Namethis ticker
by matt - August 19th, 2008
Does anyone use it?
Does anyone like it?
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I like the ticker; it gives another perspective. Seeing a name isolated on the crawl is very different than seeing it as one of many on a list. Besides, lines like “I believe you have my stapler” are great fun when you “get” them (I often don’t but wish I did :-).
No disrespect to Debbie who had Apex Recruiting, but I had Recruiting Apex, and apexrecruiting.com and apex-recruiting.com have been taken as domain names, whereas recruitingapex.com was not. If you’re going to be fair to everyone and their companies, it takes two seconds to look up available domain names on GoDaddy.com - I suppose next time I should just lie and take both names?
It alright….Just alright.
@ James — I’ve seen similar problems with other entries, where I check before voting (sometimes because I’ve had a similar idea and had to dismiss it) and find out the domain name is taken. This is why I think it’s crucial to make some changes (moderation and/or comments and/or threads and/or two-tier voting) — they would help ensure the “graduating” names the client gets are actually viable.
I personally don’t like the ticker. The phrases are fun, like “GTFO”, but does it really add to the user experience? Would the site be less functional if it weren’t there? I would say “No” is the answer to both.
Besides it is really annoying when you use the find feature in Firefox as the ticker covers up the word your are finding and you need to scroll down. This makes searching for previously suggested names annoying.
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Exactly what Justin said! It is annoying to search for terms and find them hidden by the ticker. I like the ticker idea though, but not as it works at the moment as it is more a handicap than a feature.
The problem with people not checking for the availability of domains has always been there.
It would not be a huge problem to build a system for domain request projects that automatically checks dns servers for the status of the suggested domain and refuses domains that have already been taken.
It would be worth consideration as there are more and more projects that ask for available domains.
@Martin — I don’t understand programming enough to know how it could be done, but it would be great if a machine could run the names through the client-preferred filters (domains, trademarks). That would be the coolest thing ever, in my book, and something I would think could have marketability far beyond the borders of klusterland.
Hey, kluster-whatever-we’re-calling-you, is there any way to refine the algorithm so that spaces and case (capital or lowercase) don’t count? Namers count on the system to tell us if a name has already been submitted (especially if there are 222 names!) and it makes us look ungentleman/womanly if we repeat a name inadvertently. Thanks…
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It seems to me that the person who paid $99 should be doing the picking of the top 3 names. The way payouts are done based on the 3 winners and invested watts could even remain the same. Honestly, some of the most questionably marketable names are rising to the top these days, and I can only assume that there’s a little buddy-system being employed in the outcomes.
I think to keep the game honest, the winners should come from an objective source with no material benefit to be gained from the outcome — the Client.
Or… we could all just go grab multiple email addresses, sign up for multiple kluster accounts, invest watts in ourselves, and cash in on some easy $ at the stake of the site’s credibility. I mean come on… Shejuvenate? Really? My dog barks more eloquent sounding things than that.
The Ticker Rules. It makes your website more fun. I love watching things scroll by on it and it makes your website look like it’s busy 24/7. Your customers see it and know that people are actively working on their business name. You should definitely keep the ticker. It’s a really cool feature.
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