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Joost a minute YouTube while I dance with Hulu

For all those video startup sites up there beating their brains out trying to find a descriptive name like YouTube, take a minute to look at the names of their fast-growing professional competitors Joost and Hulu.

Despite its strong Dutch overtones (as if you know or care), Joost is an abstract word from the people who brought us Skype. They have major corporate funding, a strong international outlook and are growing like crazy. So they can call themselves whatever they like.. we will pass it around and get used to it quickly.

Hulu is somewhere in the middle.. almost an English or Hawaiian word… regardless it is a great emotional play off the ever popular word Hula. Not as abstract as Joost, but certainly not as descriptive as YouTube.. and only in USA do they call the TV a tube anyway.

Joost and Hulu deserve name awards… plus they are doing a great job of delivering smooth, quality video content.

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Friday, October 17th, 2008 Branding, Great Names, International, Name Origins

3 Comments to Joost a minute YouTube while I dance with Hulu

Mandy Lane
October 31, 2009

Youtube is my favorite website and i am so addicted in watching music videos in it.

Krista
November 19, 2009

Youtube is my super favorite website. I cant spend a day without watching music videos on Youtube.

Beautiful Girls Gallery
January 3, 2010

Youtube is one of the best Web 2.0 service on the internet today. I really love watching music videos and funny video clips on Youtube.

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