Domain research and finding unregistered domains
When you need to check likely phrases for use as a new domain name, you can use a tool like KeywordDiscovery.com.
Keyword Discovery gives you some vital, accurate information. It lets you establish how many searches any phrase is getting, both in general or in particular search engines like Yahoo and Google, and in other important shopping sites such as eBay, Amazon, Froogle and Bizrate. You need to focus on the top phrases that searchers are using, in other words those search phrases which have the highest numbers. Using a tool like this, it will become very obvious what your potential customers are actually looking for - the 'hungry crowd' that every marketer wants to find. Then you can use your new domain name to build a focused site.
You can sign up for a free trial, which gives you ten results for each search term, or you can get full access for $49.95 a month - go to KeywordDiscovery.com. This tool is also extremely useful for SEO and marketing purposes.
Having found a likely phrase for use as a new domain name, you need to find out if the domain is still free and unregistered. To check the availability of any domain name you want to buy, use the search tool at a domain name registrar like . You may find that the name you want is free, or that even if the .com version is taken other suffix versions of the name are still free, such as .net, .info or .biz.
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