Meryl's Notes Blog

Ted Demopoulos and I had an interesting conversation about blog names back in 2006. He delves into the topic again with the following posts:

• My favorite blog name: His favorite is Escape from Cubicle Nation.
• He asks Seth Godin what he’d name his blog today if he were starting a new blog.
• Three blogs that won’t change their names.
• Treating blogs like book titles reflects on an excellent entry from Wordrider.
• How a blog name changed a person’s life.
• More blog name discussions and three that won’t change.

I honestly don’t know what I’d call my blog if I started it today. I don’t discuss one specific area of anything, which is not a good thing. The most successful blogs focus on a single topic.

What can I say? I’ve always been a Jane of all trades and it hasn’t hurt me — thankfully. I did come up with a name I liked better than Meryl’s Notes — but it still doesn’t reflect the blog’s topics or keywords — “Meryland.” The domain was taken (I did get meryland.org), but this blog was too established to make a change.

A few folks suggested Meryl’s Pearls, but it does not work. Meryl is two syllables and rhymes with beryl not pearl or Merle. Meryl’s Perils would be the right one, but who wants such a term for a name?

If I were into fashion, Apparel Notes from Meryl might work. Kind of bland though.

Conclusion: Naming children is far easier than naming blogs, sites, and books!