# Is it OK to use the word "Discourse" in the name of our Discourse-hosted discussion board?

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**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [2015 年 6 月 8 日午後 6:12 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-ok-to-use-the-word-discourse-in-the-name-of-our-discourse-hosted-discussion-board/29778 "2015-06-08T18:12:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![uwe\_keim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/uwe_keim/32/326762_2.png) [@uwe\_keim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/uwe_keim)\
**Post date:** [2015 年 6 月 9 日午前 6:59 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-ok-to-use-the-word-discourse-in-the-name-of-our-discourse-hosted-discussion-board/29778/4 "2015-06-09T06:59:19Z")

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From a “usability” point-of-view (or SEO) I would vote against naming something after the technology it uses.

Instead I would use a term that expresses the content/intention of the website.

E.g. our community-URL is named “ **community**.zeta-producer.com”.

So I would recommend to give the user and Google better information about what _content_ he can expect on that domain, not what _technology_.

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