Comments on: What’s In A Name?

By: kirida

kirida — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:00:40 +0000

At least your blog name has some pop culture relevance and not like my name, "kirida," which no one outside of the Western Pacific region knows what the hell it is. OMG, kiridas last blog post: how is that "vegan" thing going, mona?

By: johnny

johnny — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:31:48 +0000

That's so weak. Oh well. There are tons of other ad networks out there. You'd probably pull better revenue with those adCents blocks parsed in between posts. OMG, johnnys last blog post: Travis Barker and Wasp Knives

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 20:32:21 +0000

Google Adsense and its strict TOS may also have something to do with these. Networks who are dependant upon ad revenue simply can not afford to not weed out every slightly adult or controversial site.

By: Tim Bray

Tim Bray — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:32:06 +0000

This is going to sound stupid, but I really never gave my blog name much thought until I was reading your post. Sad, sad, sad, but it is the truth. I was thinking that I wanted something easy to find for students and colleagues and my name just seemed so simply and easy. I guess it won’t have much marketability, or at least not as much as something like http://www.the_administrator.com, or some such domain name. Oh well, I don’t write for a living; I write to share my educational experiences and thoughts with others. Another teacher I know has http://www.Thethinkingstick.com, pretty clever. Anyway, I’m not sure I fully understand why an advertising company wouldn’t accept a blog with swearing in it, or one with an off-beat title, I thought advertising is all about grabbing your possible clients eyes. It seems like it would make more sense if they only had certain types of ads on your site. If you sign up with wikispaces and let them know you are a teacher, they only advertise educational products on your wiki; is it that hard for these clowns to advertise appropriate merchandise on your blog? Sometimes I feel people are just lazy; no is easier than yes, because yes may require thinking and creativity and we are all tapped out of that stuff. I see that attitude in education quite often. AV, don’t like it get you down, someone else will see the amazing potential about advertising on your blog and give you money.

By: Nomadic Matt

Nomadic Matt — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:52:27 +0000

Better to create a brand people will recognize and trust and link to than something you can put in an ad network. OMG, Nomadic Matts last blog post: Happy Halloween

By: ronen

ronen — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:16:35 +0000

create a ‘clean’ domain name that redirects to here, for ‘clean press’ purposes.

By: Callie Simms

Callie Simms — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:16:45 +0000

If you changed it, I would kill you. People get hung up on the most fickle of pretenses. You are an amazing writer and it's a shame that something like a URL hinders your inclusion on certain networks. OMG, Callie Simmss last blog post: Valley Wag, Melissa Gira, Twitter & Changing Sex Related Journalism

By: none

none — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:59:49 +0000

Just remove all references to god, and replace it with the word goodness.
oh my goodness. The ‘F’ can be freaking, fruity, fragrant, or festive. Nothing has to be a curse word.

Oh, and tell them to remove the stick from their behind.

By: Atherton Bartelby

Atherton Bartelby — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:13:56 +0000

When I overthink this topic, I become kind of irritated. Because, at least in my research, most of the more reputable and / or desirable ad networks seem to include increasingly strict stipulations such as BlogHer's in their TOS, and to a certain extent I understand it, but on the other hand, I think, "Hey, thank you for allowing me into your ad network but try not to be the Adolf Hitler of my site's content, mmmkay?" (In particular in your case, and as I've already told you, I am astounded that "OMFG" is considered prohibitive to an ad network that operates on the very platform in which the acronym achieved such popularity that it became nearly vernacular.) Thank you for this piece. You raise some very good points for anyone who is shopping for domain names and thinking of potential / future branding to consider, not to mention some amazing resources (Darren Rowse, etc.). Brava! OMG, Atherton Bartelbys last blog post: Off The Radar

By: Amy @ Taste Like Crazy & Sims Gamer

Amy @ Taste Like Crazy & Sims Gamer — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:04:41 +0000

That sucks that you didn’t get into BlogHer.

However, you’ve got a really strong voice that was interesting enough to keep me reading this long post. That’s saying something since most people spend less than 30 seconds reading a post.

You’ve got a marketable URL and blog so I doubt it will be long before you end up in a rawkin’ ad network.

Maybe you would be better off selling ads privately?

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