We’ve renamed NeighbourhoodFix-It to FixMyStreet! Everything will continue to work the same, so get reporting those abandoned fridges and uncleaned up dog poo. Old links should redirect to the new domain.
Matthew explains why we did this in the FAQ:
Wasn’t this site called Neighbourhood Fix-It?
Yes, we changed the name mid June 2007. We decided Neighbourhood Fix-It was a bit of a mouthful, hard to spell, and hard to publicise (does the URL have a dash in it or not?). The domain FixMyStreet became available recently, and everyone liked the name.
Thanks to Tom Loosemore for telling us that the old name was just too cumbersome, and Matthew for reworking it (and improving the front page to boot!) in what felt like 3 seconds flat.
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June 16th, 2007 at 2:25am
Just to say that this is another example of how everything counts about a website. Not just how usable it is once you get there, but also search engine rankings, and a memorable, meaningful name. The whole picture of how users are affected by your site is what matters.
June 18th, 2007 at 11:12am
definitely a snappier title. just followed your link though to http://www.neighbourhoodfix-it.com/ and that’s a deadun.
cheers
paul canning
June 18th, 2007 at 12:00pm
Paul - we never registered a NeighbourhoodFixIt domain with a hyphen. Where did you find that link?
July 16th, 2007 at 3:20pm
UKCOD hasn’t updated the link
July 17th, 2007 at 10:06am
Thanks, fixed :)