Comments on: It finally gets a name: Hulu.com

By: Dr. Tim Norris

Dr. Tim Norris — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:16:59 +0000

Hulu Street has it’s companion dating site: HULUST. The kids at Phoenix State University are having great fun at the expense of Jeffey Immelt over there….

By: Rocker

Rocker — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 12:51:37 +0000

It’s easy to remember. That’s all that matters at this stage. People are going to come to this site to watch their favorite shows, not because of the site itself (in fact, most of the impressions are probably going to be via their distribution partners, not actually on the site).

Beyond easy to remember, any other critical considerations at this stage? None. And Hulu does have the potential to acquire brand attributes, a la Google and Yahoo…but first, it has to be a great product, and people have to find it.

By: fleetwood mack

fleetwood mack — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 02:55:49 +0000

and you’re all talking about which is exactly what they want.

how easily we get used.

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:34:51 +0000

“It’s short and easy to remember”

Translation: it was the cheapest .com address we could afford.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 19:41:11 +0000

Interesting that of all the TV shows blurbed on the front page, the majority are News Corp. The blurbs change as the page refreshes, but it seems to generally be a mix of three NBC shows to 11 News Corp.

I also think it’s intereresting that after continuing to insist the site was going to be up by late September, the beta is apparently not going to be up until October.

I’ve heard some promising things about it, but the real challenge is going to be marrying the corporate cultures.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:57:45 +0000

At least they didn’t call it “Cthulhu”

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:59:21 +0000

Ha hahahha. “Drive.” Hahh ahaha ha.

By: Glen

Glen — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:40:04 +0000

I had hoped to be incognito, but since I’ve been called out, I’ll confess.

By: tdc

tdc — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:32:50 +0000

hey,

correct me if i’m wrong, but aren’t you the “glen” seen wearing the revolutionary new ‘idoP’ in today’s off the cuff segment @ theindychannel?

By: Glen

Glen — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:24:56 +0000

Hulu? HuNu?

By: tdc

tdc — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:24:30 +0000

i agree w/ safran’s #3.

i was getting tired of using “pets.com” as a verb.

By: dk

dk — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:14:54 +0000

why, it’s stupid
i hate it
i still hate it
it’s no youtube

By: Steve Safran

Steve Safran — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:11:28 +0000

Three stages in newly named web product:

1. Everyone hates it, makes fun of it
2. People slowly adopt it, forget that they hated it
3. People start to use it either as a verb (”Google that”) or in comparison to inferior products (”It’s no flickr.”)