If you are naming your kid or your pet, you think of the names you like and then you pick one. This method works fine because every name you come up with is available, other than a few you eliminate…
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Brighter Naming anointed as a leading SMB naming firm
Clutch.co, the research firm that specializes in providing information on the top design, development and marketing firms, has selected us as a leading naming agency. This is a great honor for our service related business that itself is a Small/Medium…
Sony gaming site goes down from lack of a simple renewal
Over at Domain Name Wire Andrew Alleman reports the true facts behind why Sony’s Online Gaming site recently went down for over 48 hours – someone forgot to renew a key domain name registration! This is exactly why I implore…
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Posted in Branding, Consumer Goods, Domain Names, Name Origins, Naming Education, Naming News, Naming Resources, Public Site Naming
Posted in Branding, Consumer Goods, Domain Names, Name Origins, Naming Education, Naming News, Naming Resources, Public Site Naming
New .Partners domain should be fun
Well those new gTLD domains are starting to rollout and I can’t wait to see how creative people are use them. While being promoted for business entities that are actual partnerships, as are common in the legal, accounting, medical, consulting,…
Posted in Branding, Domain Names, Naming Education, Naming News, Naming Resources, Trademarks, Uncategorized
What The F*** would I do with a .wtf domain name?
I have been following the development and rollout of the new gTLD’s for some time. This means all the new domains we can start to register this year. A lot of them are very practical and long overdue in English,…
The new domains are live. Does anyone care?
Insiders and namiacs (like me) are excited that the new gTLD domain names are finally here and each day more and more go live. For all of those squatters out there sitting on many .com names and dreaming of hitting…
The Name Game: Searchable, Clickable Titles
In the sea of content that is the Internet, bloggers are constantly looking for the edge that will distinguish their work. Title writing is an unappreciated, undervalued skill in the modern marketplace. Without a compelling title, great content often floats…
Prediction: Crazy Domain Market to Collapse in 2014
I am not usually one given to making public predictions, but yesterday when I saw this outrageous request for a .com domain name I was moved to take a stand. How DomainMarket.com thinks they can justify these prices, for a…
Announcing name, logo and trademark package
In many a naming project we find someone who is very left-brain oriented and so they have a hard time appreciating good names until they see them in full color logos. In fact, when we present a list of potential…
The crowded skies of cloud names
Many years ago Mark Andreesen named one of his first startups after Netscape, LoudCloud. Awkward as this name was, he is such an industry pundit that it caused a run on Cloud domain names. Interestingly enough, even they weren’t comfortable…
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