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Domainr's gotten some great coverage recently out on the blogs:

Mind of Michael's 10 Excellent Tools for Picking a Domain Name

"Domainr is an innovative web tool that helps you explore other TLD’s that have made popular websites like last.fm and del.icio.us stand out from the crowd. Of course, searches will also include popular top-level domains that are available."

Bluhalo's Top Web Trends for the Immediate Future

"It doesn’t always have to be about an all singing, all dancing, cutting edge website (of course we love those too), but to quote Einstein “simplicity is the ultimate complexity”. Some of the most successful things online have been born out of the simplest ideas – just think about Google and Twitter! A great site we’ve come across recently is Domai.nr – really useful in a world where it is increasingly difficult to find the perfect domain name."

Benny Ling: "Site of the day."

We're in frakking Wired!

We understated this a wee bit in yesterday's post, but Domainr's in this month's Wired!

Being mentioned in such a renowned publication is a huge honor for us, as Wired's been a major influence on us all during its 15+ years in print. In fact, it's one of the main reasons Eric ended up living and working on software in the Bay Area. Having grown up in rural Ohio, it was one of his earliest connections to then-emerging Internet tech, and he's read it religiously ever since.

Thank you kindly, Mat and Wired!

Further 'round the Tubes

We're honored by Domainr's recent appearances on these fine sites:

• #7 on LifeHacker's Top 10 Tools for your Blog or Web Site

"One reason so many new-fangled webapps have such crazy, vowel-deficient names is because the net seems almost completely picked over for .com addresses. Don't sacrifice your clever idea or give up on your name, though—head to Domai.nr."

• Faceoff, the "face-to-face web technology podcast," talks about Domainr in Episode 8


• #1 (!) in Six Revisions' 12 Excellent Tools for Picking a Domain Name:

"Domainr is an innovative web tool that helps you explore other TLD’s that have made popular websites like last.fm and del.icio.us stand out from the crowd. Of course, searches will also include popular top-level domains that are available."

• #2 (!!) on Wired's March, 2009 Playlist

"Desirable .com domain names are scarcer than profitable investment banks. But Domai.nr makes finding pithy URLs easy by querying 280 top-level domains and another 2,014 second-level ones for domain hacks, turning real English words into unique and memorable Web addresses like del.icio.us, internetfamo.us, gee.ky, and iamthewalr.us. Plus, it's free. Kookooka.ch/oo!"

Domainr 'round the tubes

Domainr's been getting some linkage lately from 'round the blogs:

• Barbarian Group: our friend Noah gave Domainr props on both his personal and work blogs. Rock!
• NameThis: somebody's looking for a domain for their geotagging-related site, and reckons Domainr can help.
• crush3r: Ericson snagged robo.to with Domainr's help!
• Agitationist: considers Domainr one of his five favorite domain tools.