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09-10-2000, 07:13 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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Alright I have been through several different web designing companies and can't really think of a good one that floats my boat. Right now it is called Beechwood Web Design. It was Dildy Web design. Someone told me you must think really hard because the name will be for as long as you own the biz. If anyone has a suggestion, i would love to hear it. I mean i can't think of one. I know we have some really smart people out here with some creativity.
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09-10-2000, 07:48 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by TheComputerGuy
Alright I have been through several different web designing companies and can't really think of a good one that floats my boat. Right now it is called Beechwood Web Design. It was Dildy Web design. Someone told me you must think really hard because the name will be for as long as you own the biz. If anyone has a suggestion, i would love to hear it. I mean i can't think of one. I know we have some really smart people out here with some creativity.
Thanks,
Chris Dildy
Beechwood Web Design
Finally I thought of one thing I wanted to get across to a visitor the instant they saw the name..I went to http://www.thesaurus.com/ and did a search on different words and their meaning...from that I got ..."Veracity"
(Veracity defined http://www.thesaurus.com/roget/IV/543.html)
So was born VeracityHosting ...yes you heard it here first
Im not done with the site but I have the layout down...good luck to you and take your time
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09-10-2000, 08:27 PM #3Emily Latella Guest
What's with this Vera City Hosting? Don't people know that the Internet is global? Besides, where is this Vera City? I never heard of it!
"uh, Miss Latella, that's Veracity Hosting"
Never mind!
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Good choice, Dana. I like the sound of it.
Of course, the most important thing is making whatever name is chosen stand for something worthwhile, and there have been too many companies with "good" names and lousy practices. However, as a statement of principle and philosophy rather than as a marketing term, Veracity Hosting has a nice appeal. Kudos.Techcellence - Business Specialists and Information Resource
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09-10-2000, 09:15 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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Actually....
Originally posted by Emily Latella
What's with this Vera City Hosting? Don't people know that the Internet is global? Besides, where is this Vera City? I never heard of it!
"uh, Miss Latella, that's Veracity Hosting"
Never mind!
I cant tell if your being funny or mean in either event
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I Agree
Originally posted by Duster
Good choice, Dana. I like the sound of it.
Of course, the most important thing is making whatever name is chosen stand for something worthwhile, and there have been too many companies with "good" names and lousy practices. However, as a statement of principle and philosophy rather than as a marketing term, Veracity Hosting has a nice appeal. Kudos.
Thank you for the Kudos it means alot to me
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Dana,
I hope I was being funny (humor, like beauty, and many other things, is in the eye of the beholder). I would have thought that using the late Gilda Radner's comic character would have indicated humor. She continually misinterpreted things (i.e "what's all this about violins on TV?") I would also hope that any regular realizes by now that I don't say things to be mean.Techcellence - Business Specialists and Information Resource
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09-10-2000, 10:22 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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That is a very kudos worthwhile name Dana. I will look at that site and think. Because Beechwood Web Design sucks. But the word audacity comes to mind when you say varacity. But i like the name. Did i spell that right.
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09-10-2000, 11:44 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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I had a similar problem. I chose "the next dimension" and then finally landed up with "getmonked" neat eh?
Dana.. the name is awesome.The Php Support Desk
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09-11-2000, 06:24 AM #10akashik (on a diff comp) Guest
*lol* understand the naming thing. Trust me when I say I have more than a few problems with akashik.net
The majority of people ask how to pronounce it
For the record it's 'ahh-cash-ik' and it's going to be part of my FAQ
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09-11-2000, 09:46 AM #11Web Hosting Master
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This is gonna sound bad.....
Originally posted by Duster
Dana,
I hope I was being funny (humor, like beauty, and many other things, is in the eye of the beholder). I would have thought that using the late Gilda Radner's comic character would have indicated humor. She continually misinterpreted things (i.e "what's all this about violins on TV?") I would also hope that any regular realizes by now that I don't say things to be mean.
*feels stupid now* LOL
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09-11-2000, 10:29 AM #12ex-Aussie
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Geez Dana, you should know Duster's a sweetie by now!! *grin*
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That's right, Greg. I'm the web guru god of laughter and merriment, sort of like Bacchus only with computers instead of wine (they don't mix).
Dana, you have no excuse. Want to know why? Reruns! ;-D
FYI, Gilda Radner was one of the regulars on the original Saturday Night Live. She had several characters, Miss Emily Latella, who constantly misinterpreted things, Rosana Rosanadana, who would say "if it's not one thing, it's another" and others. She was married to Gene Wilder, a perfect match.
