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I assume when we get out of the beta we will get a .com domain name; do you have any suggestions?


Please follow these guidelines:

  • Check to see if the domain is taken or squatted before making the name suggestion. Squatted and taken names, however clever, are not helpful. You can use whois.net to check availability.
  • Post one domain per answer. This makes the voting process much easier. If domains are very similar (e.g. "webapp" and "webapps"), they can be in the same answer.
  • Make sure the domain wasn't already suggested. To search within this question, use a search query such as: inquestion:108 "example.com" replacing example.com with the domain to search for.

We need this soon so we can submit the final domain to DMOZ.

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    I assume the same rules as on the webapps forum apply - no squatted domain names, etc Jul 8, 2010 at 23:26
  • @Farseeker: yes, thanks for pointing it out Jul 8, 2010 at 23:36
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    You might want to link to whois.net or something
    – Gelatin
    Jul 9, 2010 at 23:33
  • Question: Will the domain name be matching the final site name? Or will the site continue to be "Pro Webmasters"? Jul 16, 2010 at 13:39
  • This is getting ridiculous, there are too many people downvoting everything in site without coming up with better suggestions.
    – Kinopiko
    Jul 26, 2010 at 4:14
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    @Kinopiko - we need to come up with something, or SE will come up with something for us if and when we reach that point. Meta is all about opinions, and those opinions matter. In this case it is better to have someone spend a few seconds to say "Yeah!" or "Nah" rather than no involvement at all. I feel your frustration, trust me, I do .. but voting is voting on some questions.
    – Tim Post
    Aug 13, 2010 at 22:38
  • @Tim, I've seen some absolutally terrible answers on the other sites being voted to top place. It's amazing what what comes out of the community sometimes (and not always in a good way). At least our top n aren't too bad :) (except for the 404 one, no offense but I realllly don't like the negative branding) Aug 14, 2010 at 4:59
  • I hate to even think of a domain, because if its good and not taken I'd buy it for myself. (..well 'cuz I like it, duh.) Sep 17, 2010 at 9:40

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WebmasterAnswers.com

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    This is my current favourite. Not especially cool, but very clear.
    – JasonBirch
    Jul 25, 2010 at 0:54
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    Simple and effective, I like :) Jul 27, 2010 at 0:17
  • 2
    Definitely my favourite now. Simple and self explanatory.
    – Callan
    Jul 27, 2010 at 5:39
  • I was actually surprised that it wasn't taken yet. Jul 27, 2010 at 18:07
  • I like it, its clear. Jul 27, 2010 at 22:11
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    -1 Sorry I favor something a little more clever. Jul 31, 2010 at 18:18
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    @citadelgrad - I'll be the first to admit, it's a little more peanut-butter-and-jelly than anchovy-banana-and-pickle, but sometimes exotic isn't always better. Aug 1, 2010 at 0:02
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    Of all the ideas (that meet the selection criteria) so far, this is by far my favorite.
    – Tim Post
    Aug 15, 2010 at 0:02
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    +1 for a straightforward name. Clever isn't necessary, clarity is. Sep 12, 2010 at 18:51
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    -1 Way too boring. Doesn't sound like an SE family site at all. SE family sites have clever names! Oct 1, 2010 at 2:17
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In keeping with the "fail" theme of stack overflow/server fault how about:

404response.com

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    response500.com is also available.
    – Tim Post
    Jul 9, 2010 at 8:57
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    Something about having a domain name begin with a digit just feels ... off to me.
    – Kris
    Jul 12, 2010 at 10:19
  • @Kris - webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/774/…
    – gnarf
    Jul 13, 2010 at 1:11
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    bleah, please don't feel any obligation to keep with the "fail" theme Jul 13, 2010 at 4:46
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    Is 404notfound.com available?
    – Macha
    Jul 13, 2010 at 12:43
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    we can't use this one, if the site gets a real 404 it will implode ;) Jul 16, 2010 at 13:38
  • or maybe 200response.com :)
    – Julien N
    Jul 17, 2010 at 10:19
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    Personally I think something like http200.com (instead of 200response) flows off the tongue better. Similarly for http404.com and other error codes. But maybe that's just me.
    – David Z
    Jul 18, 2010 at 20:56
  • domains that start with a number, seem to PageRank lower I've noticed. Sep 17, 2010 at 9:31
  • i like the fail theme but it's a theme so i don't feel bad stealing it for my own answer: meta.webmasters.stackexchange.com/questions/18/… Sep 24, 2010 at 17:28
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It is for sale. Not entirely sure if I like it myself but it has a certain something about it...

