RegFee said:
Wow, I seem to have missed the craze completely. I offered blooks.info to someone looking for trendy names and was pretty much laughed at.
That must've made, whoever it was, feel powerful.
Structurally, "Blook" is a very good word blend, IMO- a lot better than most of the non-intuitive scribble-scabble that's around. 5 letters, a combination of 2 common words that are easily identifiable within the term. The problem w/ the term is that it hasn't developed an identity- people don't know what it represents or what it is supposed to do. This can change w/ time, but the process will be a slow one because, presently, it is only being supported by a small, grass roots contingent of believers and lacks the marketing clout and money that a term like "zune" has behind it. If it wasn't a Micro$oft property, "zune" would be just another so-so , made-up, 4 letter term that would get a low-mid $xx appraisal on the boards if it had a .com at the end of it.
"Blook" is being derided by people who don't understand that the incubation period for the vast majority of new terms is measured in years. Criticism is also coming in from people w/ unjustified superiority complexes- people who have nothing better to do w/ themselves than to come here and take shots at NP members, (and at NP, by extension), because this is where the term's domain name start-up took place and this is where most of the the majority of the domain name community support for the term rests. The criticism is aimed at a new and creative concept that is, admittedly, outside of the box, because some people equate new w/ fresh meat. Thes critics seem to forget that the object of their ridicule never came w/ a guarantee- offered or implied. Every group has a small minority of members who are d~ck-heads.
Blook domain names and development are not for people who are impatient - a few people were able to make the connect and flip a name for a quick tidy profit, (and props to them for doing so), but those sales represent the frosting and not the cake. Those who require constant reassurance that a term, that represents a new concept, will be a success, should look elsewhere, as well, because, this early in the game, the only projections that can be made about the ultimate success or failure of blooks, are all going to be based upon speculation and conjecture. Personally, I'm going to play the middle and hold onto some and drop some.
