Thursday, July 21, 2005

Changes

My webhost, KeenSPACE, is changing its name. It is now known as, or shortly will be known as, Comic Genesis. With this change comes a change in the site URL. While the current URL (@keenspace) will work for a while, I believe that it will eventually explode, be set on fire, and die via various other methods. Before that happens, I get to change it to either @comicgenesis or @comicgen. After I change it, the current URL will redirect to the new one.
Now, my question is this:
WHAT SHOULD I DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO?
Why is this a problem? Both domains are good. Here's the benefits of each:
@comicgenesis is easier to tell people about ("Comic Gen" is easier to misspell or mishear than "Comic Genesis") and... yeah.
Meanwhile, @comicgen is shorter.
Alternatively, I could buy a domain name. If I do that, I could go with either http://www.samandeli.com, http://www.sameliadv.com, or something totally different.

Anyone with an opinion, feel free to post it here. In other words, please help me decide, as I'm an indecisive moron!

6 Comments:

Reece Sellin said...

Well, I'd go with ComicGenesis, personally... It's too easy (if you're ever speaking the domain to someone) for them to make a mistake otherwise. Comic Jen? Comic Gen? You get the picture. Sacrificing a few keystrokes in terms of clarity may be a good idea. As an aside, have they said why are they changing names?

The third alternative, of course, would be to get a blog-savvy hosting provider who offers a free domain name with their hosting accounts *cough*... ;-)

12:41 AM  
Elyscape said...

If I recall correctly, they're changing the name because morons kept confusing it with KeenSPOT, which is something else.
If I get a domain, though, I can keep being hosted at Comic Genesis; I just need to tell them my domain name and they can link it to the site.

9:06 AM  
Reece Sellin said...

Indeed. Out of curiosity, what kind of specs do you get in terms of storage/bandwidth?

3:04 PM  
Elyscape said...

Infinite of both. It's quite the nice deal. The only catches are that you have to:
1) Run a comic on the site.
2) Don't hide things.
3) Don't use it as a filestore for MP3s and stuff.
4) Put an ad at the top of every page.

3:56 PM  
The Illusive Sam said...

Dude, just whore yourself out for a while and get your own domain. i mean and also go with sameliadv.com because samandeli looks like sam an deli and we (or you really) are mos tcertainly not a deli you are a crappily drawn yet witty comic. i think....

1:11 PM  
Elyscape said...

you are a crappily drawn yet witty comic.
I take offense to that. I am not a comic!
Heh.

3:42 PM  

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