New internet domains for the Amarok project

[Maximilian Kossick]

i agree with all three of you: we should try to get the amarok.org domain,
as long as the costs for it a reasonable, we should make sure that we are
the number one result for searching amarok on each search engine that we can
think of (we already are on google, yahoo and ms live search), and we
definitely should not discuss our bargaining positions on a public mailing
list:)

On Feb 1, 2008 10:53 AM, Mark Kretschmann <kretschmann at kde.org> wrote:

> On 1/31/08, Harald Sitter <sitter.harald at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Anyways, website names ain't that important. We could actually use
> > mywolfiscalledamarokanditisamusicplayer.com
> >
> > Mostly because, to get back on Ian's intelligence, of searchy things
> > like ... behold..  the google. One does not go directly head to a
> > website if the domain is not something like sit.com and provides
> > content which would encourage regular visit... for the average stuff
> > you go for a ride on the google, to get faster through the internets.
> >
> > So being #1 search hit for "amarok" on the major search providers is
> > much more important than blasting money on _one_ domain.
>
> While I agree that search engines are becoming more important for
> finding a project's domain, I still very much disagree with what
> you've said overall. The domain not only functions as a hub for
> information gathering, but also as an important part of the project's
> public image.
>
> Let's imagine for a second that the Microsoft homepage was actually
> the-microsoft-project.com. Can you really imagine this without
> chuckling? Or how about lastfm.cbs.com?
>
> A domain is automatically linked to the image of a project, and it's
> just natural that we expect important projects to have a meaningful
> and short URL. In fact many businesses are even starting to name their
> company after their domain.
>
> --
> Mark
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