Bad Letter Thread

martinisky · 03-15-2008, 10:36 PM

Hey guys,
I'm super green when it comes to this domaining thing but I was curious about 'bad letters.' From the posts I have read X and Y and Q seem to be considered 'bad.' Why is this? Is it just because of pronunciation? And how many letters are overall considered 'bad?' Is there a general rule? Are there letters that are the cream of the crop such as vowels A and O? Just trying to figure out the whole 'good letter vs. bad letter' thing.

Thanks all!

nielsencl · 03-18-2008, 09:35 PM

I think it has to do with what the letters can stand for in short domain names.

IBM.com is really good because it could stand for a number of other things than what we now expect. XYQ.com is probably never going to "stand" for anything...

mosilager · 03-19-2008, 08:24 PM

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martinisky · 03-19-2008, 10:18 PM

Thank you very much, that helps a lot.
Very interesting.

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martinisky NamePros Regular Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Venice Beach Posts: 545 197.50 NP$ (Donate)	Thank you very much, that helps a lot. Very interesting.

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