Last year, when I was looking at starting a blog about Twitter, one of the big challenge was finding the right name and URL. It took me weeks before deciding on Twitterrati.
Originally, I wanted Twitterati but it was owned by a U.K. design firm, although it was not a Web site about Twitter. In hindsight, I should have approached them but I had already wasted enough time, and really wanted to start the blog.
Today, I learned Technorati is launching a new blog search engine called Twittorati. According to TechCrunch, the new site will “show what top bloggers are tweeting about, and compare topics to blogosphere trends”.
So, how do I feel about Technorati playing so close to my URL?
First, I imagine Technorati must have paid a fairly healthy fee for the URL, so it probably wasn’t something that I could have ever had even if I had asked.
Second, it could mean a wave of new traffic (says the eternal optimist!) for all those people who misspell the URL Twitterati.
Given it’s a different kind of property, I fine with it. If anything, it reminds of the George and Ira Gershwin’s “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”.
You Say Tomato, I Say Tomato
Last year, when I was looking at starting a blog about Twitter, one of the big challenge was finding the right name and URL. It took me weeks before deciding on Twitterrati.
Originally, I wanted Twitterati but it was owned by a U.K. design firm, although it was not a Web site about Twitter. In hindsight, I should have approached them but I had already wasted enough time, and really wanted to start the blog.
Today, I learned Technorati is launching a new blog search engine called Twittorati. According to TechCrunch, the new site will “show what top bloggers are tweeting about, and compare topics to blogosphere trends”.
So, how do I feel about Technorati playing so close to my URL?
First, I imagine Technorati must have paid a fairly healthy fee for the URL, so it probably wasn’t something that I could have ever had even if I had asked.
Second, it could mean a wave of new traffic (says the eternal optimist!) for all those people who misspell the URL Twitterati.
Given it’s a different kind of property, I fine with it. If anything, it reminds of the George and Ira Gershwin’s “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off”.