Comments on: What’s in a (domain) name?

By: Laura Creekmore

Laura Creekmore — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:32:27 +0000

Here’s my 2 cents. I think if you can’t have exactly what people would Google you as, then you should pick something else entirely.

Here’s a weird one on me. I’ve owned lauracreekmore.com for 10 years, but I have never really used it except to redirect to other domains I owned. I am just now about to start using it for something on its own.

By: elizabetht

elizabetht — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:17:53 +0000

I can totally understand this quandry, and I go through it a lot, too. I never really liked the option of using my first+last names as a web presence (because my last name is so common I’d have no hope at all of getting it), and tend to use just elizabetht on sites, which is just because I got lucky early on. This is a tough call, but what strikes me most about reading is is that you don’t really like using megmorris. So go with that! Using your middle name would help distinguish you from other Megan Morrises out there, although I also like meganemorris.

And as for the professional aspect of having a domain with your own name, I don’t know if that matters as much now as it might have three years ago.. so many people have blogs that aren’t their names that I think that would be okay, too.

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:09:01 +0000

Andrew I just looked up the Mégane… nice looking car!

I was just thinking that from a more professional standpoint, it might be good to have a domain that reflects my name, but that might just be me being picky. Or narcissistic?

By: Andrew Duthie

Andrew Duthie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:38:41 +0000

You could go with meganemorris.com, which has the added bonus of referencing the Renault Mégane, which will be amusing (in a good way) to the tiny fraction of the American population who’ve even heard of the Mégane.

Or you could go with something that isn’t your name, and be megan@whateverthatis.com. Pretend you’re a Jane Smith, or a Laura Johnson. What would Jane and Laura get for a person domain?

By: Brandy Lee

Brandy Lee — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:22:31 +0000

I’m kinda having the same debate right now with my new name.

If you’re not happy with your current one, I vote for changing it. To what….I dunno. The only problem I see with meganemilymorris.com is that it might be more difficult to find you if I don’t know your middle name. But then, being hard to find is not always a bad thing…