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Lean Domain Search Now Checks the Availability of 2,000 Domain Names per Search

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Re: Lean Domain Search Now Checks the Availability of 2,000 Domain Names per Search

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Post by JoshTriplett »

matt1 wrote: post #35
j45 wrote: post #34

Very cool, nice to see you have continued to develop the service. Have you had any thoughts about how you might insulate domain squatters from simply showing up and buying every short domain for common searches? Also, regarding switching default search registrars... considered making this a paid service? Would help with my question above too.

There's nothing stopping squatters from registering these domain names other than the fact they would have to register so many. That's part of the beauty of it. Re: making it a paid service -- how would you charge?

One rather obvious approach for making it a paid service: talk with a reputable registrar and get them to adopt it as their primary search-and-register mechanism.

Re: Lean Domain Search Now Checks the Availability of 2,000 Domain Names per Search

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Post by b2hack »

matt1 wrote: post #8
kanamekun wrote: post #6

Wow, this is an amazing service! Somehow I missed this the first time it was posted, but I'll definitely use this for all my domain hunting in the future. I'm curious: how did you pick the "other keywords commonly found in domain names"?

1) Get ahold of a zone file listing all the registered .com domain names 2) Pick five common words 3) Scan the zone file, noting which registered domain names start and end with one of those common words. 4) Now parse those results and pick the words that are joined with them to form domain names (ie, the prefixes and suffixes) 5) Scan the zone file, noting how many domain names start or end with those prefixes/suffi…

Great work with your site matt!

When do you update the file containing all the registered .com domain names. How do you handle the registered domains after you create the file?

Re: Lean Domain Search Now Checks the Availability of 2,000 Domain Names per Search

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Post by joelrunyon »

matt1 wrote: post #7
duck wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree... the green is hard to scan. Also, it would be nice to know what the "default" sort order represents. Seems more random than sorted. :)

I actually A/B tested the impact of a light vs a dark design on the number of searches folks made and the difference was negligible [1]. Agreed through that the default order is something that can be optimized and tested going forward. [1] http://www.mattmazur.com/2012/02/ab-testing-a-light-vs-dark-...

Love the site, but I'd agree that white on black is hard to read (and so is the green).

A toggle option to change the color scheme (since they convert about the same) would be really cool.

That said, it's your project - do what you want with it! Keep up the good work.

Re: Lean Domain Search Now Checks the Availability of 2,000 Domain Names per Search

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Post by scoopr »

matt1 wrote: post #19
wildmXranat wrote: post #11

Very neat service. Do you plan on adding other commission links , ie: not GoDaddy ?

Thanks -- you can change the preferred registrar by clicking the 'change your preferred registrar' link below the red registration button.

Perhaps the "Register Now With" button could be a drop-down for the registrars, the changing a preferred registrar feels like an extra needless step.

Re: Lean Domain Search Now Checks the Availability of 2,000 Domain Names per Search

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Post by matt1 »

joelrunyon wrote: post #55

Is there a character limit of the domains we can search for? (seemed to me to be 20?). I know there's a huge dropoff in competition when domains start to get long, but there are a few times it would be nice to have.

Your search query must contain at least three letters; there is no max.

Re: Lean Domain Search Now Checks the Availability of 2,000 Domain Names per Search

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Post by deanpcmad »

matt1 wrote: post #24
johnfn wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just because GoDaddy is what most people use doesn't mean it's what most people should use. On top of all the SOPA nonsense, GoDaddy has remarkably sexist and degrading ads. I'd encourage you to set the default registrar to be a different registrar by default - maybe Namecheap?

There's a huge drop off in affiliate revenue from GoDaddy to the next most popular registrar. Making Namecheap default would inconvenience most the users and cause a substantial drop in my revenue. I appreciate where you're coming from, but I'm not sure the pros of switching outweigh the cons.

Maybe offer people a choice between GoDaddy and/or Namecheap. If you offered Namecheap I would buy domains through your site all the time :)

Re: Lean Domain Search Now Checks the Availability of 2,000 Domain Names per Search

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Post by mikejarema »

stefanobernardi wrote: post #48

http://www.domainsbot.com checks way more than 10,000 for every search, doing semantic matching. They have been doing it for years. I'm sorry but I'm failing to see how this is cooler other than the fancy colors.

Cooler, maybe.

But the fact that LDS employs a strategy that consistently results in catchy-sounding, hyphen-free and available domains does differentiate it.

Not to knock domainsbot.com, they do have killer matching algos under the hood (as you mentioned), I don't believe they have false-positives (rarely if at all) and they bring in aftermarket domains to results, but from a starting point like "game", I only get 2 suggestions in the .com namespace (no hyphens, permit related keywords, suffixes and prefixes).

LDS on the other hand brings back 54 domains. I'm not saying all of them are gold, but I would certainly consider "gamegroovy.com" for a gaming related site.

This is likely the case for many other popular / high-value keywords, eg. cloud.

I think that branding is an exercise that requires a lot of creativity supported by a range of tools. LDS is very strong in its techniques.

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