Domain NoBrainer: Site name and Domain should be One and the same.

Fleege · 02-28-2006, 07:23 AM

Well you'd think its a No brainer.

I wanted to check the way back machine for a domain and for the 3rd time in my life I ended up at a parked site. www.waybackmachine.com

The fine people at http://www.archive.org are pretty stupid.

They have the domain Archive.org - Yet they Brand their tool

Internet Archive and WayBackMachine

yet they own neither of the domains. waybackmachine.com
internetarchive.com

I wonder what they were thinking? Why would you call something way back machine if you didnt own the domain for it. Which came first...I wonder?

I wish I owned one of those domains. Somebody is swimming in traffic. I have bene there 3 times.

So the lesson is - Dont call your website something you dont own the domain for.

fonzie_007 · 02-28-2006, 08:31 AM

archive.org has a lot of other material than just the wayback machine. The site is a collaboration between dozens of people. The site was made as an archive first and the wayback machine is just a part of the site. You are right though, they should have purchased that domain name, but I am guessing the folks at archive.org don't have the biggest budgets.

Fleege · 02-28-2006, 08:51 AM

yeah it just goes to show to not brand something that you dont have the domain for --

BECAUSE the domainers always win...

WhiteWebServices · 02-28-2006, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by fonzie_007

they should have purchased that domain name

... or called it something else.

Archive.org is catchy enough on its own.

Fleege · 03-07-2006, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by akrasia

... or called it something else.

Archive.org is catchy enough on its own.

Bingo - I sure would like to know the story behind that. Boy I wish I owned those parked sites.

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Fleege NamePros Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: USA Posts: 980	Domain NoBrainer: Site name and Domain should be One and the same. Well you'd think its a No brainer. I wanted to check the way back machine for a domain and for the 3rd time in my life I ended up at a parked site. www.waybackmachine.com The fine people at http://www.archive.org are pretty stupid. They have the domain Archive.org - Yet they Brand their tool Internet Archive and WayBackMachine yet they own neither of the domains. waybackmachine.com internetarchive.com I wonder what they were thinking? Why would you call something way back machine if you didnt own the domain for it. Which came first...I wonder? I wish I owned one of those domains. Somebody is swimming in traffic. I have bene there 3 times. So the lesson is - Dont call your website something you dont own the domain for. __________________ fleege.com - Domainer \| art director \| copywriter DomainParkingGuru.com NameDrive Success \| ViralJunction.com Market yourself effectively & free

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Fleege NamePros Regular Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: USA Posts: 980	yeah it just goes to show to not brand something that you dont have the domain for -- BECAUSE the domainers always win... __________________ fleege.com - Domainer \| art director \| copywriter DomainParkingGuru.com NameDrive Success \| ViralJunction.com Market yourself effectively & free

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