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Re: Web 2.0 Domain Hunter - readily available awesome domains

#11

Post by breck »

blhack wrote: post #6

The DNS is depressing to me. The fact that I find a service like this as cool as I do really speaks to how messed up the domain name service is. Why is domain resale even allowed? "Ownership" of a domain seems silly to me. You should be licensing it from ICANN, and you should not be able to sell it. Part of the licensing agreement should be "if you are a domain squatting piece of scum, your contract will be terminate…

i am amazed that nothing has replaced DNS yet.

while i don't like squatters, I do believe by holding onto domains they are taking a big risk that there won't be a sudden shift away from the current DNS system in the future. i think the domain market is subject to black swans.

I wouldn't be shocked if in 10 years we rely on something else entirely to navigate to websites and .coms become virtually worthless.

i can see why a piece of physical property has lasting value and won't be subject to extreme changes, but i think the value of domains in the future has a very fat tailed distribution and there is a decent risk of them all plummeting to zero.

it is certainly a bubble. the question is how long it will last.

Re: Web 2.0 Domain Hunter - readily available awesome domains

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Post by fizx »

breck wrote: post #11
blhack wrote: post #6

The DNS is depressing to me. The fact that I find a service like this as cool as I do really speaks to how messed up the domain name service is. Why is domain resale even allowed? "Ownership" of a domain seems silly to me. You should be licensing it from ICANN, and you should not be able to sell it. Part of the licensing agreement should be "if you are a domain squatting piece of scum, your contract will be terminate…

i am amazed that nothing has replaced DNS yet. while i don't like squatters, I do believe by holding onto domains they are taking a big risk that there won't be a sudden shift away from the current DNS system in the future. i think the domain market is subject to black swans. I wouldn't be shocked if in 10 years we rely on something else entirely to navigate to websites and .coms become virtually worthless. i can see…

Functionally, Google has replaced DNS for most people.

Re: Web 2.0 Domain Hunter - readily available awesome domains

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Post by alecco »

tfincannon wrote: post #2

It's fun to see the good names it comes up with--except almost none of them are dot com names. I wonder whether a dot com name is really so essential anymore. Unless your marketing relies on print or word of mouth, your traffic will come from links, where the text of the domain name doesn't matter. Hmmm, I can't quite bring myself to believe it... If you do register a name from this site, be sure to click the Learn M…

DNS squatters are using very sophisticated algorithms feeding from Google Trends and hot words in blogs or mainstream media. Forget about getting a domain on something not obscure.

Re: Web 2.0 Domain Hunter - readily available awesome domains

#15

Post by jodrellblank »

I don't have a problem finding jibber-jabber domains on my own.

This site took an annoyingly long time (~10 seconds per name, at a guess) to find three domains like "pladoo.org". I went to instant domain search and found borgyin.com, bergyan.com, yanbiry.com, whenberry.com, manywaffles.com, yellowwraps.com in a few seconds.

That is to say, if your site is about finding domain names - find good ones. I can string pronouncable syllables together myself easily enough.

Re: Web 2.0 Domain Hunter - readily available awesome domains

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Post by skolor »

fizx wrote: post #13
breck wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

i am amazed that nothing has replaced DNS yet. while i don't like squatters, I do believe by holding onto domains they are taking a big risk that there won't be a sudden shift away from the current DNS system in the future. i think the domain market is subject to black swans. I wouldn't be shocked if in 10 years we rely on something else entirely to navigate to websites and .coms become virtually worthless. i can see…

Functionally, Google has replaced DNS for most people.

I agree, and that's an even bigger problem. I find it far easier to just google any site I haven't been to before, but that is relatively easy to poison, especially if the domain/site/service is particularly new.

Re: Web 2.0 Domain Hunter - readily available awesome domains

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Post by dpcan »

jodrellblank wrote: post #15

I don't have a problem finding jibber-jabber domains on my own. This site took an annoyingly long time (~10 seconds per name, at a guess) to find three domains like "pladoo.org". I went to instant domain search and found borgyin.com, bergyan.com, yanbiry.com, whenberry.com, manywaffles.com, yellowwraps.com in a few seconds. That is to say, if your site is about finding domain names - find good ones. I can string pron…

This website is about assisting your creativity. It's throwing up randomness, strange names of any kind. It's fun to watch because it opens your mind to new possibilities when trying to name your service, or even have new ideas.

Re: Web 2.0 Domain Hunter - readily available awesome domains

#18

Post by willwagner »

jodrellblank wrote: post #15

I don't have a problem finding jibber-jabber domains on my own. This site took an annoyingly long time (~10 seconds per name, at a guess) to find three domains like "pladoo.org". I went to instant domain search and found borgyin.com, bergyan.com, yanbiry.com, whenberry.com, manywaffles.com, yellowwraps.com in a few seconds. That is to say, if your site is about finding domain names - find good ones. I can string pron…

I liked manywaffles.com so much I purchased it! You are a jibber-jabber naming guru.

Thanks!

Re: Web 2.0 Domain Hunter - readily available awesome domains

#19

Post by petercooper »

http://godrops.com/ is a really good one I found a few weeks ago too (maybe even from here). You don't have to wait as with this one and you can do searches, etc. That said, I haven't found any worth buying yet but I'm surprised at how cool some of them are.

Re: Web 2.0 Domain Hunter - readily available awesome domains

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Post by jwesley »

breck wrote: post #10
dpcan wrote: post #7

TLD checkboxes are necessary for this to be useful so I can tell it only to look up .com (in my case) or other TLD's if desired. I don't like how 99% of it's finds so far are .org

agreed. anything except .com is nearly completely useless.

That's a pretty ignorant statement. Domain names can go a long way towards achieving great search rankings, which is why the better .net and .org domains sell for 10's of thousands of dollars. Though, I would agree that for those types of meaningless web 2.0 names you better get the .com, since all the marketing you do to build your brand will be pushing lot of direct traffic to someone else's domain.
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