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Is LinkSoap a terrible name for a startup?

3 points by adaboese ↗ HN
I am building a service for helping to detect broken internal links and suggest new internal cross-linking opportunities. I am consider going with the name LinkSoap, and I would like to get some feedback if others think it is a terrible/okay/good name?

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heartag
That name is apt and functional, but after reading it I found myself saying "LinkSoapy" "SoapyLink" "LinkySoap" "LinkClean" "LinkStitch" to myself to try and find one that rolled off the tongue better. I don't think I did.

Makes me think of bicycle chains and derailleurs.

adaboese
That's good feedback. Funny that a few people already mentioned LinkClean and LinkStitch.

I am trying to not to lean on "clean" too much, as the the keyword is actually interlinking (or "internal contextual cross-linking" to be precise). But it is helluva long string of words to use in a name.

helph67
lin_QED? (patent pending;)
simantel
Not terrible, not great. If you can get linksoap.com go for it, but I wouldn't do it if you're going to have a just okay name and a non-canonical .com domain like getlinksoap.com or linksoap.io.
adaboese
I own linksoap.com, yes. Just redirecting it to Google until I start using it.