How come some of the most successful websites today have weird names? Orkut, Youtube, Facebook, Google...?
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Bartman
ANSWERS: 4
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The real question is what are some alternative names? Maybe that's why they are successful. The strange name is what attracts millions of people to the sites every day!
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you could also assume simpler names were snatched up early on in the internet boom and now arent available...for instance some dude bought pizza.com like 15 years ago for $10 and just sold it recently for around 20 million
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Several reasons: 1) Most typical web addresses are taken. Try almost any simple word you can think of and surround it by "www.word.com". In almost all cases the site is already registered. So companies need to come up with a new name. 2) Companies need short easy to remember web addresses for people to easily find them and remember. 3) Marketing folks have found that certain syllables are appealing to the majority of people. A well known example is "Viagra". The word itself encourages people to think well of the product.
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Because it's easier to remember and less likely to get confused with another website.
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