For those of you not familiar with it, the zone file is a file generated daily that lists all of the active domain names and corresponding name servers for a particular Top Level Domain (TLD) like .COM, .NET, etc. VeriSign managers the .COM zone file and in the last post I explained how to obtain […]
Shaun Gilchrist, a Lisp programmer who also works with Javascript, recently released a popular jQuery plugin called Bling which makes it easier to dynamically create HTML fragments via JavaScript. Why’d he choose the name Bling? Here’s Shaun: I wanted a short name which related to jQuery. The $ prefix is well known in the context […]
Did you know that VeriSign publishes a list of all the active .COM and .NET domain names and their respective name servers in what’s known as a zone file? They do and actually offer access to the public so that folks can download and analyze the contents on their own. While the application process to […]
I’m thrilled to announce that Lean Domain Search now has a domain name generator specifically geared towards professional businesses. This is premium (paid) product and it’s not for everyone so its important to understand what it is and whether or not it’s something you can benefit from. Business names vs websites names Let’s pretend for […]
Hey everybody! One major update today and a few minor ones: You can now sign up for a free Lean Domain Search account so that your favorites and search history will be stored online instead of in your browser’s cookies. This is important for two reasons: If your cookies are deleted you won’t lose all […]
I love using Lean Domain Search to brainstorm domain name ideas, but I’ve found that I often come up with other ideas while browsing the search results that I want to check. There are a lot of ways to do that but none through Lean Domain Search itself. That changes today. There’s now a section […]
On Monday, January 16, 2012 I launched Lean Domain Search by posting a link to it on HackerNews, making today it’s six month anniversary (woohoo!). In this post I’ll go over the major changes to the site since its launch, review some of its key metrics, and end with a glimpse of where its headed […]
A few days ago I added a feature to Lean Domain Search that automatically checks a domain name’s Twitter availability when you confirm that the domain name is still available. Today, I’m launching a similar update: Lean Domain Search now automatically checks whether there’s a registered trademark for domain name’s that you’re interested in. For […]
Hey everybody! Quick update that I think you’ll like: when you click on an available search result, Lean Domain Search now automatically checks whether that Twitter name is also available: If you’re hunting for a domain name where it’s important to have a matching Twitter username, this new feature should save you a bit of […]
I’m happy to announce that we’ve added 450 new search results to Lean Domain Search, putting the total domain names checked per search at 2,500. This should give you an even wider range of domain names to choose from for all but the most popular subjects areas. Getting from 2,050 to 2,500 was not as […]
