Choosing a domain name (UPDATE: Neck and Neck!)
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
Paul Watson wrote: Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. The link only gave me the results?? But personally I think short domain names are best. eg PaulW.com Regardz Colin J Davies
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**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
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Paul Watson wrote: Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. The link only gave me the results?? But personally I think short domain names are best. eg PaulW.com Regardz Colin J Davies
*** WARNING *
This could be addictive
**The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
how about masterofmydomain.com, or iampaulwatson.com? Or, did you try the other extensions, like .net or .org, .edu? whatwasmydomainagain.com? Canada has 6 zones, none of which are erogenous.
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
Today I do not get the graphic key to vote displayed. So no voting. I think you left one option out. PMichealWatson.com. A really nice middle name! :-O I do not mind getting old. It beats all the other options that can think of.
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
I'd second what Pablo said - dashes always lead me to confusion, and I can't remember whether there was a dash or not, so I usually first try it without a dash, and then with it. Anyway I had a similar problem about a year ago because this guy, Steven Bielik, registered both bielik.com and bielik.net, and bielik.info was also taken. The only one that was left free was under the ORG tld, so I took that one. I didn't want to have my firstname in it, to allow my family members to use it for email as well. Although some people doesn't even know that there is something else than dot com and usually ask "dot what?", I didn't have any other problems with dot org. :) [EDIT] I wanted to ask if it has to be strictly the COM tld, but then I thought that it is definitely the best choice if used also for business. Mine is just for email, and if I ever find the time to do it, it will be just a personal website with photos etc. But it always bugs me when I see freeware or open source projects with dot COM domains, or commercial projects with dot ORG. :) [/EDIT] Rado
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
If you don't mind, how about PaulWatson.com.za :~
"Good morning is a contradiction of terms." -Garfield
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Thanks Stephane. Though I live in South Africa so .us is inapropriate. What is .ws? .info is useful but sometime in the future maybe and then it would point to a sub-page rather than be the central point. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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If you don't mind, how about PaulWatson.com.za :~
"Good morning is a contradiction of terms." -Garfield
I didn't know there was a .com.za. I know we have .co.za which is the main comercial domain for ZA. I will get .co.za at some point, be patriotic and all that, but I want to make sure I get a .com first. Would not want to get PaulWatson.co.za and then when I try and get the equivalent .com find I can't get it. Trying to be consistent here :) regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Thanks Stephane. Though I live in South Africa so .us is inapropriate. What is .ws? .info is useful but sometime in the future maybe and then it would point to a sub-page rather than be the central point. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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I'd second what Pablo said - dashes always lead me to confusion, and I can't remember whether there was a dash or not, so I usually first try it without a dash, and then with it. Anyway I had a similar problem about a year ago because this guy, Steven Bielik, registered both bielik.com and bielik.net, and bielik.info was also taken. The only one that was left free was under the ORG tld, so I took that one. I didn't want to have my firstname in it, to allow my family members to use it for email as well. Although some people doesn't even know that there is something else than dot com and usually ask "dot what?", I didn't have any other problems with dot org. :) [EDIT] I wanted to ask if it has to be strictly the COM tld, but then I thought that it is definitely the best choice if used also for business. Mine is just for email, and if I ever find the time to do it, it will be just a personal website with photos etc. But it always bugs me when I see freeware or open source projects with dot COM domains, or commercial projects with dot ORG. :) [/EDIT] Rado
>But it always bugs me when I see freeware or open source projects with dot COM domains, or commercial projects with dot ORG. Me too. Use the right domain, folks. PaulMWatson.com will be right for me as it is professional use. .name and .info are too personal for now. As time moves on though I would like to get other domains, pointing to different parts of a central website. And if there is ever a Paul Watson organisation... ;) .co.za (South African comercial domain) is on the cards, but I am a global person and might move to other countries in my life. I wouldn't want to be tied to a .co.za. .com is global, it isn't US in my mind. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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how about masterofmydomain.com, or iampaulwatson.com? Or, did you try the other extensions, like .net or .org, .edu? whatwasmydomainagain.com? Canada has 6 zones, none of which are erogenous.
>Or, did you try the other extensions, like .net or .org, .edu? I am not a network, not an organisation nor an educational institute. So none of those apply. .com works for me as it will be used for professional use, maybe contract work or offering services etc. If I did startup an organisation (though I wouldn't be arrogant enough to call it The Paul Watson Organisation) then sure, I would get a .org. >whatwasmydomainagain.com? LOL, that would be a good servic actually. For when you can't quite remember the actual domain name but have an idea. >iampaulwatson.com Wulff suggested i-watson.com and it made me think of I Robot... hehe. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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[Update: Wow! It is neck and neck at the moment. Not just Paul-Watson vying with PaulMWatson but PMWatson (which was in the lead for awhile). You guys always surprise me.] I am getting fed up with having multiple domains for email and websites etc. I want to choose something professional but also personal that I can use for a website and for email. That rules out clever and fun domains which quickly pale. The domain needs to be something that ten years from now I can still use and not feel the need to have something different. It would be easy if PaulWatson.com was not taken, but it is and that blasted Scandinavian is very reliable in re-registering it each year. So how do you choose a personal domain name? What elements and situations do you think of when deciding? Along those lines, if you don't mind: Vote. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
I prefer short, easy to type domain names. FYI, www.w.com is still available.:-D "My kid was Inmate of the Month at Adobe Mountain Juvenile Corrections Center" - Bumper Sticker in Bullhead City
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Today I do not get the graphic key to vote displayed. So no voting. I think you left one option out. PMichealWatson.com. A really nice middle name! :-O I do not mind getting old. It beats all the other options that can think of.
> A really nice middle name! I completely agree :-D >Today I do not get the graphic key to vote displayed. So no voting Hmm, odd. You'd have to speak to Rocky about that. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Strange, what would that be used for? Virtually everything with a domain is a website (not all I know but most). When and for what would .ws be used? regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Actually Samoa - All two letter TLDs are countries, but many (mainly smaller countries) allow anyone to register domains. Tuvalu (.tv) is probably the best known of these.
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>Or, did you try the other extensions, like .net or .org, .edu? I am not a network, not an organisation nor an educational institute. So none of those apply. .com works for me as it will be used for professional use, maybe contract work or offering services etc. If I did startup an organisation (though I wouldn't be arrogant enough to call it The Paul Watson Organisation) then sure, I would get a .org. >whatwasmydomainagain.com? LOL, that would be a good servic actually. For when you can't quite remember the actual domain name but have an idea. >iampaulwatson.com Wulff suggested i-watson.com and it made me think of I Robot... hehe. regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
Paul Watson wrote: I am not a network, not an organisation nor an educational institute. So none of those apply. I've got a .org - it was the best "fit" to get at the time and is quite suitable generally. I consider myself to be a single person organisation :-D
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Paul Watson wrote: I am not a network, not an organisation nor an educational institute. So none of those apply. I've got a .org - it was the best "fit" to get at the time and is quite suitable generally. I consider myself to be a single person organisation :-D
:laugh: Very true, we are all organisations. As soon as individual cells within my body get web-access (can't be long now what with PDAs shrinking all the time) I'll register the PaulWatson.org domain :-D So when I send an email to IanDarling.org, which cell eventually gets it? regards, Paul Watson Bluegrass South Africa Ian Darling wrote: "and our loonies usually end up doing things like Monty Python." Crikey! ain't life grand?
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Actually Samoa - All two letter TLDs are countries, but many (mainly smaller countries) allow anyone to register domains. Tuvalu (.tv) is probably the best known of these.