Webmastered.com

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  • Worth mentioning, at least :)
    – Tim Post
    Aug 13, 2010 at 19:25
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    now that i've come back and scrolled through them all this is my favorite
    – eds
    Sep 8, 2010 at 20:16
  • This is my favorite!
    – Jason
    Dec 30, 2010 at 10:45
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httpcookie.com

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  • That's easy to remember, on topic and seems short enough. +1.
    – Tim Post
    Jul 11, 2010 at 16:25
  • I don't really like this name but until something better comes along....
    – Kinopiko
    Jul 14, 2010 at 22:12
  • Well, others seem kind of fond of it :)
    – Tim Post
    Jul 17, 2010 at 17:08
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    "httpcookie.com" seems a bit confusing. Sep 30, 2010 at 9:29
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    I'm surprised this has been voted up so much, it doesn't really make sense as a site name IMO. Oct 8, 2010 at 18:10
  • @DisgruntledGoat: This idea comes from the line HTTP_COOKIE, the way that cookies are represented inside a web program. This may make more sense to programmers than webmasters. Anyway a name which takes a lot of explanation is probably not a good name.
    – Kinopiko
    Oct 14, 2010 at 0:07
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    @Kinopiko I think all good webmasters are perfectly aware what a HTTP cookie is - as am I! But just naming the site after an object relevant to webmasters doesn't make a good name. It would be like calling the site "css.com". Oct 14, 2010 at 13:10
  • @DisgruntledGoat: I'm sure they're aware of what a cookie is, but the name is actually from a specific programming term. Anyway this was one of many suggestions I made, most of them seem to get voted into oblivion, but for some reason (lack of anything better?) this one survived and got some upvotes.
    – Kinopiko
    Oct 15, 2010 at 2:01
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301moved.com

(available)

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    We should get that one and redirect it to 404response.com Jul 21, 2010 at 11:47
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I own

www.ctrlrefresh.com


which I'd be happy to donate if it's considered a worthy domain.

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  • I've got a mental block. Can't ever remember if it's ctrl-refresh or shift-refresh (so I just hold down both!) . This would at least help me remember :)
    – JasonBirch
    Jul 16, 2010 at 3:01
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    Sorry but this has nothing to do with webmasters, absolutely nothing. It's a terrible name.
    – Kinopiko
    Jul 16, 2010 at 3:35
  • @Jason: Don't know what fancy keyboard you're using that has a "Refresh" button, but normally it's F5 or Ctrl+R to refresh the page, or Ctrl+F5 to completely reload (i.e. ignoring the cache). Jul 18, 2010 at 17:05
  • @DisgruntledGoat: the refresh button here means the "reload" button on the browser, the button with a circled arrow. What it has to do with webmasters I have no idea.
    – Kinopiko
    Jul 18, 2010 at 22:22
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    Kinopiko: As a Webmaster, are you telling me you've never had to drill it into a stakeholder/users brain how to ctrl-refresh a page when they're not seeing changes you've made? Here at work, we've got a dedicated help-page explaining it to users because we got so sick of explaining it ;) Plus, I wasn't saying it was the "best" suggestion, it's just one of the webdev-orientated domain names i've got spare that i'm willing to donate, hence my "...if it's considered a worthy domain" statement in the original post :)
    – Callan
    Jul 18, 2010 at 23:17
  • @DisgruntledGoat what Kinopiko said. I can't reach the F5 button ;)
    – JasonBirch
    Jul 19, 2010 at 8:13
  • I don't think it's a good domain because it's problematic to communicate the domain verbally.
    – Christian
    Jul 20, 2010 at 17:02
  • @Jason: Sorry I didn't realize your keyboard was over a metre long :p @Kinopiko: Hmm, I never understood ctrl+click actions, for me it's either keyboard or mouse, not both simultaneously. Jul 21, 2010 at 11:46
  • @DisgruntledGoat lol, yeah, and my elbow is stapled to my armrest! I use both in combination way more than I should, which will likely bite me in the ass (or wrist) with RSI.
    – JasonBirch
    Jul 21, 2010 at 20:13
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response200.com

Similar to others suggested here, but not as pessimistic.

