According to an article written by Erin Griffith and published in Fortune, “[t]he latest trend in startup names is regular old human names.” The “human” brand names are becoming popular because they supposedly help to  “humanize the software they’re selling.” The author also discussed other startup branding and domain name trends that have occurred, including the trend to use a .LY or .SY domain name.

Most interestingly, the five startups that were cited in the article (Oscar, Alfred, Benny, Lulu, and Clara) don’t use exact match domain names for their websites. Instead, they use domain names that contain their name within the url.

Out of curiosity, I wanted to see who owns the exact match .com domain name, and here’s what I found:

Last week, I wrote a blog post with some research I did to see what companies were doing well in Google rankings for Black Friday keywords. Now that Black Friday has passed and Cyber Monday is coming up soon, I thought I would do the same type of basic research to see what companies are ranking well in Google for Cyber Monday keywords.

Just as I did last time, the keyword searches below were done in Chrome using the incognito browser option so that my previous searches and web browsing history wouldn’t influence the results.  I did not include news articles or Adwords ad placements when searching, nor did I include things like images, videos, shopping… or other Google call-outs. If a website had more than one result in the top 3, I only counted it once.

Google results tend to be a bit fluid, so these results may have already changed since yesterday, and/or they may be different for people searching elsewhere. This isn’t scientific, but it is interesting to see what websites are ranking well for Cyber Monday general search results.

Here are the top 3 website rankings for Cyber Monday keywords that I found:

Now that Black Friday is here, I bet there are a lot of good domain industry deals to be had. I also presume there will be additional Cyber Monday deals and special offers from domain industry companies in a few days.

I invite you to share your coupon and promo codes, special offers, and other Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals found at domain industry companies so all of us can benefit. Many of us will receive emails with special offers and others will find discounts elsewhere.

Here are some ideas for discounts that would be of interest to me and probably people who read my blog:

Big news! Braden & I are getting married. Love isn’t just the best thing in the world, it’s the whole point of everything #SevenYearHitch

— Lisa Bloom (@LisaBloom) November 19, 2014

I am happy to share the news that Braden Pollock and Lisa Bloom are getting married. Braden and Lisa have been dating (and engaged) for quite some time, and they are finally going to be getting married. I wish them continued happiness together.

With this great news, I thought it would be appropriate to share this inspirational quote:

“There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called yesterday and the other is called tomorrow, so today is the right day to love, believe, do and mostly live.” – Dalai Lama