Dear Readers:
When we first set this blog up in the summer of 2011, it really grew out of some conversations around the office that Mendee, Byamba and I were having. The decision to start blogging as well as the choice of “Mongolia Today” as a name was fairly spontaneous.
We were aware at the time that Mongolia Today was also the name of a tourism-oriented site, but we neither worried about any substantive overlap, nor did we expect much impact from our site initially.
However, we’ve kept blogging, adding Brandon as an author along the way and we have now seemed to build up some credibility and a bit of an audience.
While B Lutaa and her colleagues who are running the mongoliatoday.com site have been understanding and friendly, it’s also time to acknowledge their use of this title and move on to a new name that is specific to our blog.
We’re therefore turning to you, our readers, for advice on a new name for our blog.
Some of the aspects of a name for our blog we’re looking for:
- easy
- memorable
- searchable
- descriptive
- “Mongolia” should probable be in the title
- available domain name in case we want to move away from UBC’s blog hosting at some point in the future
Some of the ideas we’ve talked about:
- Mongolia Analysis
- Mongolia Analyses
- Mongolia Watchers
- Mongolia Review
If you have any suggestions, please leave a comment with your suggestion below.
Follow
Mongolia at a glance
Eyes on Mongolia
Today’s Mongolia
Sainbanuu Mongolia
The News from Mongolia
Mongolia Here and Now
Good luck, Ann
How about “Mongolia Watch?” I think it more catchy than “Mongolia Watchers” and I like how it captures the more open/interdisciplinary/casual nature of the blog… “Analysis” sounds too poli sci/econ/serious in a certain way to me! Same with “Review.”
Best,
Marissa
Mongolog
Mongolphile
Dear Mogi,
I appreciate that certain information that are false or foggy in your blog are clarified/corrected with (Mogi: ….) not just copy and paste.
Mongolia Watchers – sounds catchy and memorable.
Cheers
How about
Mongolia Monitor (Monitoring Mongolia)
Mongolia Forward
Mongolian Matters
Cheers,
William
I like Mongolia Monitor a lot, but USAID uses Mongol Monitor, so sadly that’s out.
Would a positive feel be appropriate? If so:
Mongolia Rising
It doesn’t suggest the blog won’t be critical, but simply reflects what is likely to be the case for the forseeable future: a country on its way up. There are a few instances of Mongolia Rising used as a title on the web (see a 2011 web post at http://www.dayonbay.org/mongolia-rising/) but I think the domain name is free.