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Quite interesting! I can see many benefits for leveraging your platform. Curious, how is the name pronounced? (I don't want to seem a fool as I mention this platform to my peers.) Is it pronounced similar to "look-yoo-que" or "loo-cook" or "look-uck"??? Thanks!

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The name Lookuq came from "look up" and should have the same meaning. But the domain lookup.com is not available. So we just switched the last character from "p" to "q" to have the domain. We pronounce Lookuq as "look up".

Thanks so much! You may want to consider adding this note to your website (maybe in an "About" section). I can imagine many visitors would be curious about the name too. Plus, what you encountered with domain name conflict is an issue that we've all been struck by; so you are not alone! Kudos again for your platform!

Thanks, nice suggestion!

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