Welcome to the Listr. This post will be updated every time I come across another new name that has an ‘r’ at the end. It seems that it’s really important to have a good and original name first, before you can launch a service in this era of the 2.0 interweb. Also don’t forget to be in beta for a rather long time. It really gives the users the impression that you’re actually trying to make it work.
- attackr
- backlinkr
- bananahammr
- bananr
- bashr
- befittr
- beggr
- bettr
- blogr
- bloggr
- blufr
- bookmarkr
- boomr
- bringr
- browsr
- bubblr
- bullshitr
- calcr
- cleanr
- coastr
- colr
- colrpickr
- contactr
- craprr
- cyclr
- delivr
- designr
- dialr
- dotcomr
- drivr
- educatr
- empressr
- extortr
- fastr
- favr
- feedblendr
- feedmailr
- feedr
- findr
- flagr
- flickr
- frappr
- frimr
- gabbr
- gadgetr
- gickr
- gpokr
- grabbr
- grazr
- greenr
- groupr
- gtalkr
- happycodr
- hitchhikr
- hungrr
- idgettr
- isolatr
- lingr
- listr
- loggr
- lookr
- mappr
- messagr
- mmmzr
- moviemappr
- musiclovr
- nabbr
- notifyr
- numbr
- phrasr
- phonebackr
- photocastr
- pissr
- plannr
- posr
- preloadr
- razr
- refferrr
- rendr
- reportr
- resizr
- retrievr
- ripplrr
- runnr aka (rnnr)
- scanr
- searchr
- seeqr
- skinnyr
- smartr
- smllr
- snipplr
- socializr
- soonr
- spillr
- splashr
- sponsr
- stalkr
- strikr
- swipr
- taggr
- talkr
- tickr
- touristr
- trackbackr
- treadr
- trezr
- twttr
- viewr
- waggr
- wankr
- wankr (I kid you not, there’s two of them)
- webcastr
- waymarkr
- websnapr
- weekendr
- wishlistr
- workr
- wrickr
- zapr
- zooomr
If you know of any others, feel free to drop’m in the comments.
To those start-ups that haven’t decided on a name yet: do something with an ‘A’, so you’ll end up on top of the list. It’s good for your own visibility. Anyone who makes a list will rank you high. It’ll be the only way to make a difference in the r, r, r-world.
Update [07-01-2006]: I think this is about the most complete ‘r’ archive on the web today! Thanks to everyone who helped me complete the list!
Update [08-22-2006]: 100th name added!
Houtlust
June 23, 2006 at 4:23 pm
You forgot the best one: Coolz0r
Coolz0r
June 23, 2006 at 6:13 pm
No, Coolz0r can not be added to the list. The ‘r’ follows on a number (zero) and not on a consonant. :)
Jason Schramm
June 24, 2006 at 2:28 am
The day after we shutdown Craprr and now CNET News links to this post. Where’s my spotlight? Where’s my link from CNET?
kelly
June 24, 2006 at 2:39 am
dude, but Frappr is twice as cool as the rest. Not only is it in beta, but it also has Google’s every-letter-is-a-different color coolness.
Coolz0r
June 24, 2006 at 4:32 am
http://reviews.cnet.com/4531-10921_7-6546821.html?tag=blog
Yeah, Jason, sorry dude… But I’ll add craprr.com to the list
Tom De Bruyne
June 24, 2006 at 9:14 am
Hehehe :-)
Dr. Stupid » Blog Archive » say bloggr
June 24, 2006 at 11:01 am
[...] flickr è indubbiamente il più famoso ma CoolzOr ha catalogato altri 36 siti Web 2.0 che fanno a meno della “e” nel nome. Scorrendo l’elenco si trovano bananr, beggr, bettr, bloggr, bubblr, calcr, colr, craprr… Nell’ [...]
Andy
June 24, 2006 at 11:45 am
There is weekendr since yesterday :)
Coolz0r
June 24, 2006 at 12:34 pm
Allright :) added to the list :)
jb
June 24, 2006 at 6:58 pm
Check out http://www.buzzshout.com to keep up to date on the newest “r” sites…oh yes, there will be more!
Jason Schramm
June 25, 2006 at 3:16 am
Some more: blogr.com,coastr.com (which I like), messagr.com
Coolz0r
June 25, 2006 at 11:12 am
Thanks Jason, I added them to the list :)
Carol
June 25, 2006 at 4:10 pm
…and the phone called Rockr?
Marco
June 25, 2006 at 5:57 pm
eh
DJTRX’R (http://www.djtrx.com)
well, it will be next week if i’m getting as many news.com hits as you get. :)
blackbart
June 25, 2006 at 6:28 pm
Rokr, as in the origional Moto phone with iTunes.
Coolz0r
June 25, 2006 at 6:53 pm
hmm. I don’t think a phone qualifies as a web 2.0 tool, nor does iTunes, unless they start adding ‘voting’ and ‘reviews’ (or did they do that already?)
