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MetaformX · 04-17-2002, 03:31 PM

there are alot of bad domain names out there being used on the internet, but some bad domain names have actually become a success, despite being utterly bad. My pick goes to yahoo.

its not even a word....but they made it a household name with genius marketing and lots of $

who else has made the leap from being a bad stand alone domain name, to becoming an internet darling?

FlyingIguana · 04-17-2002, 03:34 PM

do you yahoo?

the name has to be catchy and easy to remember. having millions of dollars to advertise helps as well.

SetTheWorldonFire · 04-17-2002, 03:34 PM

who gives a fuck!!

Mr.Fiction · 04-17-2002, 04:02 PM

I think Yahoo is a word. It's one of those words old people use. "You yahoo, darn you!"

bawdy · 04-17-2002, 04:38 PM

Yahoo Serious?

MetaformX · 04-17-2002, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by bawdy
Yahoo Serious?

well, yeah
yahoo is a catchy name, its an easy name to market, but if your starting an internet portal way back when, when there was a lot of good names available, "yahoo" would not be on the top of my list....

it sounds like a great name now, but think of how many weird looks they prolly got back then when they picked it out as their domain

NetRodent · 04-17-2002, 04:51 PM

When yahoo first started out it didn't even have its own domain name. It was on http://akebono.stanford.edu/

Yahoo actually is an acronym for:

Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle

Which is better "Yahoo" or "Akebono"? My vote goes to "Yahoo".

MetaformX · 04-17-2002, 07:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NetRodent
Which is better "Yahoo" or "Akebono"? My vote goes to "Yahoo".

Akeboner is what they should have gone with!

but, i did not know that was their previous url.....very interesting

eru · 04-17-2002, 08:23 PM

I saw Akebono in person two summers ago and he was a huge mother fucker. He had to be at least 6'6" and fat/ripped. I saw him at a Sumo practice (in a small area where there only was about 100 people watching). He was picking on one of the smaller Sumo. I think Akebono is retiring soon or has already. He is getting rather old for a Sumo (he's about 30 now I think).

-eru

FlyingIguana · 04-17-2002, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MetaformX

well, yeah
yahoo is a catchy name, its an easy name to market, but if your starting an internet portal way back when, when there was a lot of good names available, "yahoo" would not be on the top of my list....

it sounds like a great name now, but think of how many weird looks they prolly got back then when they picked it out as their domain

i thought it was a great name. what would you have picked instead?

Dax · 04-17-2002, 09:24 PM

Google.....

mp3.com

napster.com

etc.. there are a whole lot...

MetaformX · 04-17-2002, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by FlyingIguana

i thought it was a great name. what would you have picked instead?

actually, now, i wouldn't change a thing, for obvious reasons
but back then, there was many more safer choices
like search.com
portal.com
hit.com

yahoo is a very unconventional name, to say the least.

sexyavs · 04-17-2002, 09:25 PM

I have an achyboner

chris

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eru Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hawai'i Posts: 2,612	I saw Akebono in person two summers ago and he was a huge mother fucker. He had to be at least 6'6" and fat/ripped. I saw him at a Sumo practice (in a small area where there only was about 100 people watching). He was picking on one of the smaller Sumo. I think Akebono is retiring soon or has already. He is getting rather old for a Sumo (he's about 30 now I think). -eru

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