What’s In A Name?

Posted by RJ

April 14, 2008

www.gettingoutofthepoorhouse.com

Ever heard of it? I have. How? Because I made it. The vision and goal if very similar to Finance Habits. The difference? Finance Habits is easy to remember, Getting Out Of The Poor House? Not so much.

Here is a link from Daily Blog Tips talking about characteristics of good domain names. The things that stuck out for me are the following:

1. Getting Out Of The Poor House is too long: At 24 letters and 6 words, it doesn’t really roll of the tongue.

2. It’s hard to remember: Is it get out of the poor house? Get out from under the poorhouse? Or something else?

3. It’s easy to misspell. It’s hilarious how easy even for me to misspell my own website when I type it in the address bar of my browser. If I’m having a hard time having a go of it - think about what other people are going to go through.

4. Doesn’t have the same ring to it as finance habits

So today I closed the doors on www.gettingoutofthepoorhouse.com and moved all the posts from that site to here. As a tribute to my first blog - I’ll put a loving commemoration in the beginning of every article re-posted from that site.

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Hey RJ,
This is one heck of a blog!! I mean, i didn’t think of my li’l brother as a writer, let alone a financial nut :Þ I’m just glad you’re seriously trying to figure these things out, and perhaps helping others out there at the same time. Goodluck and happy blogging!

Comment by corrie on April 14, 2008 @ 5:49 pm

Thanks for the kind words sis. Spread the word, and please subscribe!

Comment by RJ on April 14, 2008 @ 6:07 pm

I like the new URL a lot better. I hope the move goes smoothly for ya.

Comment by Llama Money on April 14, 2008 @ 8:49 pm

Thanks Llama! Hopefully it’ll be easier to find now

Comment by RJ on April 15, 2008 @ 9:17 am

RJ, this is a very interesting topic. If you could start looking at how stock market works maybe it could be another source of income on the side. Given the chance I would definitely study the basics or hopefully attend some sort of seminar here to further appreciate the fundamentals.

Comment by jv on April 17, 2008 @ 9:46 pm

Thanks, finance has always been a favorite topic of mine. And making your money work for you (instead of the other way around) is how you attain financial freedom. That’s the kind of thinking that separates the wealthy from the working stiff.

Comment by RJ on April 18, 2008 @ 6:55 am