Comments on: Birds of a feather flock together. http://c3sart.com/startups/birds-of-a-feather-flock-together C3SART.com | Essays & Design by Cesar Torres Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:17:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: David Giesberg http://c3sart.com/startups/birds-of-a-feather-flock-together/comment-page-1#comment-226 David Giesberg Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:50:46 +0000 http://c3sart.com/?p=459#comment-226 And not only do you stand out when your name doesn't start with "tw" - it's often a heckuva lot clearer about what your product it is, ex:. the name "twhirl" doesn't give a lot of hints about what it is... And not only do you stand out when your name doesn’t start with “tw” – it’s often a heckuva lot clearer about what your product it is, ex:. the name “twhirl” doesn’t give a lot of hints about what it is…

]]> By: Matt Reyes http://c3sart.com/startups/birds-of-a-feather-flock-together/comment-page-1#comment-225 Matt Reyes Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:25:14 +0000 http://c3sart.com/?p=459#comment-225 Good point. Twitter doesn't seem to mind (at least not yet) based on their new dictionary-style links to other apps carrying these types of names (they've linked to Tweetie, et al.). But, I do agree that sites that do not have the "tw" prefix do stand out a bit more when vying for visibility when surrounded by similar services. Good point.

Twitter doesn’t seem to mind (at least not yet) based on their new dictionary-style links to other apps carrying these types of names (they’ve linked to Tweetie, et al.).

But, I do agree that sites that do not have the “tw” prefix do stand out a bit more when vying for visibility when surrounded by similar services.

]]> By: Tony Zanders http://c3sart.com/startups/birds-of-a-feather-flock-together/comment-page-1#comment-227 Tony Zanders Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:45:32 +0000 http://c3sart.com/?p=459#comment-227 This was really helpful! I had this hunch some time ago, but lacked the data to back it. Keen observation man! This was really helpful! I had this hunch some time ago, but lacked the data to back it. Keen observation man!

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