{"id":6,"date":"2004-08-06T21:18:55","date_gmt":"2004-08-06T11:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/?p=6"},"modified":"2005-05-06T06:46:07","modified_gmt":"2005-05-05T20:46:07","slug":"whats-in-a-name-let-alone-a-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thekua.com\/rant\/2004\/08\/whats-in-a-name-let-alone-a-website\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in a name let alone a website?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Selecting a domain name is such a tough business&#8230; especially when all of the ones you want are taken. Initially setting out to get one associated with my last name, I found that they were all taken up as acronyms for a number of completely unrelated associations. These included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kua.com\">www.kua.com<\/a> &#8211; Kissimmee Utility Authority<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kua.org\">www.kua.org<\/a> &#8211; Kimball Union Academy<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kua.com.au\">www.kua.com.au<\/a> &#8211; Karate Union of Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Another alternative domain, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekua.com\">www.patkua.com<\/a>, had been considered but was turned down as I thought it would be good to have it generic so that other Kua family members could host their own areas in the future. It was only when an old work colleague of mine referred to me as &#8220;the kua&#8221; to some current work colleagues that I thought that would make a great domain name for because of its brevity and appropriate generality (not to mention it was not taken!) and so <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thekua.com\">www.thekua.com<\/a><\/strong> was born.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selecting a domain name is such a tough business&#8230; especially when all of the ones you want are taken. Initially setting out to get one associated with my last name, I found that they were all taken up as acronyms for a number of completely unrelated associations. 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