition of Touche wrong. It comes from fencing, literally meaning "touched me". In other words, you have scored a valid point against me.
While he does make a joke out of what names are really terrible he does bring up a good point. The more unique the name of your website/ company is the better you will do. While this may seem really obvious to most, I would also say that having a name that is really obvious isn't that smart either. Having a name for your site that is rather common is probably going to cost you a couple million dollars, so coming up with something like google, will not only save you money, but if you are good at what you do set you apart from the rest.
blueskydiver76Sep 13, 2006
other names to stay away from are ones that end in -o-rama for example vacation-o-rama
ahawksSep 14, 2006
Touche!And may I point out as a side note, that in the Mac commercials, the Mac guy has the definition of Touche wrong. It comes from fencing, literally meaning "touched me". In other words, you have scored a valid point against me.
Closed AccountSep 14, 2006
This piece should be used as an example of what to avoid when pressured for content. Useless opinions based on nothing and serving no purpose.
drgrooveSep 14, 2006
My colleagues and I developed this handy website for automatically generating good-sounding names, which can be used for companies, products, video game characters, offspring, and more. Check it out (and digg it!) at: <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/software/MakeMy.Name/">http://digg.com/software/MakeMy.Name/</a>
mrshoopSep 14, 2006
I know it was written with tongue in cheek, but Ceragon Spansion, Taleo, Digitas, Santarus, Sirtris, Questcor are his examples of good names?!? yuck.
spartacus911Sep 14, 2006
While he does make a joke out of what names are really terrible he does bring up a good point. The more unique the name of your website/ company is the better you will do. While this may seem really obvious to most, I would also say that having a name that is really obvious isn't that smart either. Having a name for your site that is rather common is probably going to cost you a couple million dollars, so coming up with something like google, will not only save you money, but if you are good at what you do set you apart from the rest.
leviathan777Sep 14, 2006
Offtopic, but my favorite acronym in real usage is PIGWAD. See <a class="user" href="http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/.">http://webgis.wr.usgs.gov/.</a> Somehow I think it was intended to be stupid, but it's not fake.
ariastarSep 15, 2006
Gaberow, my aunt Beth worked at CNET back in 1994 and, if memory serves me, she said to stands for something along the lines of Computer Networks, or something similar to that.Angusm, I'm an analytical engineer specializing in e-mail security (I don't know whether I should enjoy saying that or cringe), and most sites that end in 4u tend to be spam sites.I couldn't help but nearly shoot strawberry milk out my nose at VendareNetblue, a bad example in number 4. My ex-fiancé's best friend from high school co-founded Netblue. I'm totally sending John this article to send over to Frisby. I'll be amused by this for a while.