Vinny Lingham (and his investor?) have decided to change the name of their “build-it-yourself” online service called SynthaSite to Yola. The name-change will take effect in a few days. (Old address: www.synthasite.com and new address: www.yola.com.)  

This is why and how (from a blog post and e-mail sent to all registered users this morning):

We’re changing our name to “Yola.” It’s easy to remember and pretty fun to say. It comes from the Hindi word “jhola”, which means hatch – and hatching big ideas is exactly what you do at Yola.

Our new name Yola is about half as long, but contains 100% of what you know and love about SynthaSite. We’re the same company with the same team. You’ll find all the sites you built (at www.yola.com) and their web addresses are also the same.

In a few days, when you visit SynthaSite, our home page will have a whole new look. Don’t worry, you’ll be at the right place. 

The life of an online journalist sure is easy. I just received this “open letter” to the (roughly) one million registered users of the website Synthasite in my in-box. It came from the Synthasite boss Vinny Lingham. I publish his e-mail in full. [Read on]