Professional and tacky aside, your name identifies a site as relating to you. It is most likely the best way to make it easy to find you, though it cannot even guarantee the first page of hits on a search.
Recognition by one's own name is very good for repeat business. It does not promote walk-in trade. I am by no means sure that there is any reliable way to promote subject-based recognition of commercial ventures on the web but descriptive may be the way to go. How about something along the lines of sciencewriter.something? While this particular example is taken, there may be others floating around.
Back to the word professional. I don't think that it applies. Professionalism is better equated with competence. The name that one chooses for a web site can neither demonstrate nor affect one's work. At best, the choice of name is about advertising, a different subject and one which you may want to consider.
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Date: 2006-03-08 08:44 am (UTC)Recognition by one's own name is very good for repeat business. It does not promote walk-in trade. I am by no means sure that there is any reliable way to promote subject-based recognition of commercial ventures on the web but descriptive may be the way to go. How about something along the lines of sciencewriter.something? While this particular example is taken, there may be others floating around.
I am also reminded of a friend who posted about possible names for her editing site (http://bend-gules.livejournal.com/51541.html?nc=10). Catchy could be good, too.
Back to the word professional. I don't think that it applies. Professionalism is better equated with competence. The name that one chooses for a web site can neither demonstrate nor affect one's work. At best, the choice of name is about advertising, a different subject and one which you may want to consider.