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Sun 23/01/05 at 12:42
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"Bicycle"
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So, how do you do it? It's not every day you sprout another site, and when you do, you want it to be the coolest thing ever. You want it to be 'the' it site. You want people like Zeldman to come to it and go; "Wow... I wish I could do that."

You want links to you're site from Andy Budd, from Airbag, you want your site to be raking in the applause for it's concise use of web standards, it's beautiful pictures and layour, and it's wonderful content.

But before all that, (and if we're honest, it'll always be the first thing that either pulls or repels visitors) you need a name.

For me, I suck at names. I've run through about 7 different domains in the space of about 18 months, some of which we hardly even up before they were pulled to pieces and replaced with a link to my newer site.

Man, I need a name. So what do you do to name your site? I mean, I could always go down the road of naming it by me, but to be honest, "lindsay.com" hardly has the same attraction as "zeldman.com". It's just so hard! And then you have to decide if you should / can have numbers in it, and, if so, then do you spell them or just write them (three or 3). I mean, I know if I do it by myself again, it'll end up being something stupid like "id8.co.uk" (blatant rip-off of iD). And then if you go down the initials root, you have to think of the connotations. I mean, if you're a family web-site, like Yahoo! you don't want to be calling yourself CU.NT, do you?

Ugh, the choices defile my widdle brain.
Sun 23/01/05 at 20:03
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"In Soviet Russia..."
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www.ehehehhhh.com?

Or you could use the method me and lukeman use, which means opening a book/turning on the tv, picking a random word and editing it.
Sun 23/01/05 at 16:53
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"Bicycle"
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Wow...
Sun 23/01/05 at 16:50
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"The mighty GE90-115"
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Actually Coin, I would have to say that its not so much the actual domain name that attrcts me, but the actual content as listed in google. I have many sites that I rely on for coursework, general information, updates or just to oogle the latest and greatest laptops.

The thing is, I couldn't possibly remember most of their domain names, no matter how "cool" they might be.

I very very rarely ever ever type anything into the address bar. Google does it for me.
Sun 23/01/05 at 15:35
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"Bicycle"
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Clazon wrote:
> You open to suggestions?
>
> If so:
>
> Colin's World

*/ Stabs */
Sun 23/01/05 at 15:01
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"Devil in disguise"
Posts: 3,151
Not sure anybody can help you with this.
You should pick a name/word that means something to you. If you just try thinking up some cool word/name then ultimately you'll always become bored with it sooner or later.
Sun 23/01/05 at 14:59
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"The Red Shift"
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You open to suggestions?

If so:

Colin's World
Sun 23/01/05 at 14:51
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"Bicycle"
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Meh, you're no help.

*Dies.*
Sun 23/01/05 at 14:02
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"The Red Shift"
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4) Go to a website that has compiled the stupidest and coolest sounding words from English.

(They do exist)
Sun 23/01/05 at 14:00
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"Pouch Ape"
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piddlesippers.com
Sun 23/01/05 at 13:58
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