Comments on Buy your domain name: you're not so vainTypePad2008-06-09T22:04:47ZEwan McIntoshhttps://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2008/06/buy-your-domain/comments/atom.xml/Robert Jones commented on 'Buy your domain name: you're not so vain'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e55378a73d88342008-06-18T17:30:14Z2008-06-18T17:30:14ZRobert Joneshttp://robert.jones.nameShel - I suspect that there is a fair range of availability in the colour-fruit-animal.com range. You could snap up...<p>Shel - I suspect that there is a fair range of availability in the colour-fruit-animal.com range. You could snap up redappletoad.com and blueberrykestrel.com while you are about it ;-)</p>
<p>John - Estonia is giving every citizen an OpenID url for free https://openid.ee/about/english</p> commented on 'Buy your domain name: you're not so vain'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e5534d58df88332008-06-12T12:47:56Z2008-06-12T12:47:56ZWhy should anyone have to buy/rent their domain name at all? If you are an individual, shouldn't you just get...<p>Why should anyone have to buy/rent their domain name at all?</p>
<p>If you are an individual, shouldn't you just get it allocated at birth, like a national insurance number? Then get an additional/new one if you change your name through adoption, marriage or divorce. A formula could then be worked out that accomodates the duplicate names, much in the same way as people have done it for thmeselves when choosing email addresses etc. </p>
<p>Otherwise it's just a land-grab - the better informed, the rich and the profiteers get there first and the poor and ill-educated end up with nothing or just the dregs. </p>
<p>And it's not that cheap - isn't is about £50 to register each domain name and that's only for a certain period of time? In effect you are only renting your domain.</p>
<p>And what ending is appropriate? .co.uk doesn't seem right. Maybe .com is ok but still it tends to be associated with commercial companies, which is fine if you're intending to set up a registered company based on your name but for individuals I think a new ending is required.</p>
<p>Though I currently have no bright ideas on what that could be!<br />
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</p>John commented on 'Buy your domain name: you're not so vain'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e55363eaaa88342008-06-10T17:59:12Z2008-06-10T17:59:12ZJohnhttp://www.sandaigprimary.co.uk/pivot/johnjohnston.phppurplebananafish is still available Robert, tempting. I'd suggest getting all your domains through the one source, I have quite a...<p>purplebananafish is still available Robert, tempting.</p>
<p>I'd suggest getting all your domains through the one source, I have quite a few with a variety companies and it creates a certain amount of confusion keeping them up to date. </p>shel israel commented on 'Buy your domain name: you're not so vain'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e55343e29888332008-06-10T14:18:22Z2008-06-10T14:18:22Zshel israelhttp://globalneighbourhoods.netEwan, In fact, among the urls that had not been purchased by their owners was LorenFeldman.tv, which has now been...<p>Ewan,</p>
<p>In fact, among the urls that had not been purchased by their owners was LorenFeldman.tv, which has now been purchased by a friend of mine as has Michael Arrington.net</p>Robert Jones commented on 'Buy your domain name: you're not so vain'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e5535d1ad888342008-06-10T12:05:54Z2008-06-10T12:05:57ZRobert Joneshttp://www.jonesieboy.co.uk/blogAndrew - I think all that matters is to have a definitive url that represents you. This will be particularly...<p>Andrew - I think all that matters is to have a definitive url that represents you. This will be particularly useful if you can make that url your OpenID. It's not so important what the url is, but firstname.surname.name or .com are more sensible than purplebananafish.com :-)</p>AB commented on 'Buy your domain name: you're not so vain'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e55339d29f88332008-06-10T06:48:57Z2008-06-10T06:48:57ZABhttp://www.whereisab.co.ukI can completely empathise with the case of Mr Smith outlined above by Robert, as having an incredibly common name...<p>I can completely empathise with the case of Mr Smith outlined above by Robert, as having an incredibly common name made it impossible for me to by my '.com' came when I was buying a domain.</p>
<p>Is it really relevant though? Type my name into a search engine and you'll find me owing to how people link - surely in the 21C its the links that are more important than the domain? How much more valuable collectively would 'andrewbrown.com' be to me and all the other AB's if the domain served as an aggregator/gateway to all of us?</p>Stuart Meldrum commented on 'Buy your domain name: you're not so vain'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e55337a99988332008-06-10T05:37:27Z2008-06-10T05:37:27ZStuart Meldrumhttp://stuartmeldrum.co.uk/blogI have meldrum.org.uk which my whole family use for their email addresses (though I'm a little uncomfortable labelling ourselves as...<p>I have meldrum.org.uk which my whole family use for their email addresses (though I'm a little uncomfortable labelling ourselves as an organisation - sounds a little mafioso), stuartmeldrum.co.uk for most of my online activity, and recently bought mrmeldrum.co.uk which I'm planning to use with my classes next year.</p>
