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FORUMS, SOCIAL COMMUNITIES, BLOGS & NEWS SITES
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Domain Name Forum
www.dnforum.com
Domain Name Forum has a mountain of valuable information available for free viewing. However, a membership fee is required to post in and view some threads at this busy venue for domain pros.
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DomainState
www.domainstate.com
DomainState forum is a great place to find answers to all of your domain questions. The site also has an excellent suite of free tools. It is moderated by 3 veteran and highly respected domain industry professionals and has attracted more than 1,000 members.
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NamePros.com
www.namepros.com
NamePros.com is a domain name forum headed by website developer Ron James. In addition to the well-known domainers who frequent all of the major forums, NamePros attracts many new faces you might not see elsewhere.
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AdamDicker.com
www.AdamDicker.com
AdamDicker.com is the personal blog written by DNForum.com owner (and GoDaddy.com Vice President) Adam Dicker.
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NameClub
Arab Domain Forum
www.nameclub.com
New Arabic language forum operated by Thunayan K. AL-Ghanim's Future Media Architects. FMA's involvement guarantees a quality online community for the rapidly growing Middle Eastern domain industry.
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DomainForum.info
www.domainforum.info
DomainForum.info, operated by NicIt.de (Germany's 2nd largest domain marketplace) has a unique dual language community with sections for both German speakers and English speakers. The owners say their goal is to bring the USA and German/European markets closer together.
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IDNForums.com
www.IDNForums.com
Perfect place to learn about the rapidly growing field of International Domain Names (IDNs). Also check out the site's free puny code converter, a very handy tool when searching through IDN domains.
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DNLocal.com
www.DNLocal.com
Here is a new forumdevoted to IDNs (International Domain Names) that has the added advantage of a live chat room.
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IDN Club
www.IDNClub.com
This China-based Chinese language site gives its approximately 1500 members a place to discuss, trade and share information about IDNs. They also offer their members a free translation service; Chinese to English or English to Chinese.
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The Official Frank Schilling Blog
Seven Mile
Here's a chance to learn from a real master. Frank Schilling (of Name Administration, Inc.) is regarded by many as the world's most successful domain investor. His blog, Seven Mile
(named after the beach in front of his Cayman Islands home) offers invaluable insight into the ins and out of the domain industry.
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The Conceptualist
www.conceptualist.com
Always interesting blog from one of the world's most successful domain investor/developers - Sahar Sarid. Updated daily.
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DomainNews.com
www.domainnews.com
Site with frequent news updates. Especially good at finding news items from the European market that are often missed elsewhere.
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MobiEnthusiast
www.mobienthusiast.mobi
This site is just what the name says - a place for .mobi enthusiasts to get news and commentary on their favorite extension. This site has a very appealing, clean layout and is being frequently updated.
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DirectNavigation.com
www.directnavigation.com
The DirectNavigation.com blog is written and edited by veteran domain investor Larry Fischer, one of the most knowledgeable people in this industry. |
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Domain Bits
www.domainbits.com
Canada is home to many of the world's top domainers and this blog from Ontraio's Jeffrey Behrendt covers the Canadian scene as well as what is going on globally with domains.
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IN Forum
www.inforum.in
INForum.in is the web's biggest forum devoted to India's rapidly growing .in country code.
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Synergy Domain Club
SynergyDomainClub.com
Synergy Domain Club is a cool new social networking site for domainers started by Canadian Randy Charach (Randy moderated several sessions at the 2008 Domain Roundtable conference in San Francisco).
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Domain Name Headlines
DNHeadlines.com
DNHeadlines.com has amassed a huge variety of domain related RSS headline feeds into one convenient location.
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Domainer Developer
DomainerDeveloper.com
Sharp looking domain blog with a slant toward development written by Jamie Parks (you can tell Jamie has a graphics background from the look of DomainDeveloper.com).
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Mobility.mobi
mobility.mobi
Mobility.mobi is the forum for .mobi fans. The site describes itself as "the largest, most active, and fastest growing dotMobi and Mobile Web forum in the world" and the activity on this busy site backs them up on that.
