Domain Lookup
Domain Suggestions Engines
Recently some major web hosting companies have launched domain name suggestion engines
that can give you hundreds of inspiring name ideas instantly. A few of them stand
out by being significantly faster and user-friendlier than most:
Yahoo! Domain Name Suggestions -
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Yahoo’s Domain Suggestions has an eye-catching ultramodern Web 2.0 feel. This search
interface is done with Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) - the latest
in web techniques for creating interactive web applications. You’ll notice that
the pages are actually never reloaded when searcing. Page elements simply shift
around softly, making the user experience dynamic and easy to use.
Lets say we need a name for an interior design site. Typing “interior design”
to the search box produces the following results:
Not all of them are close to ideal, but there are a few that sound good and are
actually quite search engine friendly - meaning that they contain the actual words
people would be searching for. Note that you have to click on “See more” to view
all results.
The speed of looking up over 100 domain names is simply astonishing - new results
are returned in less than one second thanks to Ajax.
Click here to try it - Yahoo
Domains Suggestion Engine
GoDaddy Domains Smart Search -
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GoDaddy’s first set of results is for .com domains only, but later you can select
other extenisions like .net, .info, .biz, .us etc.
We’ll try the interior design search once again.
Click on the See other domains like this link to view all suggestions.
GoDaddy offers various options to customize your domain search - add popular affixes
or suffixes, include dashes in the name or use related keywords.
Click here to try it - GoDaddy Smart Search
MakeWords Domain Name Generator - Link
MakeWords is the one with most advanced features. Names can be created with random
phonetic words, that sound like they would derive from English language. The popular
affixes search is similar to Yahoo! and GoDaddy, with tens of different
affix categories to choose from. The synonym search suggests similar keywords
that can be combined with an extra affix of suffix.
There are links for checking the domain popularity, Google results and business
name availability. Similar to Yahoo, this site also uses the Ajax interface.
At first it may all seem a bit overwhelming, but that is usually the case whan you
have so many custom search options.
Click here to try it - MakeWords Name Generator
Good luck with your domain name search!