2010-10-26
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We just launched a project called lanyrd, which is a play on lanyard. We partly picked the name because the domain was available, but there’s actually a big advantage to using a made-up word: it’s really easy to search for coverage and feedback on Twitter, Google Blogsearch and the like.
Simon Willison answering a question on Quora: Why do so many Internet sites end with the letter ‘r’ (but not ‘er’)?