Domain Hunter.. finds type in domains

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  1. #1
    Domain Hunter queries the Overture Keyword suggestion tool then checks for common combinations of the keywords as keywords. Potential domains that are not registered are listed in red. Free domains are also listed in a textarea, so you can bulk register the names, after it has processed the list.

    http://web-professor.net/tools/dh/

    I would love to hear any feedback you have about the tool. I have recently added several new country codes and will be adding more this weekend.
     
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  2. BigTicket

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    #2
    I don't know if I am reading it wrong, but the potential domains available are shown in blue not red as described in your text.

    Very nice tool. I think I will pick up a domain based on the suggestion and give it a try. We'll see how it goes.

    Thanks!
     
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    Mine show blue as well but nice tool thogh I will play with it more later today.

    Thanks for sharing it with us.
     
    powerblast, Mar 29, 2006 IP
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    Nice tool. It was interesting to play with it for a while. Something that did occur to me was the fact that overtures results are a bit screwy in that they flip the words and drop plurals. Maybe useful to check these permutations too.

    Congratulations though and thanks for sharing.

    Lux
     
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  5. webprofessor

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    The script can run permutations but I turned that off for public use because it can make it a resource hog if a lot of people use it. I don't have a good way to check plurals yet. Thats a good idea. I'll look into that and see what I can do thanks !
     
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  6. mcfox

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    Hello WP

    I found it a bit slow. Perhaps there were several users all battering it at once?

    Good idea but I'm not sure it's something I would use, personally speaking. Speed aside, there's a certain 'trust factor' I feel is lacking. Don't take that the wrong way as I mean no offence. I don't feel the design translates to me, the end user, a feeling of security and trust. Just my quick thoughts.
     
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    #7
    For me in both Opera and IE6,
    these 2 columns
    Domain Hyphenated Domain

    text is light grey & difficult to read.

    Its worth the effort though, a great tool
     
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  8. webprofessor

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    - the hard to read grey text are domains that have been registered already. If you saw only grey then all the overture suggestions were already registered. I should add a key to make that more clear thanks for pointing that out.
    - trust ? not sure what there is to not trust but ok.
    - slow, yes its slow it has to be because if you do to many whois queries and you are not a registrar you get your IP banned.
     
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  9. mcfox

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    Maybe it's me and going back to the days of the dot com boom when you tried to reg a good domain name and all of a sudden it was gone. Presumably the idea is to build in some affiliate links for buying domains, right? Well, to be perfectly blunt about it, I wouldn't use them. Not on your site anyway. And since I am a domain buyer and a webmaster, I'm guessing I am your market.

    Here's a tool I do use even though it's still in beta:
    http://www.iwebtool.com/instant/

    It gives me a feeling of trust that I don't get from your site.
     
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  10. webprofessor

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    OK I see where your going, I don't snatch domains but if your worried about it then I agree you shouldn't use it.

    Nope
     
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  11. mcfox

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    You seem to be taking this rather personally. I didn't say you snatched domain names, I said that perhaps this was why 'trust' was the issue it was for me.

    You asked for feedback and I'm giving you an honest opinion. To say that you "don't snatch domains but if your worried about it then I agree you shouldn't use it." surely defeats the type of user most likely to employ the domain tool? Someone like me.
     
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  12. webprofessor

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    no I am not taking personally. you brought up domain snatching here:
    so I tried to address it.

    Thanks you for your feedback. :)
     
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  13. mcfox

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    By saying I shouldn't use it? Not exactly addressing the trust thing I mentioned, is it? :rolleyes:

    I like the idea but I don't think you are giving enough consideration to the 'feel' of the presentation of the site. It's tough enough getting a steady stream of traffic but placing, or at least not removing, obstacles can only be to the detriment of your idea. What's the typical assessment time of a web user landing on a site? Less than 2 seconds?

    You're welcome, btw. :)
     
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  14. Edz

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    I used it and it doesn't work properly.

    At least to some extend.
    The domains in blue are free to register right? I have had one blue result that was free to register...the rest in blue where already registered although this should indicate they are freely available.

    If it works properly then i would think this is a very good tool then i have NOT seen anywhere else before! (if someone does let me know) The iwebtool instant look up doesn't work like domain hunter.

    It doesn't give you any suggestions about domains that are free to register..it only gives instant information about the domain that is being searched.

    Nice tool but needs some serious tweaking.
    And once again if someone knows another tool similar like this please let me know?
     
    Edz, Apr 3, 2006 IP
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    edz if you feel comfortable with it please PM me your queries so I can invesigate that. I haven't had that problem before so I'd like to investigate it.

    Thank you for trying it :)
     
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    #16
    I really can't remember the specific queries i made, they where all sort of random.

    I check into it , since i think this is a very usefull tool if it really works how you described.
     
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    Do you remember what extension you were looking for ?

    Each of the whois's for the different extensions serve up different results for empty records, so its possible I may have entered in the wrong test.

    Thank you again for your help, I really appreciate it.
     
    webprofessor, Apr 3, 2006 IP