This may seem sort of an obsession, but I’m really intrigued by this analysis and by the question: Is there a Web domain containing the Eee PC name still free in the world? It’s never happened for any other niche product, and of course not in such a short time for any product at all, I think.
Actually, the hunt started by the EeePC phenomenon a few months ago had, as its first preys, the following names: asuseeepc, eeepc, eee-pc (and to some extend asus-eeepc or e3pc).
Forget all at once the traditional .com, .net, .info and .org extensions, as they’ve probably been taken first. Forget, also, the major European and international geographical extensions, because in very country of the world there must have been some smart guy (or company) rady to pick the local asuseeepc, eeepc or eee-pc domain name still available.
All these Web domains, in fact, aren’t massively found in SEDO lists as it happens with some other kind of word or acronym. Instead, they’re often already used for a Web site, blog, forum or simple AdSense oriented mini-site. Those still not hooked on a Web site of any sort, are maybe waiting for a buyer or just an idea or project to be fulfilled.
But the hunt for EeePC-related Web domain names doesn’t stop here. I’m not the only one who tried coupling the usual prefix or suffix words with Asus subnotebook’s name, such in myeeepc, eeepcplanet, eeepcuser, eeepcworld and of course eeepcshop… and I’m not just talking about .com, .net, .biz and .org extensions, but also geographical ones. You can try searching for .it, .fr, .es, .de (or even .pl, .hu and .ru), or maybe for .ca, .au or .br examples using the handy Whois DomainTools interface to check for yourself the (un)availability or use of these Web domain names in the world.
Are you going to be the next lucky owner of an EeePC-named Web domain? Let me know!
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