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How We Named This Blog — 5 Rejections and a Lesson (The Making of Markive, Part 1)

This blog is called Markive. But before that name existed, five other names were born — and buried. Today we're publishing the full autopsy. If you're naming a blog, a brand, or a side project, consider this a map of the landmines we already stepped on for you. The hard part isn't thinking of a name Coming up with a decent name is surprisingly easy. The hard part comes next: finding out whether it already belongs to someone else. Skip that step and two problems await. The first is legal — trademarks. The second is quieter and, for a blog, far deadlier: search invisibility . If a well-known service already owns your name, people who search for you will find them. Every result, every page. For a blog that lives on search traffic, that's a death sentence signed on day one. Our process was a loop: brainstorm candidates with AI (Claude), then verify each one against real web searches. The AI's job was speed — generating options and compiling what the se...

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Markive ("this blog", https://en.markive.kr) respects your privacy. This policy explains what information is collected on this blog and how it is used.

Effective date: July 18, 2026

1. Information we collect

This blog has no sign-up process and never asks you to submit personal information. However, the following may be collected automatically in the course of operating the site.

  • Visit logs — This blog runs on Google Blogger. Google may collect log data such as your IP address, browser type, time of access, and pages viewed, as part of providing the platform.
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4. How collected information is used

  • Operating the blog and improving content quality
  • Analyzing visit statistics for reference
  • Serving personalized ads (Google AdSense)

5. Sharing with third parties

This blog does not itself collect, store, sell, or share your personal information. As described above, platform and advertising providers such as Google may process data under their own privacy policies. See the Google Privacy Policy for details.

6. Children's privacy

This blog does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

7. External links

Posts on this blog may contain links to external websites. This blog is not responsible for the privacy practices of those sites; please review their own privacy policies.

8. Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated to reflect changes in law or in how the blog operates. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.

9. Contact

For questions about this policy, contact us at:

Email: yungjin.suh@gmail.com

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