My favorite favorite favorite (by which I mean I hate it) startup name of all time is Ambulnz. It’s an ambulance service. AMBULNZ. Try to pronounce it! You can’t! It literally feels awful to say it. But I think about it all the time. Sometimes I’ll say to my husband, out of the blue, “Remember Ambulnz?!” So I guess the terrible name has worked on some level, at least on me. Peak stupid startup name.
I think it's worth mentioning that dropping vowels like this from company names was also a way to make the name more searchable, when search engines weren't as sophisticated as they are more. Searching 'Tumbler' would have given you many irrelevant results; 'Tumblr' would only give you relevant results. An early form of SEO, if you will.
Nice one Stphn Mr
My favorite favorite favorite (by which I mean I hate it) startup name of all time is Ambulnz. It’s an ambulance service. AMBULNZ. Try to pronounce it! You can’t! It literally feels awful to say it. But I think about it all the time. Sometimes I’ll say to my husband, out of the blue, “Remember Ambulnz?!” So I guess the terrible name has worked on some level, at least on me. Peak stupid startup name.
The meme is strong with this one.
I think it's worth mentioning that dropping vowels like this from company names was also a way to make the name more searchable, when search engines weren't as sophisticated as they are more. Searching 'Tumbler' would have given you many irrelevant results; 'Tumblr' would only give you relevant results. An early form of SEO, if you will.
As they are *now.
I struggled with the takeaway & then figured out it is just angst (or wankst..)
..something of no substance that has no meaning for anyone anywhere.. I'm happy to be challenged if you think you have a more positive vector..?
Thanks?
On the other end, my least favorite is Fiverr. Like, what?
Right? We’d have accepted Fivr because it was “trendy” but why the extra letter??
Makes no sense 😂