Comments on: Real Companies with Bad Names

By: stefano maffulli

stefano maffulli — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:29:07 +0000

I never thought of how difficult it was for English speakers to spell Funambol. For Italians it’s not difficult, and I guess the same is for Spanish, French and Germans. The roots of Funambol is a latin word, after all. It would be interesting to find out the perception of spelling for people speaking other languages than English

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:30:13 +0000

Bill, I understand the logic behind some of these companies’ names…but it doesn’t make them easier to spell

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:20:49 +0000

Verdiem is Latin for “Green Day” – the company provides PC Power Management solutions.

By: Stelladora

Stelladora — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:25:06 +0000

Domain Name Wire could run an annual contest where people voted for the worst domain names in several categories.

One category could be post-Series A funding.

Another category could be South Asian companies. Lots to choose from there.

A third category could be East Asian companies (China, Japan, etc.).

Voting could take place at a major domain conference and prizes awarded in-absentia.

By: soggyindo

soggyindo — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:37:56 +0000

That is so true! Actually, you've read my mind. I've just finished writing a quick guide to coming up with good company names and domain names for your projects at namehugger.com You can read it at link. There's a bunch of tips, like having only one thing you have to remember about the domain (the extension, weird spelling, etc.)

By: DR. DOMAIN

DR. DOMAIN — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:16:08 +0000

As I browsed the names-I checked them against the mental list of my domains.Wanted to be sure I had’nt gone nerd crazy & tried to create a name that would be of value to NO ONE.I’m safe.;->Frighteningly… these companies have probably gotten round after round of funding.Did anyone take a marketing class at these places?

By: namer.ca

namer.ca — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:35:57 +0000

there is a reason for so many bad names especially among tech startup companies, the bigest reason is pure psychological, which means such names are just going to be continually mass produced and coming our way until the end of time.