Take that, UFC
July 6, 2004
5:02 am
With a name as un-generic as mine, you’d think I’d rank pretty high on Google. Alas, some washed-up Ultimate Fighting Champion also shares my name and has been atop Google for a while. But who’s the champion now, huh Mark? That’s right. How’s the view from third place?
Somehow this pales in comparison with Matt’s accomplishment. I never thought he’d beat out Matt Drudge as the number one Matt on the internet.
I am number one too!
David Collantes
I’ve long been #1 or #2 for jaquith — it fluctuates from search to search, depending on which of Google’s 3 public servers you get (www, www1, or www2), but it even fluctuates within those. That damned Jaquith Industries (a nasty business, if OSHA’s violations log is an indicator) keeps beating me out.
Eventually, I’ll set up jaquith.org as a gateway to various Jaquiths, thus keeping us all happy. Right now, I’m in the process of moving from waldo.net to waldo.jaquith.org — there’s something more legitimate, open, and organic about the latter, I think.
When my relatives found out I had an interest in business, they asked if I aspired to be president of Jaquith Industries some day (my great-uncle, my grandfather, and other relatives have been involved with the company). I think my answer was “maybe.” I’m sure my thought was “um… no.” I’ve toured the plant, and it’s not the type of place I’d like to work, even in a managerial role.
What about the .name TLD? I just picked up mark.jaquith.name The .name TLD is special… so just because I have mark.jaquith.name, it doesn’t mean that waldo.jaquith.name is taken. I also like the vibe given off by a f_name.l_name.something domain.
my great-uncle, my grandfather, and other relatives have been involved with the company
Aahhh, that’s interesting — I’d wondered which Jaquiths those were.
What about the .name TLD?
I’m opposed to new TLDs. The expanding namespace has proven to be anything but beneficial to the domain architecture — it’s simply forced trademarks holders to buy [trademark].[tld] in ever-increasing numbers, rather than the obligatory .com, .net, and .org. It hasn’t freed up more domain names for those of us who have an urge to own coca-cola.aero (the stupidest TLD ever…except, perhaps, for .banc), which was the desired effect. Leaving the TLD namespace at .org, .com, .net, .mil, .gov, and .edu would have been best. In the meantime, I just don’t take part in the orgy of new TLDs, and encourage my clients to do the same.
In general, I agree with you. .biz? Yuck. But I thought that .name filled a hole that was missing from the current .com .net .org .edu .mil .gov choices.
None of those really conveys that it is a personal website.
Although I have to say, there’s nothing I’d rather have than markjaquith.gov
I wanted to addition of .ego or .nom instead of .name. It’s a three-character TLD thing.
Although I have to say, there’s nothing I’d rather have than markjaquith.gov
I used to write for 2600 Magazine. One of the publication’s proudest moments was owning 2600.mil for a few precious hours.