Comments on: Tips for logo design website names

By: David Airey

David Airey — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:58:23 +0000

Richard,

Not that I can handle any new business at present, but what’s your best price? (Sorry for the delay - I was on holiday when you commented.)

Neomi,

You’re very welcome! Glad you stumbled on by.

By: Neomi

Neomi — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:00:37 +0000

Hi David,
great post! I really enjoy reading about your design process and find your final work very clever and minimalist. I’m an award-wining editorial designer but completely clueless about logo design & web design and recently discovered your site (yay for Stumbleupon!) and I love it . Thank you for this amazing resource!

By: Richard Lubbers, LogoDesigners.Com

Richard Lubbers, LogoDesigners.Com — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:25:57 +0000

Make me an offer on logodesigners.com, which for now I have pointing to a potential buyer’s site

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:18:07 +0000

Cheers John,

Interesting take on i do logo design, and unfortunately, I think it’s safe to say I’m not going with Paul’s idea (great as it is).

The idea is certainly to put my portfolio in the background. Even moreso than it is on this blog. Generating discussion is what I’m aiming at, much like your success with iLT.

I’ve had some time today to make a few tweaks to my blog. The idea with the new ‘author comments’ is to reinforce my brand, showing the logo beside each of my comments (kind of similar to my letterhead layout).

By: johno

johno — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:11:13 +0000

ps: re “idol”, I saw it, but think it’s a great “play on words”. I idolise logo design / i do logo design–perfect.

re Pauls’s suggestion: only Paul could come up with that ;)

By: johno

johno — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:05:39 +0000

@Mookster
You are way out of line. May I also suggest (kindly of course), that your response is “rubbish”. What are you talking about?

Is the idea here just to rip off the ideas of Landor and Glaser, or are you going to come up with something original?

I can’t speak for David, but I’m pretty sure that that is not his intention. When I started iLT many others like “you” attempted to dissuade me, saying that there were already lots of type sites and blogs.

I think David’s idea is a sensible one: take what you’re best at and specialise. I do think, however, that the logo blog should be at the front, with any portfolio material sitting behind it. Blogs are by far the best way to provoke discussion/participation.

I do hope that you’re not offended by my retort, but I’m guessing that as you are quite forthright in your opinions, then you won’t mind my opining in a similar fashion.

By: David Airey :: Graphic Designer

David Airey :: Graphic Designer — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:54:11 +0000

Cheers Dache, though I reckon I’d have problems typing that one myself, let alone any prospective visitors.

By: dache

dache — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 11:40:49 +0000

ideologoy perhaps? :^)

By: David Airey :: Graphic Designer

David Airey :: Graphic Designer — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:40:07 +0000

Unfortunately dalogo is taken, but the three that I’ve purchased (listed above) were all bought with the .com primarily, and the .co.uk as a secondary thought.

I say secondary, but with the strength of the pound, it’s important not to rule out UK based searches.

I agree with everything you say, especially with the word number, which is why I probably favour ‘logo design love’ over ‘I do logo design’.

By: DT

DT — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:10:32 +0000

Hey david,

There is a lot more that goes into buying a domain name than you have listed here.

1) Yes buy the “S” and with no “S” cos people will forget or just skip that name.

2) Buy top level domains. ie .com only go .co.uk if your business is only in that country. However I would even advice it as its more things to type and your world is your oyster. ie idologodesign.com

3) Keep the name as short as possible. I advice 11 letter or less.

4) Use words from the dictionary, easy to remember and great for search engines.

5) One word domain names are all probably sold out, go for then 2 word domain names. Try to avoid 3 or more.

There are tons more, just do a search on google and you will find! Good Luck.