Personalized, Short and Memorable Domain Names at URLDoctor
Do you have one of those long unwieldly URL’s from Flickr, MySpace, YouTube or other personal web sites? Ever tried to share that URL with a friend?
You can’t dictate it, it is too long and too complicated. You can send it in an email, but long URL’s sometimes get broken when the email is sent. Most URL shortening services provide a possible solution, but the URL is still random and not memorable.
Solution: URLDoctor.com
URLDoctor takes those long URL’s and changes them to something short and memorable.
For example, your Flickr photos can be found at http://www.flickr.com/photos/myphotostuff
It is isn’t horribly unwiedly, but communicating that to others still isnt easy. (Note the URL’s in this example are madeup for demonstration purposes.)
At URLDoctor, you get to choose a personal URL. First, choose your name. It can be your name, a nickname, a pseudonym, whatever. For this example, I choose “Paul”. Second, choose one of 2500 options. I can choose “DoesPhotography.com”. So my personal URL becomes paul.doesphotography.com. I associate my flickr URL to this new URL. Now, I have something short and MEMORABLE I can give to people to find my photo site. It is easy to email and to dictate. Another advantage is the ability to switch the associated URL at any time. Say you tire of Flickr and have uploaded your photos to another site. Simply switch the associated URL. People can still find you at paul.doesphotography.com, they are just redirected to the new site.
URLDoctor is a great idea for anyone who maintains a personal website with an unwieldly URL. Too bad something like this didn’t exist back in the geocities heyday.
[tags]urldoctor, domains, domain+names, flickr, myspace, youtube[/tags]
Posted by Paul Flyer on Thursday, August 3rd, 2006 in Domain Names
