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Ask HN: What do you think of our new domain name generator?

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Re: Ask HN: What do you think of our new domain name generator?

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Post by hessenwolf »

josegonzalez wrote: post #19

"There should be a domain name lookup service that combines a thesaurus, misspeller, and translator" http://twitter.com/#!/savant/status/24226152759431168 Where do you get the Verisign's list? I was looking around for this when I tweeted that.

Hi,

1. Our translator is currently switched off. We might add a checkbox to update it. Renualdo? We switched it off because we used google translate, and then cleaned the output (i.e., kill aux, des, della, etc). We are in the process of getting an offline translation kit together though for another project, so that can be added instead in a month or two.

2. We applied through verisign's website and faxed (no kidding - we faxed) our company info. We have a fully registered limited liability (plc) company so it was not too hard. It took about three weeks though to get access.

3. We have thesaurus (clearly) but that is only the start of the fun... and the mispeller is on the list of things to add, after domain hacks. ;)

Re: Ask HN: What do you think of our new domain name generator?

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Post by hessenwolf »

Charuru wrote: post #20
renualdo wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was thinking of having a show/hide taken domains checkbox above the list and/or a site-wide preference if you never, ever want to see the taken ones. The idea of showing the taken ones is that they might be close to expiring and valuable to you somehow.

Well yes, I do think that unavailable domains can be sometimes useful, that's why I said separate into 2 columns.

Hmmm... problem with the two columns is my android phone, and my partner's iphone. We don't want to have to rejig things.

The check box is literally going to arrive in a few minutes... do tell us what you think?...

Re: Ask HN: What do you think of our new domain name generator?

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Post by renualdo »

Charuru wrote: post #20
renualdo wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was thinking of having a show/hide taken domains checkbox above the list and/or a site-wide preference if you never, ever want to see the taken ones. The idea of showing the taken ones is that they might be close to expiring and valuable to you somehow.

Well yes, I do think that unavailable domains can be sometimes useful, that's why I said separate into 2 columns.

I've added the option to hide taken domains. Hope you like it, I went for a checkbox as it could be done more quickly than anything else I could think of but it works reasonably well.

Re: Ask HN: What do you think of our new domain name generator?

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Post by hessenwolf »

renualdo wrote: post #25
[deleted] wrote: post #23

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I'd just like to add that largestmeat.com is also available: http://nametoolkit.com/registrars?domain=largestmeat&tld... Might have me that myself :)

And so is crazyfuckingawesome.com http://nametoolkit.com/suggest?q=fucking+awesome&hide_ta...

Re: Ask HN: What do you think of our new domain name generator?

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Post by jusob »

it looks very similar to mine (http://domain-generator.us/), but for .COM only: synonyms, different combinations of names, etc. Someone posted a list of domain name generators on this forum a while ago (cannot find the link), there are a lot of sites that offer similar functions. You might want to focus on that other do not have to stand out.

Re: Ask HN: What do you think of our new domain name generator?

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Post by hessenwolf »

jusob wrote: post #28

it looks very similar to mine ( http://domain-generator.us/ ), but for .COM only: synonyms, different combinations of names, etc. Someone posted a list of domain name generators on this forum a while ago (cannot find the link), there are a lot of sites that offer similar functions. You might want to focus on that other do not have to stand out.

Yes - we have seen it, and a few others. Try some queries in ours, and some queries in yours, and you will see that we use quite a different set of algorithms although there is some overlap.

We all like some healthy competition, right? How have you been doing with yours?

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