[rdl]

I didn't find several of the "strong examples" to be much stronger than the bad examples.

I absolutely believe in passing the telephone test: a receptionist (not expert in your field) should be able to transcribe your name accurately over a low quality cellphone call. Using technical terms (e.g. git) complicates this, especially if they're longer, and rules out homonyms, frequently confused sounds, etc.

I'd rather have a mid-length two word name, or a long single word, than an ambiguous short single word.

And, obviously, the .com/.net/.org for that domain, and ideally for all related spellings, hyphenations (between words), etc. I hate the abuse of country code ccTLDs for company names.

"getXXXXX.com" is acceptable for a mobile-only app's domain.

[Silhouette]

I didn't find several of the "strong examples" to be much stronger than the bad examples.

I concur.

For example, if I see a site named "somethingly.com", I immediately associate it with a whole bunch of negative connotations, including unoriginality, lack of substance in the product/service that would lead to a more meaningful name, and a high probability of being run by 21-year-olds who are more interested in landing a good funding round or two and then getting bought out by Google before anyone notices their service isn't very good than they are in providing any real value to their customers. Needless to say, such a name is not going to win me over as a customer...

[rdl]

I think 18-22yo who do startups are more likely to have something they're passionate about and build something awesome for the long haul.

The 22+ yo who have graduated college and need to find something to do, or those who have worked for one startup and now want to do something (but don't now what), seem a lot more likely to do a "fund me!" perfunctory startup.

I don't think it's really that related to age, though.