As for DJTRX’R… good luck, Marco :)
posur
June 25, 2006 at 10:41 pm
http://numbr.com/
Coolz0r
June 25, 2006 at 11:16 pm
Thanks Posur :)
Vincent
June 26, 2006 at 4:33 pm
Nice list! I got some more: http://www.backlinkr.com and http://www.trackbackr.com
Coolz0r
June 26, 2006 at 6:38 pm
Thanks Vincent, I added them to the list!
Piers Fawkes
June 26, 2006 at 9:57 pm
marktd?
Coolz0r
June 26, 2006 at 10:12 pm
Piers,
Although the site has awful colors, which is nice for Web 2.0, marktd(.com) doesn’t have an ‘r’ at the end. If they change it to marktdr, then I’ll add it to the list :)
Mayank
June 27, 2006 at 12:25 am
Awesome work!
I think this post of yours will make at least all those website owners that they should have given a thought in choosing the domain name :)
mag3737
June 27, 2006 at 12:55 am
Only way to make a “diffrence” in the r, r, r-world, you mean.
John
June 27, 2006 at 3:30 am
http://www.posr.com/
hahaha, no way.
Who names their company POS Resources. That has SERIOUS negative connotation.
Coolz0r
June 27, 2006 at 6:36 am
Heheheh. I’ll add it :) Thanks
michael
June 27, 2006 at 3:38 pm
What about http://www.ripplr.com ?
cheers
Robin Wauters
June 27, 2006 at 3:45 pm
Nice list! Here’s some more…
Web 2.0 (for whatever it means):
sponsr.com
viewr.com
gadgetr.com
seeqr.com
generatr.com
Not really Web 2.0:
searchr.com
crawlr.com
designr.com
Filled with ads:
diggr.com
postr.com
chatr.com
feedburnr.com
ipodr.com
tunr.com
sendr.com
seekr.com
publishr.com
If I bump into others, I’ll let ya know.
Robin Wauters
June 27, 2006 at 3:47 pm
oh, and (ad-filled) commentr.com! ;-)
Robin Wauters
June 27, 2006 at 3:51 pm
and (Web 2.0-ish) taggr.com!
You just gotta love their tagline (pun intended): “All your tag are belong to us” :-)
Coolz0r
June 27, 2006 at 4:29 pm
Yeah, umm, let’s agree that they do have to have an actual service that’s up and running. Pre-ordered domains don’t fit in. But thanks for contributing :)
Coolz0r
June 27, 2006 at 10:23 pm
Thanks Michael, I added ripplr too, although it’s quite unclear what they’re planning to do.
noah kagan
June 28, 2006 at 5:35 am
you missed phonebackr.com wrote about them here
enjoy,
noah
okdork.com
Armin
June 28, 2006 at 11:58 am
They seem to grow quite quickly, I only managed to get to 19 back in April:
http://www.ministryofpropaganda.co.uk/2006propaganda/20060401-rrrrrr.shtml
I think all the ones I found back then are already on your list.
Coolz0r
June 28, 2006 at 1:00 pm
Wow, Noah, Phonebackr IS creepy. Too bad it’s U.S. only :) I’ll add it to the list, thanks!
Robin Wauters
June 28, 2006 at 3:14 pm
zapr.com
bookmarkr.com
browsr.com
webcastr.com
plugr.com
drivr.com
smartr.com
amtt
June 28, 2006 at 6:26 pm
http://spillr.com
Jason
June 28, 2006 at 7:00 pm
Groupr
Contactr
Adam Messinger
June 28, 2006 at 7:15 pm
Don’t forget feedmailr. Its still in alpha!
Jim Straatman
June 28, 2006 at 10:57 pm
I’m working on a GPS data sharing community site: TreadR.com
Coolz0r
June 29, 2006 at 12:04 am
Thanks Robin, amtt, Adam & Jim, I added your suggestions which brings the total to a dazzling 66 sites !
@ Robin, plugr sounds very 2.0, but it’s not a service. It sells lawnmowers or something… But thanks, you’ve been incredibly helpful building the list!
Jedd
June 29, 2006 at 4:05 am
http://www.hitchhikr.com
conference aggregator
Robin Wauters
June 29, 2006 at 10:00 am
Ok, this is my last comment on this post, I swear.
dialr.com
findr.com
strikr.com
tickr.com
rendr.com
cyclr.com
loggr.com
runnr.com / rnnr.com
uploadr.com
referrr.com (i kid you not, 3 r’s in a row!)
dotcomr.com
educatr.com
You should have the most complete ‘R-list in the world about now.
Coolz0r
June 29, 2006 at 4:26 pm
Jeez. It’s becoming quite a list
Jeremy
June 29, 2006 at 8:04 pm
FYI,
The URLs for Contactr and Groupr are http://contactr.200ok.net http://groupr.200ok.net, respectively.
Coolz0r
June 29, 2006 at 8:42 pm
Thanks Jeremy, I must have been too fast. I updated it.
Christian
June 30, 2006 at 4:54 pm
http://www.grubr.com (just bought it)
Fabulo
June 30, 2006 at 5:44 pm
All these silly names make my head spin. I probably need to see a doctr.
Charlie
June 30, 2006 at 8:59 pm
What about sexr, and flabbr..
pudge
June 30, 2006 at 10:04 pm
http://www.smllr.com/