Random Domain Name Surfing

Dilbert_ writes "Since most dot com domains of the form www.[common english word].com are taken today, you could theoretically surf around using just a dictionary. Now you can search the web from a page that will will automatically generate a fresh load of links, based on a dictionnary. " For some reason this amuses me greatly.

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Hey...

[Bobort]

I wrote a silly cgi script to do the same thing last year. Didn't think it worthy of being on slashdot. It's not quite as cool, but it does do .com .org and .net.

http://www.stack.portland.or.us/cgi-bin/dict

e-gineer Domainator

[synop]

I wrote a similar service for my site that checks for domain availability, US trademarks, definitions, synonyms, related words and more. Just enter a couple of search words and it will check .com, .net and .org after combining them in different ways...

http://domainator.e-gineer.com

Re:Non-dictionary words

[rde]

I would be more interested in a site that generated actual domains names that don't appear in any dictionary, such as fojar.com and grack.com - they aren't words, and they aren't combinations of words. :)
Once again, the shocking standard of american education shouts to the masses. I realise that we can't all have a gracking vocabulary, but I fojar on a regular basis; it's a perfectly cromulent activity.

URouLette

[jpatters]

Check out URouLette

I don't know if there is any connection between this and the URouLette that was around back when there were just a few thousand web sites out there, but it is pretty cool, and doesn't seem to be limited to what is in the dictionary, and will send you to url's that are more complex then www.foo.com.