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Just wanted to note how much influence Domain Name Forum is having on the domain community. It is even being reflected in domain registrations now.
The site uses the URL dnforum.com. When I started coming here last summer people kind of though the dn was a necessary evil since spelling out domain name would make the URL too long. But DN wasn't really a strong enough acronym that everyone immediatelty thought "Domain Name" when they saw it.
At that time you could find boatloads of domains starting with DN that were unregistered. I must say that I was caught by surprise when DNJournal became the overwhelming forum choice for a new project of mine. Many cited DNForum as proof that it was the best possible choice (even though the word Domain was spelled out in another good option).
In researching possible names I was also surprised to find that almost all of those DN names that were there this summer have been registered! I think you can only point to DN Forum as the reason that prefix is now viewed as synomous with domain names and now being widely used by people throughout the community. People are even "reaching" for names like dnbarn.com now!
How far this place has come in a few short months!
The site uses the URL dnforum.com. When I started coming here last summer people kind of though the dn was a necessary evil since spelling out domain name would make the URL too long. But DN wasn't really a strong enough acronym that everyone immediatelty thought "Domain Name" when they saw it.
At that time you could find boatloads of domains starting with DN that were unregistered. I must say that I was caught by surprise when DNJournal became the overwhelming forum choice for a new project of mine. Many cited DNForum as proof that it was the best possible choice (even though the word Domain was spelled out in another good option).
In researching possible names I was also surprised to find that almost all of those DN names that were there this summer have been registered! I think you can only point to DN Forum as the reason that prefix is now viewed as synomous with domain names and now being widely used by people throughout the community. People are even "reaching" for names like dnbarn.com now!
How far this place has come in a few short months!