One of her classic routines as Emily Latella is asking about the objection to violins on TV. She goes on to talk about how good violins are and that they should be encouraged until Chevy Chase says "Miss Latella, it's violence on TV, not violins". Then her classic reply, "never mind".
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09-11-2000, 08:13 PM #14Web Hosting Guru
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VeraCity... VeryPretty !!!
a good name should ideally, but not necessarily, be:
1. be easy to recall
2. be easy to pronounce/spell
3. be impressive
4. be blah blah blah
in other words, that was a very good name you decided on, Dana !!!
like it enough to wonder if i should register VeraCiti now... LOL !!!!
just joking
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09-11-2000, 09:36 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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Re: VeraCity... VeryPretty !!!
Originally posted by Learner
a good name should ideally, but not necessarily, be:
1. be easy to recall
2. be easy to pronounce/spell
3. be impressive
4. be blah blah blah
in other words, that was a very good name you decided on, Dana !!!
like it enough to wonder if i should register VeraCiti now... LOL !!!!
just joking
Learner
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09-11-2000, 10:50 PM #16Web Hosting Master
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Well your name makes it stick in your mind. It makes you ponder where could you get that name. But it can be a name of Trust, Honesty, Value, And many others. Dana I know the wish. Well I wouldn't go as far as Learner did as registered the name j/k, but I would like to thank all for th suggestions, Duster,Dana,Learner,Akashik, and Kunal. You all have given me a few incites in choosing one of the most important parts of a good biz. Thanks again.
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09-11-2000, 11:00 PM #17Web Hosting Guru
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on a slightly serious note now...
Dana... I would suggest you seriously consider registering VeraCiti as well... it's just $10 per year... and if you are serious about your hosting business, this is the way to go.
On a more serious note, stop seriously considering in the first place... an issue like this doesn't even merit the time lost in serious consideration...
JUST GO AHEAD AND BOOK IT RIGHT NOW... that way you simply won't be in a position to regret it tomorrow if your hosting business does very well.
Learner
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09-12-2000, 10:44 PM #18Junior Guru Wannabe
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About how many different domain names do people register that "sound like" their hosting name? For example, if your nsmae was Hosting.com how many other domains would you try to buy? .net? .org? anything that sounds close? What are people's opinions?
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09-12-2000, 11:31 PM #19Web Hosting Guru
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Investing in your domain name
hello Angela,
(1) that depends on the individual. But it would be prudent to book all the three gTLD extensions ie.
.com
.net
.org
(or at least the first two of them... especially if one is in the hosting business, or in a similar internet service industry.
(2) also, with the current extinction of almost all meaningful single english words, people are forced to register domain names which are a combination of two words, such as you see in "webauthorities.com"
i think it would be extremely prudent to book the same name with the hyphen inbetween too.
that could be problem area no. 1 in the near future, and in my personal opinion, of paramount importance if you are serious about your internet business at your site... and especially if you are already successfully established in the same.
(3) booking the other gTLD extensions are lower down priority-wise in the list... but nevertheless could save you a lot of hassles tomorrow.
just imagine what the confusion would have been, including the possible loss of business, if alabanza.com and alabanza.net were two different companies offering similar services?
(4) as a further precaution (though not absolutely essential) would be to book the common wrong spellings of your original domain name... that is what i had suggested to Dana above... because "citi" is just has much resemblance.
of course, one could argue that there is no end to all this... VeraCity could be registered as VeraCiti or WeraCity or VeraSity, etc.!!! i agree, and would like to stress that these issues only become important when your business is doing very well... but who is to say tomorrow that these names will be available for you to pick, right? so wouldn't it be better to get them while you can.
