If Yahoo, Amazon, and eBay were late-comers (much later to Google's search dominance), would these companies have used these names?
Particularly now, I would assume it is much more difficult to "brand" a company (a search engine, auction site, or super-powered ecommerce site) with so much disparate media, particularly with Google as the gatekeeper. Newspapers, television, and radio does not have the impact it once had.
Amazon was the only name based off of a real noun. Whenever I buy from Amazon, I still wonder what the name has to do with the business (besides being the largest river and having alphabetical priority).
It is interesting to watch Google's influence on business names, particularly for local businesses.
Unfortunately, for most businesses today, the public mind is "censored" by Google search reslts. Not intentionally, but because Google knows better than you.
Name your businesss after popular search queries.
It is better to name your restaurant "townname foodtype", rather than anything unqiue.
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Particularly now, I would assume it is much more difficult to "brand" a company (a search engine, auction site, or super-powered ecommerce site) with so much disparate media, particularly with Google as the gatekeeper. Newspapers, television, and radio does not have the impact it once had.
Amazon was the only name based off of a real noun. Whenever I buy from Amazon, I still wonder what the name has to do with the business (besides being the largest river and having alphabetical priority).
It is interesting to watch Google's influence on business names, particularly for local businesses.
Unfortunately, for most businesses today, the public mind is "censored" by Google search reslts. Not intentionally, but because Google knows better than you.
Name your businesss after popular search queries.
It is better to name your restaurant "townname foodtype", rather than anything unqiue.
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