Show HN: Endless Domains – Domain suggestion tool for new gTLDs
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The majority of them (for example .camera) were created to capture address bar traffic (someone typing camera directly in and effectively bypassing Google search to become the #1 result). Since the ICANN decision to disallow dotless domains, there are only a few dozen "good" domains under .camera, so we are left with lots and lots of TLDs that will have very sparse usage and not be revenue positive for the owners.
e.g. "black.coffee" cannot be registered, nor can "gym.trainer", "fitness.trainer".
Despite the apparently limitless options too many "obvious" and "good" domains aren't available.
As an alternative, one could write and distribute a "free" web browser with a search box that looks like an address bar where the search goes to a particular search engine that sells ads. One might call it "omnibox" or something like that.
Or one could even add code to the browser so that a dotless domain typed into the address bar automatically submits the string typed to a particular search engine and sends the user to the website that is the first search result.
It seems like these alternatives are not enough to capture all address bar traffic... because some companies that employ the above alteratives (you know who) still applied for new gTLDs that appear to be valuable only as dotless domains.
In other words, it seems like companies want to use all three strategies to capture address bar traffic:
1. A dotless domain typed in the address bar redirects to first search result of a particular search engine.
2. A dotless domain typed in a search box, that could be (and is) mistaken for an address bar, searches a particular search engine instead of causing a DNS lookup.
3. A dotless domain typed in the address bar of a browser that does not do 1. or 2. (e.g., an alternative to the major "modern" browsers) performs a DNS lookup where search engine/browser/ad sales company is the registrar for the dotless domain looked up. That is, they paid off ICANN ($185,000+) to have sole control of what some call a "public resource" (domain address space).
The algorithm sometimes finds very distant relationships to the word you give it. It depends somewhat on the word and whether or not more closely-related words are available. Since "resume" may be seen as both the noun and the verb, related words may be quite distant.
To be quite honest, I was tired of other domain suggestion tools using only the exact word(s) I give, so some degree of distant word relationships is intentional (I considered making it completely random, but I like the idea of choosing a "seed" word as a starting point).
cement.email decrease.singles collect.pics
...I guess they kinda make sense??
As soon as I type a letter, the text area seems to lose focus and the on screen keyboard disappears. Nothing appears in the search box.