domain name

ok, so i've decided to go w/ MT and Hosting Matters. so i started to order the hosting service and tried to get the name sarahk.com. taken. bah.

what's annoying is that it was taken in 2000 and is not being used.

so now i'm not sure what to do. suggestions, please?

UPDATE: i did check on other "sarahk"s. sarahk.net is taken, sarahk.us is available (no, i won't buy it from you if you snatch it up before me). 1) should i go with sarahk.us, or stay away from the "sarahk"s altogether? 2) if i go with sarahk.us, will people think i'm only doing that because i'm Frank's #1 fan and all and want to be just like him? except female, blonde, not funny, etc.?

Comments

[Mike]

sarahk.net
sarahk.us
ineedashiftkey.com
whotookmydomainname.com
illgetyouifitsthelastthingido.org
sendmikemoney.edu
heandhiswifewantahouse.com

hey, look ma! no caps!

Good lcuk with the hosting. I know luck is misspelled. I'm just too lazy to fix it. I'll type more, though. Too...early...need...sleep.

[sarahk]

sarahk.net is taken. .us is available, but i wasn't sure i should even go with sarahk at all now, because how many people are going to look for sarahk.com thinking it's me, and some random "see ya soon in 10 years" message gets all my traffic?

i know i have like 5 loyal readers, but a lot of y'all would just go "eh, i guess she's not there. oh well, look at that pretty butterfly!"

btw, loved "ineedashiftkey.com"

[icthus13]

Well, you are Frank's #1 fan and want to be just like him...

[sarahk]

i don't want to be just like Frank; but yes, i'm his #1 fan.

[SpaceMonkey]

How many Frank J Fan Clubs did you start?

Hmm? Hmmmm?? HMMMMMMM? That's what I thought.

#1 Fan, hah!

[rightwingduck]

why not www.mountaineermusings.com ?

or. Stalkingfrankj.com

or bigsizzle.com

get creative. This could be a good OPPORTUNITY not just a setback.

[jonag]

Sarahk, I think .us is fine. Just take it. There's nothing wrong with looking like you're kissing up to Frank J. We all do it. Don't be ashamed. I mean look at SpaceMonkey, he's Frank J.'s biggest kiss-up (no offense meant SpaceMonkey). That's all I have to say about that.

[jason of avoca]

I like 'ineedashiftkey.com', very orginal.

[SpaceMonkey]

None taken, Jonag.

I mean hey!!!

And I'm with Jason, If you're not going to go with the free hosting, no bandwidth limits, support from dozens of established bloggers at Mu.nu then ineedashiftkey.com is the way to go.

[Brian]

How about sarahkisprettierthanu.com

[Harvey]

Personally, I think .us is fine. I got one for image hosting purposes before I went to mu.nu.

If you think about it, you're actually doing your readers a favor, since it saves them a keystroke off .net & .com :-)

[Frank J.]

I like the being like me idea, if I can put in my two cents.

But why not www.mountaineermusings.com?

[sarahk]

SpaceMonkey, i didn't want Frank to think i was stalking him, that's the only reason i didn't start the fan club. and i know, i didn't go the way of the munus, but that's because Frank, who i want to be just like but am not stalking, told me that all the best blogs are at hostingmatters. and i believe anything he says.

here was my thought on mountaineermusings.com... my blog will still be called mountaineer musings, of course. but if i do mountaineermusings.com, then what about my poetry blog, anybody want a peanut? i don't want it to be sub'd at mountaineermusings.com/anybodywantapeanut, i figured sarak.xx/anybody... i don't know what to do there... plus, what if i wig out and decide i don't want to have the alias/ticket theme anymore and therefore change my blog name? that will never happen, though, so why am i asking?

should i get both sarahk.us and mountaineermusings.com and have one of them just redirect to the other? i dunno. please, more feedback! please!

brian, i think i should save sarahkisprettierthanu.com for my fan club, which i know is going to spring up anytime now. :) besides, i hope people come here for more than just my pics.

harvey, i don't really care about saving my readers any time. :)

[SpaceMonkey]

yeah, those readers, who needs em? feh.

[jonag]

Hmmmmmm. I think either Sarahk.us or Mountaineermusings.com. People will find you with either of those (and you can sneak a little announcement in the comments section over at IMAO).

[spidade]

listen to your dad,spizzle sizzle. you're leaving out #47!

[Jeffrey Collins]

personally, i thought "ineedashiftkey.com" was awesome. if you don't use that then mountaineermusings.com ridirecting to sarahk.us. actually, you should listen to your dad and work 47 in there sometime, but that's just one man's opinion.

[sarahk]

i didn't say i didn't need 'em, spacemonkey, i said i didn't care about saving them time!

hey, Spidade is here again! ladies and gents, he's been having lots and lots of computer and internet issues, and i've missed him. yes, pops, the 47 is probably not going to be in the name, but it will run rampant on the blog, i promise! i'll have 47 in my email address (as always), i'll have 47 categories and 47 links and 47 photos, 47 banners circulating and 47-minute long alias reviews. :) how's that?

yes, the shift key is a great name, but it hasn't helped to generate donations to my amazon account, so i don't know if it would help traffic here. :)

[Chad Coleman]

Hmm...

You could go with

imaoTshirtBabe.com

but i would probably go with mountaineermusings.com