<p>That's three different domains with three different uses: one for personal use; one for my professional work; and one for my professional work but aimed at only a certain group of people. It's not just as simple as having an online presence, I am being different things to different people.</p>
<p>On top of that I also have another domain which doesn't include my name and is currently just a redirect until I think of a good use for it.</p>Michelle Baldwin commented on 'Buy your domain name: you're not so vain'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e5533297b388332008-06-10T02:17:03Z2008-06-10T02:17:03ZMichelle Baldwinhttp://michelleblogs.edublogs.orgUnfortunately, I share a name with a burlesque dancer/teacher in Denver, CO. I'm afraid I would get blog seekers who...<p>Unfortunately, I share a name with a burlesque dancer/teacher in Denver, CO. I'm afraid I would get blog seekers who would be sorely disappointed in my ed tech rants. :-)</p>
<p>I do have a custom domain name for my edublog that I will use once they have that feature enabled... but it doesn't include my actual name.</p>Stephen Downes commented on 'Buy your domain name: you're not so vain'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e55349439788342008-06-09T23:33:47Z2008-06-09T23:33:47ZStephen Downeshttp://www.downes.caI've had downes.ca for many years - I was never comfortable with the idea of a commercial domain name, so...<p>I've had downes.ca for many years - I was never comfortable with the idea of a commercial domain name, so the .ca extension is perfect for me. </p>
<p>And I have a domain for a very simple reason - I didn't want my website address to change every time I got a new job. This was especially relevant when I had three jobs within a coupe, of years. Less so now, but it's still good to have a personal permanent URL.</p>
<p>Everyone should, have one, and eventually, everyone will.<br />
</p>Theok commented on 'Buy your domain name: you're not so vain'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e55349356888342008-06-09T22:46:29Z2008-06-09T22:46:29ZTheokhttp://profile.typekey.com/theok/Timely post Ewan, and something I have been meaning to get round to for yonks, and of course, being Theo...<p>Timely post Ewan, and something I have been meaning to get round to for yonks, and of course, being Theo Kuechel, I don't have the 'John Smith' syndrome. Decided to go for the .com .net and .org suffixes which should cover most online scenarios - total cost $29.85 (£15.07) with Verio.</p>Jeff McNeill commented on 'Buy your domain name: you're not so vain'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e5532d7ba088332008-06-09T22:40:09Z2008-06-09T22:40:09ZJeff McNeillhttp://jeffmcneill.comClearly an important issue for our time. However it is not accurate to say that "Shel had his name stolen"...<p>Clearly an important issue for our time. However it is not accurate to say that "Shel had his name stolen" which would be identity theft. In addition the comparision with a real person (and a passport) is ludicrious. I can understand the desire to defend a friend, but this doesn't actually do that, rather it muddies the water for people who don't realize how important it is to brand an identity across the various social media, with a consistent username, domain name, and email address. If you look at the blogroll on http://www.shelisrael.com/ it is obvious that the puppet has registered a lot more than just the domain name, including myspace, pownce, and tumblr.</p>Andrew Field commented on 'Buy your domain name: you're not so vain'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e5532d7b0b88332008-06-09T22:39:13Z2008-06-09T22:39:14ZAndrew Fieldhttp://www.effectiveict.co.uk/What about other people with the same name as you? When I first started teaching I snapped up http://www.mrfield.com -...<p>What about other people with the same name as you? When I first started teaching I snapped up http://www.mrfield.com - but there is even another Mr Field at my school and I was surely a bit cheeky to grab that.</p>
<p>First come, first served I guess - hence why andrewfield.com, andrewfield.net and andrewfield.co.uk are all owned by different people.</p>
<p>I agree entirely with the sentiment of this post, but it is a tricky one - who does really own the right to a domain name? Surely we should all own http://www.me.com rather than Apple with their new service?</p>Robert Jones commented on 'Buy your domain name: you're not so vain'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451f00f69e200e5532d77ca88332008-06-09T22:32:59Z2008-06-09T22:32:59ZRobert Joneshttp://robert.jones.nameNot sure than John Smith and his children Mary and Peter are going to have much luck following your advice...<p>Not sure than John Smith and his children Mary and Peter are going to have much luck following your advice ;-) Even back in 2005 when you registered ewanmcintosh.com many common names had been registered already.</p>
<p>I agree that having a definitive url which represents you is a good thing. I've tentatively gone for <a href="http://robert.jones.name" rel="nofollow">robert.jones.name</a> which suits me better. Your readers could try to get hold of their name at the <a href="http://www.gnr.name/" rel="nofollow">.name</a> TLD if their .com is already taken.</p>