Today seems like a good day for a bit of silliness with almost no link to SEO at all.  As with all things in my life, there is a link to SEO anyway, despite its tenuous nature.

Japanese animation, Pioneer and cabbits are inexorably linked for me.  While some may enjoy other anime (and I am a huge fan of “Bubblegum Crists”, “Ranma ½” and Lodoss Wars”), I love “Tenchi Muyo”.  In this series there is a character that is small, cute and furry called “Ryo-oh-ki” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryo-Ohki .  Now, Ryo-oh-ki’s name possibly translates as “something small that has the potential to be big” which is fitting since she can change from a small cabbit to a really big spaceship.

Now, in the anime (short for Japanese animation), Ryo-oh-ki does cute, if uncoordinated, things like walking in to glass doors, rolling down hills, just being cute, etc.  My husband, also a fan, decided that this character blended the correct amount of lack of coordination and cuteness to match me and my agility.  Apparently I rolled a 2 on a 3D6 for dexterity. (For non-gamers – 3D6 relates to rolling three dice having 6 sides each, numbered from one to six.)

How does this relate to SEO?  Searching for something is all about trying to find something and so I wanted to be found.  Now, being fond of my husband, I decided to use the cabbit term of affection online as a distinctive name.  I share the same name as a journalist, doctor and other persons of note so it seemed sensible.  The popularity of Tenchi Muyo meant it was not possible to easily carve out a distinctive identity.

In creating a distinctive identity I can do a vanity search on, I had to create a new name.  I noticed some names started with a lower case “de” which could mean “the” and so as I am ‘the cabbit’ I changed that to ‘deCabbit’.  Chick logic, apparently

These days, part of the process of naming a business, movie or other big budget enterprise, is the availability of the “.com” domain name.  Fail this initial test and the name is often scrapped.  In building a brand with a unique identity the “.com” is essential and failing to secure it before a cyber-squatter does could cost your business thousands in lost traffic and costs of buying the name.

So there you have it.  I am “deCabbit” because I wanted to be able to do a vanity search and find me.  I wanted friends to be able to find me and I wanted a unique, cute, catchy alt.name to be known by.  I wanted my own domain name I could post silly stuff to.  And like anyone, I was hoping for some (link) love…