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A Happier New Year: Why You Need Powerful Keyword and Domain Tools in 2009

Esa — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:03:50 +0000

This year, gain a competitive edge in Domaining, SEO and SEM: Automate your research. Get daily bargain selections for Namejet, Snapnames, Deletion lists. Get realtime TDNAM/GoDaddy auction lists with appraisals and keyword data. Optimize your domaining workflow with powerful bulk tools. Explore the long tail of Search and find thousands of available domain names and high paying keywords instantly. Process your personal lists in large bulk: Get It Done.

Keyword research and Domaining workflow can and should be optimized. Don’t waste your time on manual research. I’ve created these power tools with the sole purpose of saving time, money and effort, and finding great available names, bargains in the aftermarket, long-tail keywords to optimize for, and much more.

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Estibot TotalSearch™: A new way to estimate search popularity

Esa — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:23:11 +0000

I’m about finished with this weekend’s coding binge, and very pleased to present to you the latest update:

Estibot TotalSearch™ Data

TotalSearch™ is by far the coolest data you will acquire for your domain name. It represents the total number of searches across all known search engines, in the U.S. search market. It is an estimate of the true search popularity for the exact phrase match of the search term that your domain is made of. The data is from 2008, so it is well representative of the current search market. Forget Overture, this is the new benchmark.

TotalCPC™ An up-to-date estimate of the highest advertiser bid for the search term from 2008.

TotalCompetition™ Represents the amount of advertiser competition that exists for the search term, again the data is from 2008.

These data are available for the single appraisal at this point. I will get to work on improving the bulk appraisals, and will include the data soon.

Another Bulk Tool Update

Esa — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:59:59 +0000

I received some requests for keeping the 100% accurate availability check function intact. I don’t want to do that by default, since it’s so slow, but here’s what I did: I added an option for the user, now you can select whether you want to do the fast check or the complete check. Just select the appropriate radio button on the tool page.

Droplists now up-to-date, and new partnerships

Esa — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:22:52 +0000

I’m happy to report that the Droplists are now up-to-date, and from now on
will be posted 2 to 3 days before the auction/drop date. I am also pleased
to announce a partnership with GoDaddy, enabling me to add TDNAM lists
there soon.

You can view the pre-analyzed Namejet and Snapnames lists here:
http://estibot.com/members/droplists/

Make sure you visit my partner site PremiumDrops.com also for some
powerful expired domain tools.

I’m also pleased to announce a partnership between Estibot.com and
AEIOU.com. In case you’re not familiar with them yet, they provide
development for domain names - included in the package is a well-designed
mini-site, free hosting, and a SEO link building/marketing campaign.

Domain development is the next step after parking. As we all know, parking
revenues are going down across the board. If you’ve read my recent
interview at DNKitchen.com, you’ll know that my philosophy is to not have
such domain names in one’s portfolio that do not create revenue.

Estibot.com and AEIOU.com are pleased to offer $10 off per site
exclusively to Estibot users. To take advantage of the special offer,
visit
http://www.aeiou.com/estibotcom-special-offer/

As usual, I would not promote any service that I would not use myself. I
believe the AEIOU.com offer adds value to your Estibot membership. I have
bought development for several domain names from them, and I am pleased
with the results. You can view some of the domains that I have had
developed by them:
Hypnotherapist.com
LaplandTourism.com
GrahamFlour.com
OnlinePhDPsychology.com

Many of my domains are now climbing the Google SERPS, which they never did
when parked. For instance, GrahamFlour.com is now #7 in Google for its own
keywords, and OnlinePhDPsychology.com is #10 - that’s just weeks after the
sites went live. Where previously there was no traffic, I’m now seeing
visitors and revenue.

On another note, apologies once again for the delays in getting the bulk
appraisal inconsistencies fixed. I have made real progress with that now
and expect to launch a new, improved version within a few weeks.

Finally, I would like to invite you to share with me some domain names
that you’ve found with the Estibot tools, or other stories on how you’ve
used Estibot to your advantage. I would love to hear about your
experiences. Also, although my to-do list is miles long, I am always open
to your suggestions for improvements or new features.

