[CREATE] [LGF] A name !

Craig Bradney cbradney at zip.com.au
Mon May 31 11:44:42 PDT 2010


> As a snarky example, 0100101110101101.org is an artist collective whose
> absolutely unmemorizable domain name didn't keep them and their website
> from getting popular and famous. Obviously it's good to have a simple and
> clear url, but the actual relevance of the project will be a much bigger
> driver of pageviews than a 6-letter domain name.
>
> Finally, i did read somewhere that most people seem to look for a site by
> googling its name (or even its url! the horror) -- most of the
> less-than-geeky people i know do this. So again, it's relevance that
> should be the priority for the project and its website in order for it to
> be known.
>
> Other than that, +1 to Create Foundation/Association/*. It's a very good
> (and catchy) name, with enough identity to be associated with graphics but
> vague enough to give some leeway to future broadening of the project's
> scope. And it avoids the usual pitfalls of arguments around 'free' vs.
> 'libre', or 'graphics' vs. 'art' vs. 'design'.
>   

createfoundation .com/.org/.us are taken for now.
.info and others are available.

createassociation .com/.org etc are available.

Personally, I prefer create foundation.. the second feels like an
unfinished sentence, but the first sounds like something that exists.

Craig


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