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Discover clev.er domain nam.es with DomainFinder
Jealous of folks who have managed to snag international domain names consisting of nothing but their names? Engadget founder Peter Rojas has roj.as. And WordPress founder Matt Mullenwag has ma.tt. But unless you have an encyclopedic knowledge of domain naming conventions, you might have a hard time coming up with a domain name for your name.
DomainFinder can help. Just enter your name or any other phrase you like, and the web site will spit out possible domain names. You can't currently register your name through the site, or even figure out what country has the rights to a domain. But once you've found the domain name of your dreams, figuring out how to buy it shouldn't be too hard. Unless someone else has already registered downlo.ad.
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Todd said 4:24PM on 5-15-2008
Clever, but SEO poison.
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kingkool68 said 5:39PM on 5-15-2008
AjaxWhoIs -> http://www.ajaxwhois.com/ Lets you search regular .com's .net and .org names and suggests domain name hacks on the side. Try typing in Kristin.
You could also get the country codes of the world poster and hang it above your desk like me -> http://www.historyshots.com/OtherArtists/4015.cfm
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steven said 8:51PM on 5-19-2008
when i put my name in 'steve' i got ste.ve', the problem is that Venezuela uses a prefex to the .ve url,
ie - .com.ve, so the url would be ste.com.ve.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ve
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