Thank you for your continued support

Semantic Domain Name Finder

Esa — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:21:43 +0000

Pleased to present my latest tool: The Semantic Domain Name Finder ALPHA

I also call this the ‘Lazy Man’s Domain Finder’.

It’s another one of those resource hogs, so I had to limit access to
Domainer Pro and Exclusive members. You can find the tool in the
navigation bar, it’s the last one.

Please remember this is a very early version - first working version in
fact.

This tool will take any input, text, web page, etc…For instance, you
could input a piece of news, a paragraph in an article, or just a web
page.

It will then analyze the keywords within your input, and find potentially
good keyword combinations related to the text.

The tool will then perform a preliminary check for availability, and
output a list of potentially good available domain names along with some
basic keyword data.

It’s a pretty cool tool to spend some time with. It does come up with some
interesting names. Just a little bit of testing found these names for
instance:

ManagingOutsourcing.com
OpportunitiesAgency.com
ArsenalManager.com
SoftwareChallenges.com
IncomeAccounting.com
EmployeeConfidentiality.com
InformationMonitoring.com
OccupationalEmployment.com
TransportationShuttles.com
StaffingPolicies.com
ManagementPitfalls.com

Tip: Don’t input too much text at once. A good size is a paragraph, or a
single-screen web page.

Enjoy, good hunting!

The Coolest Available Domain Finder Ever

Esa — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:11:45 +0000

In the true weekend-warrior tradition, I’ve engaged in some serious coding over this weekend, and happy to say I came up with yet another power tool to speed up your workflow and help you find valuable domain names. Available Domain Finder - “PLUS” (you can find this in the navigation bar under “Available Domains Plus”) This tool works much like the Long Tail tool, but this time it searches for terms that have your keyword at the _end_ of the term. It will also perform a 100% accurate domain availability check so there is no need to verify availability. It will output only the available domain names, along with the keywords and keyword statistics. At the end of the page you will find copiable text lists of the domains and the corresponding keywords. TIP: Click on the ‘keyword’ cell in the table to open up Google AdTest in a new window - this is great for getting an instant look at the keyword market value - pay attention to the number and quality of Adwords ads that appear. This tool is extremely resource-intensive. Exclusive members get 2,000 domains checked in one go, Pro members get 100. Unfortunately free or domainer members don’t get this functionality because it would kill the servers. If you’re serious about domaining, maybe it’s time to go Exclusive. I have personally registered hundreds of domains using these tools - domains that are 100% comparable to domain names that have been recently sold in the aftermarket for over $1k. Look at the Domain Distribution Network for instance. A few weeks ago I hand registered a domain name that is making $5 per day in parking PPC - MedicalAirTransport.com - That one domain alone is worth more in PPC than the Exclusive membership fee! The Exclusive membership should be well worth the money. Of course, in domaining, the trick is to find a buyer, so I can’t guarantee any results for you. On another note, Safari woes continue. I have no idea what it is with Mac Safari - it used to be my #1 browser, but not anymore. I can’t get the Estibot bulk tools to work properly with Safari, so I recommend all Mac users use Firefox with Estibot. Windows users should have no problems with IE or Firefox. Also, I’m working to incorporate the new keyword parser to the Fast Bulk Tool, Portfolio Appraisal and Domain List Scanner. It should improve the performance of those tools quite a bit. One more thing, I’m still trying to find the cause for discrepancies between the bulk appraisal and single appraisal - please bear with me. I’d like to give thanks again to you my members who have been very active in reporting bugs and suggesting improvements - I continue to believe that I have the coolest member roster in the domaining world! Couldn’t do this without your help. That’s it for now - thanks for your continued support of Estibot

