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Show HN: Endless Domains – Domain suggestion tool for new gTLDs

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Post by dperfect » Sat, May 31, 2014, 3:40 PM UTC

Show HN: Endless Domains – Domain suggestion tool for new gTLDs
endless.domains

Re: Show HN: Endless Domains – Domain suggestion tool for new gTLDs

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Post by dperfect » Sat, May 31, 2014, 4:26 PM UTC

This is one of my recent side projects. I'd love to get some feedback here.

Re: Show HN: Endless Domains – Domain suggestion tool for new gTLDs

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Post by xytop » Sat, May 31, 2014, 5:18 PM UTC

dperfect wrote: post #2

This is one of my recent side projects. I'd love to get some feedback here.

I dont understand how domains appear.. So I entered a word `resume` - no relevant domains popped up..

Re: Show HN: Endless Domains – Domain suggestion tool for new gTLDs

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Post by dperfect » Sat, May 31, 2014, 5:26 PM UTC

xytop wrote: post #3

dperfect wrote: post #2

This is one of my recent side projects. I'd love to get some feedback here.

I dont understand how domains appear.. So I entered a word `resume` - no relevant domains popped up..

> No relevant domains popped up

The algorithm sometimes finds very distant relationships to the word you give it. It depends somewhat on the word and whether or not more closely-related words are available. Since "resume" may be seen as both the noun and the verb, related words may be quite distant.

To be quite honest, I was tired of other domain suggestion tools using only the exact word(s) I give, so some degree of distant word relationships is intentional (I considered making it completely random, but I like the idea of choosing a "seed" word as a starting point).

Re: Show HN: Endless Domains – Domain suggestion tool for new gTLDs

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Post by dsl » Sat, May 31, 2014, 5:27 PM UTC

This is a perfect example of how useless most of these new gTLDs are.

The majority of them (for example .camera) were created to capture address bar traffic (someone typing camera directly in and effectively bypassing Google search to become the #1 result). Since the ICANN decision to disallow dotless domains, there are only a few dozen "good" domains under .camera, so we are left with lots and lots of TLDs that will have very sparse usage and not be revenue positive for the owners.

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Post by rob_mccann » Sat, May 31, 2014, 5:27 PM UTC

dperfect wrote: post #2

This is one of my recent side projects. I'd love to get some feedback here.

Doesnt seem to work on chrome for Android.

As soon as I type a letter, the text area seems to lose focus and the on screen keyboard disappears. Nothing appears in the search box.

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Post by dsl » Sat, May 31, 2014, 5:28 PM UTC

dperfect wrote: post #4

xytop wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I dont understand how domains appear.. So I entered a word `resume` - no relevant domains popped up..

> No relevant domains popped up The algorithm sometimes finds very distant relationships to the word you give it. It depends somewhat on the word and whether or not more closely-related words are available. Since "resume" may be seen as both the noun and the verb, related words may be quite distant. To be quite honest, I was tired of other domain suggestion tools using only the exact word(s) I give, so some degree of…

"taxes"

cement.email decrease.singles collect.pics

...I guess they kinda make sense??

Re: Show HN: Endless Domains – Domain suggestion tool for new gTLDs

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Post by dperfect » Sat, May 31, 2014, 5:30 PM UTC

rob_mccann wrote: post #6

dperfect wrote: post #2

This is one of my recent side projects. I'd love to get some feedback here.

Doesnt seem to work on chrome for Android. As soon as I type a letter, the text area seems to lose focus and the on screen keyboard disappears. Nothing appears in the search box.

Thanks for the report - I'll check it out.

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Post by james_pm » Sat, May 31, 2014, 5:48 PM UTC

dperfect wrote: post #2

This is one of my recent side projects. I'd love to get some feedback here.

Really nice and thanks for including Hover in the results. Since you know the domain is available, you can skip the search on our site and take the user right to the cart if you want. https://www.hover.com/shop/domain.com (replace that with the actual domain, obviously).

Re: Show HN: Endless Domains – Domain suggestion tool for new gTLDs

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Post by dperfect » Sat, May 31, 2014, 5:51 PM UTC

james_pm wrote: post #9

dperfect wrote: post #2

This is one of my recent side projects. I'd love to get some feedback here.

Really nice and thanks for including Hover in the results. Since you know the domain is available, you can skip the search on our site and take the user right to the cart if you want. https://www.hover.com/shop/domain.com (replace that with the actual domain, obviously).

Thanks - will do.