Comments on: “Death of the Domain Name” http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/11/16/death-of-the-domain-name/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:21:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: RetroMetro/Steve http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/11/16/death-of-the-domain-name/#comment-3459 RetroMetro/Steve Sat, 01 Dec 2007 07:15:14 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/11/16/death-of-the-domain-name/#comment-3459 <blockquote>Branding influences what we value, how we talk, what we buy, how we show love (debeers diamonds) for example. It is proven over and over, you can have the greatest widget in the world but without proper marketing, most likely it will fail.</blockquote> I fully agree. But for the fun of it, it's also been said that if you glue two things together that have never been glued together before, at least one schmuk will buy it! Cheers Sahar

Branding influences what we value, how we talk, what we buy, how we show love (debeers diamonds) for example. It is proven over and over, you can have the greatest widget in the world but without proper marketing, most likely it will fail.

I fully agree. But for the fun of it, it’s also been said that if you glue two things together that have never been glued together before, at least one schmuk will buy it!

Cheers Sahar

]]> By: Robb http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/11/16/death-of-the-domain-name/#comment-3173 Robb Sun, 18 Nov 2007 09:57:04 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/11/16/death-of-the-domain-name/#comment-3173 Though I agree domains are not in danger, I bet every domainer has thought more than once "what if something comes along to make domains obsolete, some better way, etc". It's good to come back to this question from time to time, if only just to see there is nothing on the horizon. Bottom line is, websites are popping up all the time, online content forever changes, and you need a quick way to tell people where to go. A domain does the job just fine, so why try to fix what ain't broke? Similar analogy is street addresses and phone numbers - some are old, and new ones get created every day. Though I agree domains are not in danger, I bet every domainer has thought more than once “what if something comes along to make domains obsolete, some better way, etc”. It’s good to come back to this question from time to time, if only just to see there is nothing on the horizon.

Bottom line is, websites are popping up all the time, online content forever changes, and you need a quick way to tell people where to go. A domain does the job just fine, so why try to fix what ain’t broke? Similar analogy is street addresses and phone numbers - some are old, and new ones get created every day.

]]> By: Chris Campbell http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/11/16/death-of-the-domain-name/#comment-3166 Chris Campbell Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:11:43 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/11/16/death-of-the-domain-name/#comment-3166 With "distributed websites that live in a thousand or a million places around the web" it will become even more important to have one central destination where customers of these distributed websites can go for customer service, service patches,updates etc. A domain of some sort will still be the easiest way to identify you, your company and your content. Cheers! With “distributed websites that live in a thousand or a million places around the web” it will become even more important to have one central destination where customers of these distributed websites can go for customer service, service patches,updates etc.

A domain of some sort will still be the easiest way to identify you, your company and your content.

Cheers!

]]> By: Seven Mile » Blog Archive » Rube Goldberg Reinvents the Domain Name http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/11/16/death-of-the-domain-name/#comment-3159 Seven Mile » Blog Archive » Rube Goldberg Reinvents the Domain Name Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:18:21 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/11/16/death-of-the-domain-name/#comment-3159 [...] guy needs to lay of the over the counter cold medication.  Sahar calls bullshit too..  [...] […] guy needs to lay of the over the counter cold medication.  Sahar calls bullshit too..  […]

]]> By: Phil http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/11/16/death-of-the-domain-name/#comment-3152 Phil Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:28:05 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/11/16/death-of-the-domain-name/#comment-3152 I think the guy made a point FOR domain name importance. His argument is that static content located on a particular site can be found on the four corners of the internet. No Sh*t. Original content IS hard to find but a unique identifier brings credibility to that unoriginal information. For example if an article is syndicated and published on 100 websites, probability is most people will read the article on the most generic domain name related to that article. Branding influences what we value, how we talk, what we buy, how we show love (debeers diamonds) for example. It is proven over and over, you can have the greatest widget in the world but without proper marketing, most likely it will fail. I think the guy made a point FOR domain name importance. His argument is that static content located on a particular site can be found on the four corners of the internet. No Sh*t. Original content IS hard to find but a unique identifier brings credibility to that unoriginal information. For example if an article is syndicated and published on 100 websites, probability is most people will read the article on the most generic domain name related to that article.

Branding influences what we value, how we talk, what we buy, how we show love (debeers diamonds) for example. It is proven over and over, you can have the greatest widget in the world but without proper marketing, most likely it will fail.

]]> By: Late Night Austin Real Estate Blog http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/11/16/death-of-the-domain-name/#comment-3150 Late Night Austin Real Estate Blog Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:06:15 +0000 http://www.conceptualist.com/2007/11/16/death-of-the-domain-name/#comment-3150 Wierd. I understand the idea of distributed computing. But for the internet for the most part the system is fundamentally based on domain names. Even if someone sees something about xyz company they are probably still going to go the domain name of xyz before doing business with them. Wierd. I understand the idea of distributed computing. But for the internet for the most part the system is fundamentally based on domain names. Even if someone sees something about xyz company they are probably still going to go the domain name of xyz before doing business with them.

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