(5) i recently suggested to a client to book 3 separate domain names (because they were phonetically and spelling-wise extremely similar) alongwith the domain name he originally intended to book. why? because not everyone's english is very good!!!
for example accommodation.com... how many people could spell that correctly? LOL !!!! we did a survey, and we were very amused other examples would be rhythm.com or leisure.com...
if i were registering these domain names, i would make sure that i also immediately booked acommodation.com and accomodation.com... or rythm.com and liesure.com
why is this important? many reasons... one is the competition acting smart with you. the other is this... if somebody were to type in my URL incorrectly... he would see a 404 PAGE NOT FOUND error in this browser, right? so what happens, he tries again... and sees the same 404... he curses and tries again... and the same f***ing ****!!!
so he automatically presumes your server is down... yikes!!! and if he tries two days later with the same incorrect spelling in the URL, it gets even worse ... good god!!! you don't want them to assume your business has folded up and that your site doesn't exist on the net anymore, now would you???
this argument shouldn't be brushed off so easily, because people don't enter wrong spellings on purpose... they do so because they are under the mistaken assumption that it is the correct spelling.
that's the drift
(6) oh well... this is getting so stretched!!! but i am posting it for the benefit of all the members in this forum and their clients (current and future).
let's look at some more possible problem areas. if you intend to book, say suppose... papertrade.com... it would be also wise to book tradepaper.com...
or webhost.com and hostweb.com
but again, common sense would dictate that it wouldn't be all that necessary to book bigdictionary.com and dictionarybig.com together... because very very few people would make such a mistake !!!!
(7) there is another possible problem area. and those are the suffixes such as: the "-ing" suffix or the plural "-s" or "-es" for domain names. Example: bankingonline.com and bankonline.com or banksonline.com... see???!!!!!! they all sound too familiar and can be easily mistaken for each other, or may be exploited by an unscrupulous competitor tomorrow.
(8) well, one could argue that ICAAN is now there to protect your interests, or that the courts are there, etc. when it comes to a possible dispute tomorrow.
my point is... ICAAN and the courts could very well possibly cost more in terms of money outlay, emotional distress and business loss than simply booking a few more "similar" domain names in the first place.
and should you exercise the ICAAN or the courts option, you don't have total guarantee that you would win, maybe the other guy would win... then what??? you will have no option but to bang your head on your window sill... it would then be just too late... because that is the last resort.
And with the prices of domain names falling continuously, an investment in this regard wouldn't be too big an amount... especially if you're very serious about using your domain name for commercial profit... for the long term.
Learner
[Edited by Learner on 09-12-2000 at 11:52 PM]
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09-13-2000, 06:37 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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One thing i have heard no one mention is copyright.
I mean we mentioned the booking all the extentions but no copyright. Dana may want to look into that incase someone wants to copyright it before she wants to. And if they do she is screwed on that name she looked up and all her time.
Then you can also be sued for making money on that name and well now i am getting to deep. Just a point to ponder.
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09-13-2000, 07:23 AM #21Web Hosting Guru
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another important point raised
yes ComputerGuy... you're right !!!
except for the fact that it is a TRADEMARK issue and not a COPYRIGHT issue.
as per the current ICAAN policy... the holder of the TRADEMARK "generally" gets favoured in such disputes ie. if someone else held the TRADEMARK to VeraCity... Dana would have to surrender the domain name... especially because VeraCity is not a generic english word.
but these things are rare today... and with the arrival of new gTLDs in december, i hope they don't become common issues in the near future. but, as you pointed out, it would be wise to have the name searched whether someone already owns it as a TRADEMARK prior to your registering it.
but these are things which only the big companies will mostly pursue. very few small companies would make this an issue unless they feel their business is suffering.
yahoo and amazon and microsoft are some of the big names that have taken a very aggressive initiative on these grounds. someone had registered hotSmail.com and he had to surrender it to microsoft... even though it was not the same name, even though it wasn't a TRADEMARK issue.
Here it was the courts who ruled.
Learner
[Edited by Learner on 09-13-2000 at 07:25 AM]
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09-13-2000, 07:34 AM #22Web Hosting Guru
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HOT????.COM
LOL!!!!!
i just confirmed entering hotSmail.com in my browser... and wasn't surprised that i got a message "SERVER NOT FOUND".
but then, i got an and keyed in hotmale.com instead.
i would have told you what turned up in my browser... but then... only if it hadn't been for my practicing the dictum:
SEE NO EVIL... HEAR NO EVIL... and TALK NO EVIL... (there is an overriding clause regarding the latter... ie. unless i find that my hosting company has taken me for a "ride"!!!!!)
<pun intended>
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Ai-ya-ya!
Learner... You should have guessed what the site would contain with that kind of domain name!! LOL
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If i could have guessed correctly, my name wouldn't have been Learner, i guess !!!!
Am learning !!! Lemme take a guess now and try hotFEmale.com !!!
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09-13-2000, 10:56 AM #25Web Hosting Master
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How does one...
Register a trademark?
Are all of your hosting companies a registered trademark?
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