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[Alfredo]

Since coming to China nearly half-decade ago, and even moreso since taking the reigns here at The Tech Dynasty, I've become increasingly surrounded by the facinating world of Chinese Web sites.

And while the West has an ever-convoluted domain pool to deal with, the Chinese are not to be out done. What follows is my modest attempt to explain the meaning behind some of China's largest Web sites and their sometimes obscure domain names.

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[Daniel Dryzek]

Interesting, one of the examples

QQ.com: "The original name of QQ was OICQ. The name was based on an already existing IMS (Internet Message Service), ICQ. ICQ was one of the first IMS programs. The acronym ICQ came from the fact that the letters sound like 'I seek you.' OICQ stood for 'Oriental ICQ' [maybe] but because of possible trademark infringement was changed to QQ."

DD

[Alfredo]

I still think that Chinese is difficult

Oriental ICQ

[Daniel Dryzek]

Interesting stories also regarding numeric .cn domain names:

163.com: Now the site is largely takes its branding from its parent company, Netease (***32593;***26131;/w***462;ngy***283; - lit. "net" and "easy"). However, in times past people used something called "the dial-up" (presumably made of stone, or bronze) to connect to the Internet and 163 was the dialing prefix used to connect to ChinaNet (China's national ISP).

126.com: A popular Chinese e-mail service, 126.com also dips into the nostalgia for its name--taking it from the now defunct paging industry. Back before everyone and their nainai had a mobile, the hippest of Chinese would dial '126' to connect to China's largest paging service. The site is also owned by Netease, which seems to love 3-number sites. According to this post the name may also originate from the fact that 126 in Chinese is ***24186;***20108;***20845;/y***257;o ***269;rli***367;, which sounds like "let you be happy", "want you to be happy".

Yes, Chinese and China itself is "difficult" but very interesting and full of opportunities. I need to go there some time soon

DD

[snicksnack]

I like China. It is pretty nice here. And yes, the language is very difficult for foreigners to learn.

[Alfredo]

Originally Posted by snicksnack

I like China. It is pretty nice here. And yes, the language is very difficult for foreigners to learn.

For someone who doen't know Chinese. Do you recommend registrer numbers?

[Daniel Dryzek]

Originally Posted by Alfredo

For someone who doen't know Chinese. Do you recommend registrer numbers?

With so many .cn domain names out there NNN.cn isn't a bad idea at all

DD

[Alfredo]

Originally Posted by Daniel Dryzek

With so many .cn domain names out there NNN.cn isn't a bad idea at all

DD

Do you know how much one nnn.cn in second market?