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Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by phgn »

paulgb wrote: post #27
samwhiteUK wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why wouldn't it?

Because different tlds are operated somewhat differently and afaict this seems to be a secondary service that isn’t fundamental to routing or other required operations of a registrar. In this case it seems to work with “participating tlds”, whichever those are.

All DNS zones on CZDS have the same format, and AFAIK all nTLDs are required to use it.

But you're right for ccTLDs -- everyone uses their own format and most don't even allow you to get the zone file. There are some companies though that provide similar lists from crawling data (e.g. https://zonefiles.io/).

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by cannam »

jacquesm wrote: post #26
Grimburger wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Classic useless use of cat?

I don't agree with the whole 'useless use of cat' meme: cat creates an output stream, which in turn allows you to build up the subsequent command bit by bit and allows you to cut and past chunks from useful building blocks you keep in a file. The first command changes all the time so by using 'cat' those blocks remain reusable, everything will use the piped input that cat sends if there is no preceding program, rathe…

Totally with you there. "Useless use of cat" is usually good practice, not bad.

It's clearer - the structure indicates right at the front what it is going to do, namely read a file and pass it through a pipeline. There is no need to read ahead to find out what the source material is.

It's safer - "cat" is a read-only operation, once you've written that command up-front there is no longer a risk of overwriting the original file with a typo in the rest of the pipeline.

It's simpler to construct and nicely orthogonal to the rest of the pipeline - you can write the "cat" and then season the rest to taste (as you suggested).

I will occasionally remove cat from a very heavily-used loop, but as a default style it's fine.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by beardyw »

ramraj07 wrote: post #36

A tip I discovered - use hyphens, and suddenly very small nice domains become available. No one types domains anyway. Also does anyone know how to get a shady domain parking service to give up on a domain they’ve been holding for decades? I’m actually happy to pay 500 but not thousands and it’s not even a domain that a company or commercial interest would want to purchase.

That begs the question do you need a .com anyway?

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by DeathArrow »

ramraj07 wrote: post #36

A tip I discovered - use hyphens, and suddenly very small nice domains become available. No one types domains anyway. Also does anyone know how to get a shady domain parking service to give up on a domain they’ve been holding for decades? I’m actually happy to pay 500 but not thousands and it’s not even a domain that a company or commercial interest would want to purchase.

>No one types domains anyway.

I do, at least the first letters until the browser completes the rest.

And if no one types domains, why do you need a short domain name anyway?

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by weird-eye-issue »

ramraj07 wrote: post #36

A tip I discovered - use hyphens, and suddenly very small nice domains become available. No one types domains anyway. Also does anyone know how to get a shady domain parking service to give up on a domain they’ve been holding for decades? I’m actually happy to pay 500 but not thousands and it’s not even a domain that a company or commercial interest would want to purchase.

The very fact you want to buy it and are willing to pay $500+ means there is a commercial interest in it. That's like saying no company wants to own a house because they won't live in it. True, but they rent them out.

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by _andrei_ »

But is it a good one? There are better methods for finding an actually good domain name, you just have to think outside the box and come up with new ideas constantly.

For example these domains should be available wink wink: editormag.com geekyglossary.com infiniteiterator.com infographics365.com minutequestions.com museumology.com onlinehistorian.com webdesigndaily.com donateyourcomputerpower.com lazysites.com scorchingearth.com thechronoscope.com 24hourdigitalclock.com adfunkr.com aircontroltower.com aracina.com artistreferences.com athletelite.com askaboutamerica.com audiofeedr.com australers.com babysnooker.com beercounting.com bipabit.com bonfirekids.com bookinthebag.com cactusportal.com californiculture.com cheerfulservices.com complimentopia.com crocotin.com dreadpirateradio.com egoarbitrage.com firsttimebuyeralert.com gardenomat.com gigaspeakers.com hipsterian.com kateke.com messingwithyourmind.com myfitnessdoctor.com mypassword123.com orgasmatron5000.com panonyx.com propmakerz.com ricefactor.com thrillerdomains.com ulugulu.com

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by Andrew_nenakhov »

_andrei_ wrote: post #47

But is it a good one? There are better methods for finding an actually good domain name, you just have to think outside the box and come up with new ideas constantly. For example these domains should be available wink wink : editormag.com geekyglossary.com infiniteiterator.com infographics365.com minutequestions.com museumology.com onlinehistorian.com webdesigndaily.com donateyourcomputerpower.com lazysites.com scorc…

All taken by squatters in 3.. 2.. 1...

Re: Find a good available .com domain

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Post by Termitiono »

ramraj07 wrote: post #36

A tip I discovered - use hyphens, and suddenly very small nice domains become available. No one types domains anyway. Also does anyone know how to get a shady domain parking service to give up on a domain they’ve been holding for decades? I’m actually happy to pay 500 but not thousands and it’s not even a domain that a company or commercial interest would want to purchase.

You get a good and potentially expensive com domain for easy of use and not landing in spam folders.

I prefer *.io domains for non critical things.

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