Ever wanted to bust a cap on a domainer, either out of jealousy or spite?

Maybe so, because chances are they already own the domain name you were looking for. But there’s a way to get a prized domain name without resorting to violence.

And all you have to do is bust a name (not a cap!)

I’ll even give you some instructions and an example so you can see how it works. For the example, I’m looking for a domain name for a new ‘make money online’ ebook.

Step 1: Enter in some words.

We’ll start by entering some words and grouping them. So I’ll type in blogging, affiliate, make money online, seo, website, wordpress, blogger, classifieds, and internet marketing and hit enter.

Then I’ll add a group and drag all these keywords into Group 1.

Then I’ll add a group and call it Group 2, and the next set of keywords I enter will be placed into Group 2.

These keywords will be secrets, top secret, discovery, money, riches, success, how-to, mastermind, instant, and project.

(I’m looking for domains like “bloggingriches.com” not “bloggingblogger.com” so the grouping prevents this from happening.)

Step 2: View the list of words.

Step 2 requires no work as steps 1 and 2 are the same thing when you’re actually using the site…

Step 3: Available domains

Look at that, the site automatically generated a list of names for me!

I like the sound of “bloggingdiscovery.com” and “wordpressriches.com” and “instantblogging.com.” I might just put together a get-rich-quick ebook on one of those domains!

Hopefully you can make use of this domain finder in markets other than the make-money-online crowd!

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If you haven’t heard, 2007 is The Year of The Domainer. That means that while it’s already extremely hard to get a good domain name, it’s just gotten that much harder!

So put on your thinking caps (or research caps) and find a good domain - and register it as soon as you find it. (There’s nothing like finding a great domain and waiting till the next day to register it, only to find that someone grabbed it out from under you overnight!)

I could just leave it at that, as a warning, but I’m in a good mood, so I’ll give you some helpful hints when it comes to finding new domain names. I also have enough domains to keep me busy, so I’ll leave some for you

Start by paying attention. To everything. Keep checking upcoming Digg stories, popular bookmarks, the latest Web 2.0 headlines, trends, and the hottest celebrities. Just to name a few.

You need to watch the headlines 24 hours a day and put any interesting words into a Whois tool. I use Ajax Whois while doing this since it’s so quick.

For example, I was taking a look at ViralBabble and saw a headline “DIY Drinking Strawz.” You never know when some stupid idea will get wildly popular, so I checked strawz.com. It was taken, unfortunately, but drinkingstrawz.com was available. (Feel free to grab it - I didn’t. ThinkGeek even has an affiliate program at CJ you could promote…)

So it’s pretty simple, you just need to keep a watchful eye and have a fast clicking-finger.

Let me demonstrate with pictures if that helps…

1. Browse the latest headlines looking for neat new words and phrases

2. Check any domain ideas in Ajax Whois.

3. Register the domain name if it’s available.

And that’s how you get a good domain name or waste your day trying!

(Next you’ll need to park the page and/or list the name for auction, but that can be saved for another day…)

[This post originally appeared at InternetMarketingSucks.com]

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Ready to get into domaining, or just looking for a better way to find the domain names?

There’s a site out there called Findeteer, that makes it very easy to find the right expired domains.

It’s a simple search box allowing you to put in a word and select if you want to see recently expired domains, about to expire domains, or both. Your search will probably return a LONG list of domains containing your chosen word, but you can filter the results by length or choose “exclude numbers,” which should help cut out the crap names.

Findeteer will list the domain name, expiration date, and quick links to check Whois data, indexed pages, and backlinks for the domain. If there was a PageRank checker too, it would be perfect.

Note: There is a PR checker at the bottom of the page, but if it was integrated, it would probably be much sweeter! But it would probably slow down page loads, which would suck!

The other link is to “buy now” which forwards you to what seems to be their sister site, Buyeteer. You could buy there or just go to your current registrar and get the name.

