Discovery Channel to air “The Joy of Lex” in July.

Remember the descriptive compound names of the doomed search engines of yore? LookSmart, InfoSeek FindWhat, AllTheWeb, etc? Failing to understand the lessons of the past, AOL has brought back generic naming and branding with their new search engine name, “FullView”.

At first glance “FullView“ might seem merely a literal translation of AltaVista, but that would be “HighView”, and thus quite different, of course.

Here is the hysterical PPT that AOL used to sell this dog internally. Note slide number four, where they say the name needs “to signal new, different” and “generate intirgue”.

FullView was named by “best of breed naming agency” Lexicon.

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It happens every Spring, but it needn’t. With the upturn in weather, giddy branders rush outside and dive willy-nilly into rigorous exercise without much thought of safety or technique. The season’s first casualty is Harcourt Assessment, which has suffered a Learnia.

Naming Safety Tip # 1: When engaging in a naming exercise, ALWAYS LIFT WITH YOUR LEGS. This will greatly reduce the possibility of a Learnia.

Says Blandor the Imponderable: “I love a good Learnia, in fact it is a smashing result! Though it does sound derivative of my own work— little matter, imitation is flattery after all. Le Bon Mots!!!”

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