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  • Definitely. Let's have names of success, not failure! Jul 18, 2010 at 17:07
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PingUs.com

Available... at least something from the command line would be cool

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httpmethods.com

(available) getting away from the failure theme... shout out to httpcookie :)

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    Oh well, I thought the double meaning (methods = get/post/put/delete, methods = ways of doing the web) was clever...
    – JasonBirch
    Jul 15, 2010 at 5:24
  • This isn't a terrible idea but it's not clear to me how that's going to grab people's attention; if I didn't know anything else about the web site, and I just saw the name, it wouldn't make me want to go and visit there by itself. Hopefully a really good name might do that, so I hope there is a better idea out there.
    – Kinopiko
    Jul 19, 2010 at 9:30
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Well if people really want to go for a http response code it should really be (twoohthree.com / twozerothree.com) as in:

203 Non-Authoritative Information (since HTTP/1.1) The server successfully processed the request, but is returning information that may be from another source

That about sums it up eh?

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  • Well, from that angle the 202 Accepted semantics are a good match as well on the long run: The request has been accepted for processing, but the processing has not been completed. The request might or might not eventually be acted upon, as it might be disallowed when processing actually takes place. - admittedly I'd associate this with the handling of bug reports and feature requests on MSO as well ;) Sep 21, 2010 at 9:38
  • Hahaha - this one is awesome! Good thinking ;)
    – Jason
    Dec 30, 2010 at 10:49
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sitetweaks.com


Credit to Kinopiko.

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  • muhahhahaha , siettweaks.com shall soon be mine! (note the misspelling)
    – Tim Post
    Jul 19, 2010 at 5:58
  • +1 for including the word 'tweak'. Jul 24, 2010 at 20:28
  • not a big fan of tweak, maybe slang thing; when I was kid tweak was associated with injury. e.g. "tweaked my ankle" :)
    – JasonBirch
    Jul 25, 2010 at 0:54
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Just going to throw this out there, even though it's not that great and has the potential for more lulz than expert sex change:

418imateapot.com

The intended reading is "418: I'm a Teapot" but it could be read "418: I Mate a Pot"...

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    :( No HTTP Status is as awesome as 418: I'm a Teapot, though. Jul 28, 2010 at 1:11
  • amazingly that vague inside-joke is in wikipedia, not unencyclopeda. Sep 17, 2010 at 9:33
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All available:

httpdaemon.com

httpdaemons.com

httpdemons.com

httpdemon.com

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200masters.com

(available)

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siteresolved.com

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cookiemaestros.com

(available)

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dotcomnet.net

(available)

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All of the following are available: Just throwing ideas around here. If you like one, pick it from the list and make it an answer:

mastersofthewww.com
mastersoftheworldwideweb.com
mastersofwww.com
websupremo.com
sitemaestros.com
webmastersofdisaster.com (but webmasterofdisaster.com is registered)
getyourwebsiteright.com
cookiesendersanonymous.com

I was sad to find that my best idea, "siteclub.com" had already gone.

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RequireAll.com

Available, short and easy to remember, refers to the common "tag" in .htdocs files (RequireNone.com is also an available alternative).

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ForAllWebmasters.com

or ForAllWebmaster.com

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HTTPArchitect.com

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nomore404s.com

-1

200allthetime.com

-1

oops404.com

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  • FAIL (11 more to go)
    – Jason
    Dec 30, 2010 at 10:52
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netorgcom.net

(available)

The .net TLD doesn't seem that bad for this site.

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httpchocolatechip.com

Silly pun inspired by "httpcookie.com"... sure, not the greatest idea, but I figured it couldn't hurt to post it.

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    That would be a good idea for the Cooking Site, not Pro Webmaster.
    – HoLyVieR
    Jul 18, 2010 at 21:22
  • They'd be pretty confused by the "http" part though. whenever I see "cookie" I always think "chocolate chip"... guess it's just me.
    – David Z
    Jul 18, 2010 at 21:29
  • httpbiscuit.com would be more concise. Jul 21, 2010 at 11:49
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ProWebMonkeys.com

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  • It's a funny name, but I'm scared of upvoting things.
    – Kinopiko
    Jul 12, 2010 at 0:55
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    Too much overlap with webmonkey.com, IMO.
    – Macha
    Jul 13, 2010 at 12:43
  • Agree, too similar to webmonkey. Though I otherwise like it. Jul 15, 2010 at 17:53
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comdotcomnet.com

comdotcomnet.net

netdotnetcom.com

netdotnetcom.net

(all currently available)

Probably too symmetrical. But incorporating one or more common TLDs into the domain name could be interesting, nevertheless.

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    Just try spelling that to someone over the phone Jul 21, 2010 at 0:52
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    Hilarious, but awful
    – artlung
    Jul 21, 2010 at 20:04
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    I think using the maximum 127 characters in a domain name would almost be easier. Sep 17, 2010 at 9:36
  • rofl! hilarious
    – Jason
    Dec 30, 2010 at 10:51
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IOwnWebsite.com

or WeOwnWebsite.com

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