Hey AGSers. TerranRich here, back from a hiking trip in Siberia. Or so it seems. I've just been busy. I haven't been ignoring you! Honest! I love you, baby! No, no, please don't leave! I CAN CHANGE!!!
Ahem.
So I'm working on a web site that is basically a blog featuring interesting but random information. To give you an example, some entries would be things like "Weird Al Yankovic Song Parodies" (which would list each Weird Al song that is a parody and show what song inspired it), "Hard-to-Find Internet Retail Phone Numbers" (which would list hard-to-find toll-free phone numbers for businesses online, like eBay, Amazon, etc.), "Useful Windows Run Commands" (which would list "Run" commands that Windows users may find interesting), and "Latin Phrases in Scholarly Writing".
I already have a site called Miscellanea! (misc.xylot.net) up and running, but it is a wiki format and doesn't look very good because my MediaWiki skills aren't that great and it looks like a cookie-cutter Wikipedia site.
So you can probably tell that this site will just feature random collections of information. I also plan on including charts, diagrams, tools, etc. that people would find useful.
But the big obstacle I've come across is getting a domain for this site. 1&1 has a deal on .info domains (99 cents the first year), and I already have hosting with them, so I figured I could just add on a .info domain. And since this is in fact an informational website, a .info domain would be perfect.
My original name for the site, "2 Much Info" isn't possible in any permutation I've come across (such as 2much.info). I wanted to come up with something fairly clever, a name that ends in the word "Info". Here are some available domains I've come across:
2muchinfo.info (just for the hell of it)
miscellania.info (to keep the Miscellanea name, but change the spelling to be "unique"...and because the correct spelling is already taken)
allyour.info (as in "All Your Info)
just2much.info ("Just 2 Much Info"... I'm leaning more toward this one, I think)
way-2-much.info (don't like the hyphens, but way2much.info was taken)
chockfullof.info ("Chock Full of Info"... would this work?)
foryor.info (as in "For Your Info" but intentionally misspelled as a twist... and because, again, the correct spelling was already taken)
What do you guys think is the best one? Are there other ideas for domain names that I'm missing? A lot of .info domains are taken, so it's tough to come up with something that would be memorable and not too outlandish or long.
RichTerrain.info
I thought of it almost instantly. It kinda' fits your name a bit.
--Snake
You're just like my wife, Snake. It's not "Terrain", it's "Terran", as in "Human" in Star Trek lingo.
Now go make me some pie. ;)
Seriously, which domain name sounds the best? I need input! :)
Here there is a book like that called Schott's Miscellany, and Xylot sounds a bit similar. I'd stick with that. It'll probably make darn squiddly difference to traffic volumes whatever you choose.
Hmm. Xylot.net currently serves as my portfolio home page. I guess I could change www.xylot.net into the homepage for this new site. I dunno, I wanted a .info domain because it's cheap and would be more interesting than "Miscellanea" or "Xylot".
yesithoughtitwouldbeclevertomakemydomainapun.info
How about this:
in.fo
info.info?
If I tried to be silly I'd say everythingyoualwayswantedtoknowabout.info
Just a heads-up: .info domains seem to attract more spammers than any other domain extension (besides .ru and .cn). I know because I own one.
I'm not a fan of numbers replacing words in domain names - looks a bit spammy - so I think something like Xylot or even RichTerrain.com would be better than 2much.info . Look at existing productivity-killers like BoingBoing or Neatorama - they have memorable names that don't scream what their blogs are really about.
Howsabout richwith.info?
got.info?
My website is www.bryvis.com - I got it from combining parts of my name and my brothers names: Brad + Ryan + Travis
It didn't take much thought, and I think it's catchy enough to remember.
You said you have a wife. Perhaps a daughter/son as well? Try combining parts of their names if you can't think of anything else.
fy.info
2much.info
infoinfoinfo.info
Most of the punnier ones are taken alreds.
I'd avoid .info if you can, they're usually used for illegal things and generally have a very dodgy reputation. If I saw a link to a .info site, I'd think twice before clicking it.
I'm just curious how it works when a country wants to change its url.
What if Italy changed its mind and wanted to be .itl instead of .it ?
Or what if a new country formed & wanted to be .aids? Who is the governing body that says yay or nay on that one?
I believe that would be ICANN: http://www.icann.org/ . They don't govern so much as they "coordinate" domains (their words), although they are the body which hands out accreditations to domain registrars.
I always thought it a bit pointless anyway different countries having different domains. It seems to me like it's just a way for multiple people to register the same name (i.e., domain.com, domain.org, domain.net, etc.). ORG isn't reserved for organizations. NET isn't reserved for network providers. And so forth. Whatever happened to good old dot-com?
And don't forget the new extensions: .name for personal pages, .biz for businesses, .mobi for mobile devices, .asia for Asian businesses...
It's definitely a way to get multiple registrations of the same name now. It may have started out as an exclusive thing, but now they are just another way for cybersquatters to get their kicks.
Hmm, points well taken. I haven't come across many .info domains. One springs to mind: www.miscellanies.info which is what SSH mentioned I believe.
Now I'm leaning toward either xylot.info or miscellania.info. I guess I can stay away from pun domains; it makes sense that they would seem silly. I'd really like to legitimize the .info name, if that's even possible.
richwith.info sounds great... I could make it more personable by having myself on there somehow, being the person behind all the info I'm shelling out. It could have a double meaning: rich as in wealthy with information... and Rich here, with information for you, the viewer (like a news reporter). And best part is, it's available. :D
Oh, and don't get me started on "mis-used" foreign domains like .tv, .cc, .tk, etc.
I like way2much.info :)
Unfortunately way2much.info is taken. :(
I use www.domaintools.com to check if a domain is taken or not, just so ya know. I would've loved to use that domain name, too.
So miscellania.info, xylot.info, and richwith.info. I'm kinda leaning toward the 3rd choice.
I shall have had a hand in changing internet history. GO FOR IT!
What kind of pie would you like tonight, Babe?
*wink*
Pride pie?
Although out of context, that post seems very odd. It's probably safer not to call me 'babe', unless the rest of what you are saying is reasonably mundane.
Here's to legitimizing the .info domain name!!!
On a sadder note, 1&1 Hosting is a shared hosting service which means that all of my domains point to the same place. Go to www.xylotdesign.com to see what I mean. I only found this out yesterday when researching virtual subdomains for yet another project I thought up. I'm going to have to look into it more to see if it supports domain masking so that the folder a domain points to doesn't show up as so.
You know what? For an extra $5/yr I'm going with www.2muchinfo.net I think. Somebody else can legitimize the .info domain name. LOL
wondering is terranrich taken?
Wow. All "TerranRich" domains are available. terranrich.com, .net., .org, .info, etc. But I don't see the use in registering a domain for my online moniker. ;)