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DOMAIN TOOLS
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Acronym Finder
www.acronymfinder.com
This site lets you type in an acronym to find out what that set of letters is commonly used to represent. This is especially helpful in identifying usage of valuable 3-letter domains. There are over 470,000 definitions for acronyms and abbreviations from 1 to 24 letters in length. There's also a "words in meaning" search (reverse lookup) which allows you to find acronyms that contain keywords.
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Alexa
www.alexa.com
How much traffic does a particular website get? Alexa will give you a good idea. You download a free toolbar (which millions of others have already downloaded). Alexa tracks where the toolbar users visit and uses the data to assign a ranking number to every website. The number (which appears on the toolbar) shows where the site you are visiting ranks among all sites on the web. More detailed traffic information is available by clicking on the ranking number. It is similar to how Nielsen uses and audience sample to determine TV ratings. Alexa is now owned by Amazon.
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Archive Wayback Machine
www.archive.org
Domain history is revealed by the Archive Wayback Machine. Type in a domain address and if it previously had an active web site on it, the Wayback machine will let you see those old web pages! Data comes from Alexa who has archived billions of web pages dating back many years.
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DNS Locator
www.dnslocator.com
Handy tool that lets you look all domains and websites that are hosted on a specific nameserver. Includes links to retreive WhoIS information, Alexa ranking and incoming links for each domain found.
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DomainsBot
www.DomainsBot.com
DomainsBot helps people find the perfect domain name through an intuitive domain name suggestion system that can understand users' ideas, based on word or terms supplied, and suggest suitable domain names. This free service is used by thousands of webmasters, domainers, and branding professionals.
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JustDropped.com
www.justdropped.com
Expired domain research site providing a free tool for searching expired domain names as well as pending delete, on hold and redemption period domains.
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MarketLeap
www.marketleap.com
MarketLeap's Link Popularity Checker is a very valuable tool that will show you how many other sites link to the domain you enter in the search box. Helpful in analyzing the value of expiring domains.
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Midano.com
www.midano.com
Midano.com is a unique domain industry price comparison tool that lets you find the best prices for registrations, renewals and transfers, backordering services and aftermarket sales listings.
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Nameboy
www.nameboy.com
Nameboy helps you formulate domain names in a novel way. You enter your favorite keywords and it returns a list of domains, including names with similar words, that may be just what you are looking for.
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PC Names
www.pcnames.com
This handy tool allows you to type in a keyword and get back a list of all recently expired domain names that include the key word and are still available for registration. The results will also contain domains containing similar keywords to give you even more purchase options to consider.
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Public Interest Registry
www.pir.org
PIR is the registry for .ORG domain names. Use their WhoIs function to check on the status of .ORG domains you are interested in. To see who owns the domain and their contact info, you will need to click on the direct link PIR gives to the registrar for each domain, then use the registrar's WhoIs for the lookup.
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TESS Trademark Search
www.tess2.uspto.gov
TESS is the U.S. Patent Office's official search engine. Invaluable in checking if a name you are interested in has been trademarked (and if so, for what purpose. You still may be able to use the name for an alterate purpose).
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Swift Domain Search
www.swiftdomainsearch.com
This tool allows you to do an incredibly fast look up on any keyword or phrase to see if it is available in any of a dozen different extensions (the five major global TLDs and seven key country codes). It starts searching as soon as you start typing!
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ToolURL
www.toolurl.com
The developer of ToolURL.com got tired of going to multiple sites to do domain research, so he gathered all of his favorite tools in a single location. On this free site you can check WhoIs records, link popularity, Google page rank, your own IP address and more, plus there is a variety of useful keyword tools.
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Verisign WhoIs
www.networksolutions.com
Verisign is the registry for .com and .net domains. Their WhoIs is the authoritative source for information on domains in those extensions.
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WEBMASTER TOOLS
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CleverForward.com
www.cleverforward.com
Free URL Forwarding! Many registrars charge extra for you to have your domain name forwarded to another URL. With this handy free service you can still get the job done and keep your money in your wallet!
