Looking for Search Engine Name Ideas

[GrigoriySidelnikov]

Now that my websites are starting to pay off my monthly expenses, I have more time to consider pursuing the idea I've been having: to build a search engine.

What would be an appropriate name for a new search engine?

What makes a name appropriate for such a tool?

I have thought of eye.com, because we discover things with our eyes. I have sent an inquiry about the domain name, but I have not received a response.

Can anyone else help me?

[opaque]

Originally Posted by GrigoriySidelnikov

Now that my websites are starting to pay off my monthly expenses, I have more time to consider pursuing the idea I've been having: to build a search engine.

What would be an appropriate name for a new search engine?

What makes a name appropriate for such a tool?

I have thought of eye.com, because we discover things with our eyes. I have sent an inquiry about the domain name, but I have not received a response.

Can anyone else help me?

Are you really going to compete with Google?

[Aminka Ozmun]

Wow, you're really going to take on Google??

Then again, I guess you're Russian too (like its founder)!

How about naming your search engine after some famous explorer? (Preferably one who didn't kill people.)

Or a fictional detective like Sherlock Holmes or something. Maybe an animal, "bloodhound"...maybe an imperative, even, like "get it" or "find" (though the domains are probably already taken)....

[GrigoriySidelnikov]

First of all thank you for being helpful. I guess "Columbus" goes out of question, hm?

Originally Posted by Aminka Ozmun

Wow, you're really going to take on Google??

What can I say. Aliens are not in every UFO, some of them are just Boeings.

When I drew this, I wasn't competing with Giger or Dali.

When I started my first social network site 5 years ago, that someone decided to buy from me for $1,300 about 3 years ago, I wasn't competing with MySpace.

More recently, when I started Authentic Society, I wasn't competing with its popular social network equivalents, all in the same way.

In fact the more I work on software and user interfaces the more I realize that I have no passion for making something like popular social network site or imitating them.

It's just something I wanted to do, because, well... I like doing these things. And after doing a lot of research and making notes about how Google finds websites, I thought, hey that would be fun to work on a program like that. Because. . . well, wouldn't it?

The point here is to make it work, make it function... seeing a tangible version of whatever you envision being used by people is gratifying. Thinking about things like: taking 5 pages about similar subjects and designing a program that finds the best match is fun. These are the types of things I think about when I decide to start working on something.

If someone creates a service better than Google, people will start using it. Look, we have Bing and they are doing relatively well standing in the shadow of Google. What will happen if someone figures a way to provide a better search engine?

Or a fictional detective like Sherlock Holmes or something. Maybe an animal, "bloodhound"...maybe an imperative, even, like "get it" or "find" (though the domains are probably already taken)....

I have been doing research on using minimalist geometrical shapes as logos, a tactic commonly used by some of the largest corporations in the world. What I observe is that they use words that repeat letters and/or rhyme. A great trick to create a memorable name. Even Google uses it. Another way of making a memorable name is to start it with hard consonants like T D or K. Ever wondered why TDK is TDK? Also take a look at their logo.

Using this logic I started to brainstorm:

Start with K,T,D (hard)
Repetition of one letter
Rhyme
Plosives
Alliteration


Search Porch
Find Kind
Find Fi
Mind Find
Wind Finder

Find Needle in Haystack

Find Out

Link, Connect
Dash
Exact, Precise, Accurate

Do these words give you any ideas of your own? I'd like to hear!

[desertrat]

You would not only be compeating with google , there is Dogpile Web Search Startpage Search Engine and a bunch more. desert rat

[GrigoriySidelnikov]

Originally Posted by desertrat

You would not only be compeating with google , there is Dogpile Web Search Startpage Search Engine and a bunch more. desert rat

They can compete with each other, what do they need me for?

[desertrat]

Your sugestion is not used eye.com: The Leading Eye Site on the Net and one with your name in is not used http://www.grigoriysearchengine.com/ its a bit long though. desert rat

[splok]

Originally Posted by desertrat

Your sugestion is not used eye.com: The Leading Eye Site on the Net

maybe not used, but definitely not cheap!

But ya, as everyone else has basically said, you need to give people a reason to use your site instead of google, and that's going to be a tough sell. Instead of trying to tackle "search" in it's most broad form, a more niched down concept would be easier to gain traction on, something like pet search, automotive search, facial recognition search, etc.

[GrigoriySidelnikov]

Originally Posted by splok

maybe not used, but definitely not cheap!

But ya, as everyone else has basically said, you need to give people a reason to use your site instead of google, and that's going to be a tough sell. Instead of trying to tackle "search" in it's most broad form, a more niched down concept would be easier to gain traction on, something like pet search, automotive search, facial recognition search, etc.

Why do you think it's going to be a tough sell?

[splok]

Ignoring for the moment the quality of searches and assuming that you were offering an equal quality product, internet users have been in the habit of searching through google for years (or they just type into their browsers search bar and whatever is the default is what they search with).

How will you convince people to use your search engine instead? I'm open to new ideas, so if it's actually an easy sell, try to sell me

[opaque]

When Bill Gates introduces 'Bing', he said google had done a good job till then as a search engine but it was going to be Bing then after. But Bing is an utter failure.

Google has done a lot in this. If you are doing it out of interest, it's fine then. But if you are wanting to compete with Google, better you invest your time in a new kind of application

[Brutha]

I have thought of eye.com, because we discover things with our eyes. I have sent an inquiry about the domain name, but I have not received a response.

That domain name is probably worth at least six figures. Probably even more.

What kind of money do you have raised for your project?

[DerekNewland]

Two things:
1 - To come up with a successful business name, it needs to be catchy, original, and not already trademarked. The latter is almost impossible to do these days unless you make up a word yourself (joomla, picasa, etc), or derive a name by combining one or more words together (netflix, facebook, etc).

2 - There is an unfathomable amount of data that composes the internet. And, searching and indexing this data takes an immense amount of infrastructure (servers, routers, bandwidth, etc).

Nontheless, I wish you the best of luck! And remember all it takes is one good idea and/or to stand out from the crowd. Surround yourself with brilliant and creative people, follow your passion, and the sky's the limit.

[GrigoriySidelnikov]

Looks like the largest contributor of possible names so far was myself.