Overall I’d say this is a useful tool for domainers going after expired domains.

It could also help out if you can’t decide on the right domain name. Maybe someone else had a good one and let it expire, and you can find it there.

Update: Now that I think about it, what would make this site a lot better is if the site could read your mind and automatically narrow down the list of results to the ones that you would like! I’ll be looking for that in Web 3.0!

[This post originally appeared at InternetMarketingSucks.com]

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For the majority of internet marketers, making money online is like hunting for buried treasure. They spend a hell of a lot of time and energy searching for the one thing that will make them filthy rich. They could put that time and energy into actually working on something, but that would be like “work.”

If you aren’t ready to take action, keep searching for your buried treasure. But if you’re ready to get started (or already started) here is a treasure chest that you might like. It’s actually Jonathan Leger’s Tool Chest, but the tools are free and could very well be a treasure in disguise

Here’s a link to the Web Tools.

Here’s a sampling of what you will find:

• AdWords Keyword Generators
• Domain Name Buyers Tool
• Link Cloaker
• Misspelled Keyword Generator

And even some others. I counted a total of 10 last time I checked.

The best part is that he includes a contact form on the page and welcomes you to submit ideas. If he likes your idea, maybe he’ll make it and let you use it for free!

Now go try these tools, and if you find them useful, Jon has some donation buttons in the top right corner of his page.

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I found a cool, free tool called Domain Name Analyzer (DNA for short.) Thinking back, I can’t remember how I found it. But anyway, I downloaded it and tested it out.

According to the website, DNA is “software for finding the best domain name for your product or business.”

But is it any good?

I used to use Nameboy.com to come up with domain ideas. But that got old after a few times. It’s good to see which versions (.com, .net, etc.) are taken or available, but usually this was out of date. Needless to say, I don’t do much with that site these days.

It got to where I just used godaddy.com’s search, after brainstorming a list of possible domains. Sometimes it took awhile, but it allowed me the creative freedom to get good names. This is still my usual method of domain brainstorming.

So let’s see if Domain Name Analyzer can change my habits…

At first glance, I didn’t care for the software’s interface. It’s kind of plain, but it has little bits of instruction on each screen to guide you along. If it wasn’t for this, I probably would have just closed it and forgot about it.

You’re presented with two main functions: check domain names or construct domain names.

Checking domains involves entering keywords or known domains. Then DNA will get the whois information for them. You can also use this to manage your own domains. Put in your list and it will bring up all the info on them.

Constructing domain names is what I wanted to do. I typed in “articles” in the keyword box since I’m thinking about making an articles site (like ezinearticles.com.)

In mere seconds I was presented with a pretty good list of domains with the word articles in them. My first idea was to go through and delete the crappy ones, as recommended on the site, but then I realized that most of the domains sucked.

So I went through and checked any interesting ones. It checked them pretty fast, but only one good domain was available.

Then a click on “Register Now” took me right to my favorite registrar, godaddy.com. (You can put in whatever one you want and DNA will remember it.)

I checked at godaddy.com and yes, this domain was actually available. There’s a plus!

The site mentioned a “Trademark lookup” where DNA automatically gets rid of any trademarked names at the click of a button, but I didn’t see this magic button.

I was also looking forward to the export/save results functionality. You can save names in a text file or database.

I didn’t care for the txt file, but the Access function was nice. It put the domains into a table in Access, allowing for easy queries of taken or available domains! This might be cool if you do any consulting; you could easily generate a list of possible domain names for a client.

In the future, I’ll probably make use of Domain Name Analyzer. Maybe not all the time, but I see some uses for it.

So check it out and download it free here:

http://www.domainpunch.com/products/dna/

Why is it free?

Probably because they have a “Pro” version of the software, selling for $49. They figure if you like the free version, you’ll love the pro version with extra features.

P.S. I found some more great resources while I was researching DNA. I’ll let you know about them in future posts!

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