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ClickMojo!
www.clickmojo.com
Promotion strategies and traffic tips. Expired and expiring soon domain name lists. Mojo 30, 60 and 90 day expiring type-in lists and more available here.
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Free-Forum.com
www.free-forum.com
Free-Forum.com gives webmasters their own free message board with no installation or hosting hassles. Instant creation too!
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SiteUptime
www.siteuptime.com
Siteuptime provides free website monitoring services. Receive instant email notices when your website goes down or becomes unavailable. Detailed uptime statistics and performance reports are also provided.
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Spider Food
www.spider-food.net
Spider Food is a very useful guide to everything you want to know about search engine optimization.
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WebmasterAds.com
www.webmasterads.com
WebmasterAds.com is a unique trading forum for webmasters. Use the site to arrange partnerships and make trades with your fellow webmasters.
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Webmaster-Tookit.com
www.webmaster-toolkit.com
Webmaster-Toolkit.com provides an extensive free suite of search engine tools and website utilities that make this site well worth bookmarking.
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DomainTools.com
http://www.domaintools.com/
DomainTools.com Wildcard search of all current/deleted/expired whois domains. Domain Suggestions Engine serves over 10 Billion suggestions a year.
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RESEARCH
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ADR Decisions .eu
www.adr-decisions.eu
This handy site is a full text search engine for looking up .eu Alternative Dispute Resolution decisions, ICANN Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy decisions (for gTLDs and some ccTLDs) and decisions under the Nominet Dispute Resolution Service (for .uk domain names).
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DomainFood.com
http://domainfood.com
Domain Food provides an exceptional collection of links to industry news, articles and resources that make the site a perfect portal for anyone seeking domain business information.
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DomeBase
www.DomeBase.com
Fans of the .info extension will want to bookmark this site developed by a university professor who is an acknowledged expert on the new global TLD.
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GenericDomainNames.com
www.GenericDomainNames.com
If your potential customers do not understand the inherent value of high quality generic domain names, point them to industry veteran Ian Andrew's new site. It's a nice educational tool to show the business community why obtaining generic domains related to their enterprise is such a good investment.
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ICANN
www.icann.org
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), is the world governing body for domain names. ICANN is also responsible for accrediting the domain name registrars. What ICANN does will affect you so visit often and stay informed.
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ICANNWiki
www.icannwiki.org
ICANNWiki is an excellent resource for anyone interested in following ICANN, the organization charged with overseeing the domain name system.
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IDNcyclopedia.com
www.idncyclopedia.com
IDNcyclopedia is a excellent source of information about the rapidly growing IDN (International Domain Name) market. IDNs allow people around the globe to surf the web using their own language and alphabet.
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NameNewbie.com
www.NameNewbie.com
The Beginner's Guide to Making Money With Domain Names. Expert advice on choosing names, registration, parking, buying & selling domains and networking within the industry.
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PPCIncome.com
www.ppcincome.com
PPCIncome researches how well the various paid parking companies pay those who direct traffic to them. If you are interested in pay per click revenue, this site is a good place to get the lowdown on the options available to you.
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Internet Domain Survey
www.isc.org
The Domain Survey attempts to discover every host on the Internet by doing a complete search of the Domain Name System.
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RIPE NCC
www.ripe.net
One of the four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) providing Internet resource allocations, registration services and co-ordination activities that support the operation of the Internet globally.
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APNIC
www.apnic.net
One of the four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) APNIC provides allocation and registration services which support the Asia Pacific region.
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ARIN
www.arin.net
One of the four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), ARIN - the American Registry for Internet Numbers - manage the Internet numbering resources for North America, a portion of the Caribbean, and sub-equatorial Africa.
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LACNIC
lacnic.net/en/index.html
One of the four Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), LANIC- The Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry - is the organization that administrates IP addresses space, Autonomous System Numbers (ASN), reverse resolution and other resources of the Latin American and Caribbean region (LAC).
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AfriNIC
www.afrinic.net
AfriNIC (in formation) for the purpose of managing the IP addressing in the African continent. In the future it is expected that African organizations that presently obtain IP address space from RIPE or ARIN will obtain the IP addresses space from the AfriNIC.
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