Tools for finding domain names

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Tools for finding domain names

I've built out a pet project of mine, and am now looking for a good domain name for it. Arbitrarily doing whois lookups on ideas that pop into my head seems inefficient.

What tools do you use when searching for a good domain name?

Some ideas to get the wheels greased :

given a few letters does prefix/suffix/infix searches for available domains
suggests other words from a thesaurus
shows you short available domains

And of course, another requirement is that the tool isn't shady and quickly registers the domain name while it searches for you.

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I type the url into my favorite browser and if nothing comes up then I go buy it. You're basically asking for a website to be creative for you, and that isn't going to happen. I would suggest getting drunk with some of your smart friends or maybe doing some drugs if you're into that, and then brainstorming.

Sneakyness 2009-07-23 02:49:44

lol. Some creativity can be automated. If I was presented with a list of 100 domains I could then filter by hand to pick one I liked.

Paul Tarjan 2009-07-23 02:51:37

$chars = array('L', 'O'); while(1=1){echo $chars[0]; echo $chars[1];} echo $chars[0];

Chacha102 2009-07-23 02:54:28

(I felt that was an appropriate way to express my laughter.

Chacha102 2009-07-23 02:58:25

You're looking for a list of good ideas. You aren't going to find any. Nothing truely creative can be automated. A programmer of all people should know that.

Sneakyness 2009-07-23 03:07:18

+1 A:

There are the things that needs to be automated. And there are some things that has no value in automating. I feel this this requirement belongs to the 2nd kind. The domain name represents your application, your reputation etc. So the naming should be done by your self. Don't try to automate every thing that has no need to do so. Can a website read your mind, then identify your requirement and satisfy you? :D

Chathuranga Chandrasekara 2009-07-23 03:07:08

I don't think he understands that.

Sneakyness 2009-07-23 03:10:50

Aid is always appreciated in any endeavor. Do you use rulers when drawing straight lines, or cars when wanting to travel long distances? I merely want some tools to help me find available names given some constraints.

Paul Tarjan 2009-07-23 03:15:00

If you know your requirement and the constraints then why don't you go ahead and do some creative work other than going to depend on other's software\site?

Chathuranga Chandrasekara 2009-07-23 03:48:28

Generic answers for a generic product.

Sneakyness 2009-07-23 05:53:51

There is a command-line Whois utility written by Mark Russinovich. You can embed it in a script. The input is prefix/suffix/infix, the output will be domain registrar information or nothing if the domain is not registered.

Hope that helps.

OutputLogic 2009-07-23 03:55:36

Stop spamming your answers with links to outputlogic.com. That's what the "Website" item in your user profile is for.

Pete 2009-07-23 04:09:24

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Jeff Atwood 2009-07-24 04:57:00

Sorry about that. Won't happen again.

OutputLogic 2009-07-24 10:47:46

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I would recommend you Wordoid. This tool may help you come up with something creative.

op 2009-07-23 05:45:39

Try www.bruteforcenaming.com – not flashy but really useful!

antonides 2009-11-26 04:31:19

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