New Tool: Domain Keyword Parser

Esa — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:10:41 +0000

Pleased to announce the release of what I believe is the most effective domain keyword parser in the industry: Domain Keyword Parser tool BETA -You can find it in the Navigation bar, under ‘keyword parser’ -The tool will take your input in any form -It will detect and extract the domain names in your input -It will parse the domain names and detect the keywords within -It will then output the domains and the keywords, and copiable text lists of the following: *Extracted domain names *Extracted domain names, with the keywords capitalized *A list of the keywords in the extracted domain names *A list of the keywords in the .COM tld domain names *A list of the keywords in the .COM tld domain names without a hyphen Membership levels and corresponding quotas for the number of domain names analyzed in one go: -non-members: 1 -free members: 10 -Domainer: 500 -Domainer Pro: 5,000 -Domainer Pro Exclusive: 20,000 Please let me know of your experiences with this BETA tool.

Bulk Whois Tool updated - up to 7,000 whois checks at a time

Esa — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:10:03 +0000

I made an upgraded Bulk Whois tool. What it does it takes any input from you, again much like the Domain Extractor, and detects all the domain names, and then checks for availability across 7 of the most popular tld’s. It makes up to 7,000 whois checks from just one input! Who can beat that? The tool is in BETA stage so please don’t get angry if there are bugs. I just put it together and it seems to be working, and I wanted to share it with you guys right away, even if it is not perfect yet. I’ll be improving it in the coming days. It’s great for scanning for availability of good names in other tld’s, should the .com be reserved. Also great for looking at the desirability of a domain name; the more widely it is reserved across the TLD’s, the more desirable the name usually is. Exclusive members get 7 x 1,000 checks in one run, Pro members 7 x 500 = 3,500 checks, and Domainer members get 7 x 100 = 700 checks. Also, I updated the Domainer level tool set to include the basic Bulk Whois tool. Look for the “bulk whois” and “bulk MULTI whois” in the navigation bar.

More features: Bulk Availability / Bulk Whois tool

Esa — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:09:01 +0000

More features to help you optimize your domaining workflow! Pleased to announce a new bulk availability check tool. It will take any input from you (much like the Domain Extractor), detect the domain names and check up to 500 names (1,000 for exclusive members) for availability. If you’re a fan of the Moniker bulk check, well this is similar, but more powerful and will provide you with a nice text format list of the availables, ready for cut and paste. Also, this tool does not require a certain format for input, just paste whatever lists you have. Furthermore, you can get a full analysis and Estibot appraisal by just clicking the domain name in the results. Plus, this is right here on the Estibot site so you never have to go away Free users can get a taste with max 10 names at a time. The tool is still under development so stay tuned for more features, such as one-click whois info and that sort of thing. Also in the pipeline: Available domain name finder based on the new Google Adwords External keyword tool. On another note, some users have had problems with the Bulk Appraisal feature, and I’m currently feverishly working on a new, improved version that is faster, more reliable and has more accurate availability data across the board. Thanks for your patience with this.

Sortable Columns now in Long Tail tool

Esa — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:07:16 +0000

I’m pleased to announce a significant improvement to the Long Tail Tools that should speed up your workflow. The table of results is now sortable by any column. Just click on the column title to sort in ascending or descending order by Overture, Wordtracker, Google, etc. Please wait until the tool has finished loading the results; the sorting function will work only after the table is complete. I will, as time permits, update the other tools as well so that eventually all results in all tools will be sortable. Sorting is enabled currently in these tools: Domainer Pro Long-tail Tool http://estibot.com/members/long-tail.php Domainer Pro Exclusive Long-Tail-End Tool http://estibot.com/members/exclusive/long-tail-end.php Finally, an important note about the automatic availability check in the Long-Tail tools. The availability check is always accurate for a negative result, in other words: if the tool says the domain is NOT available, it’s 100% certain. But the check is not always accurate the other way around: if it says a domain is available, there is about a 10% chance that it is actually taken. That’s why the tool has the manual verification option built-in. The verification is virtually 100% certain. For science geeks - in scientific terms, the quick check has 100% sensitivity and 90% specificity for detecting that a domain is available. Here is the take-home message of this note in plain English: If you choose to display only available domain names, you can be 100% sure that you won’t miss any available ones. The ones the tool leaves out are definitely taken.