Thursday, February 14, 2008

What is in a Name?

When I first thought of a name for my blog, I Googled it. I am the Googling Queen. I think Google should keep track of who Googles the most and hand out a prize. Like a million dollars or some chocolate. Either one would be great.

...anyway, when I googled "Living on a Whim", I only came up with another blog that was pretty much discontinued (can't find it now). At that time, I contemplated changing the name to "Life on a Whim" like the website address, but never got around to it.

The other day my husband discovered a few more sites after his daily google to find my blog. So, I decided to do another Google search myself. This is what we found:

1) http://www.livingonawhim.com/pblog/ - This guy's blog has been around before mine... I think. -- he could have changed the name after he opened his store front, http://www.livingonawhim.com/...who knows.
Looks like an interesting blog. Some good pictures as well.

2) http://lifeonawhim.com/ - not to be confused with this one, mine (http://lifeonawhim.blogspot.com) - She's a photographer and just started her blog last month.

3) http://theglitteratini.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html - Living, on a Whim. Oh I see, the comma makes all the difference. Thats why I didn't find your blog Maxine! Living, on a Whim has been around awhile, dates back to December 2004. Oops! Anyway, Maxine has a nice fashion, celebrity blog. A place to get the latest scoop.


There are more with similar names, but not as close as the one listed above. So, what now? Should I change my blog name? ...I don't want to.

I think I will just continue "Living on a Whim" and enjoy the company.

3 comments:

Sara said...

I think you should keep it. It suits you and your blog really well.

JP said...

Hi,

It's Josh from livingonawhim.com. Yeah I've owned the webspace since about August 2005. I've been busy with work and training for marathons and triathlons that I haven't had time to update it as often. I also have the livingonawhim.blogspot.com space too, which I'm going to use as my main blog once the adsense ads change over. Anyway, nice blog.

-JP

JENN said...

Thanks Josh! I'll make sure to visit.