Domain name YOU + Word ???

Discussion in 'Domain Names' started by llnitoll, Mar 12, 2012.

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    My native language is not English and I don't understand very well a domain like youtube.

    For example will be ok YouFreak.com meaning you are freak? (You are tube)

    Or is more like YouSurfboard.com meaning Your surfboard? (Your tube)

    Thanks
     
    Last edited: Mar 12, 2012
    llnitoll, Mar 12, 2012 IP
  2. ilikegrapes

    ilikegrapes Active Member

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    Youtube works because YOU sounds a bit like TUBE - they rhyme.... but I think youtube made it big for other reasons, not just because of the domain name. They were among the first to allow people to stream videos online with a flash player (which most browsers already had installed at the time).
     
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    crumblepie Well-Known Member

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    I think it matches neither one of those two examples. I think it is more like a brand name. I never thought of youtube as you + tube before... it's like two words together, like McDonald's.
     
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