What's the Domainer's favorite web tool AND why?

[littledevil]

auction sites? key word tools? SEO? drop sites? development s/w? forums? anything?

what's your ONE single favorite web tool to use as a domainer and why?

one of my favorite resources as a domainer is www.Domaining.com - it's a nice destination to see headlines and news from some great domainers

 

[Name Trader]

Of all the tools out there, I probably use archive.org's Wayback Machine the most. Closely followed by iWhois.com

 

[Michael]

I would say the tool I visit the most is NameBio.com.

 

[weblord]

i like these three to run my keywords
http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/search.html


to make up web 2 names
http://www.hackslash.net/?page_id=48
http://www.lightsphere.com/dev/web20.html

 

[wot]

http://www.google.com/trends?hl=en

Particularly for IDN.

 

[firefly]

Depends on what I'm doing at the time.

If I'm looking to buy a name or two, I use these ones to check out their possible potential.
http://checkpagerank.net/
http://www.smartpagerank.com/

If I'm looking to set up a name I use.
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

And if I'm just checking in to see how my domains might have improved in the eyes of the search engines, I use this:
http://www.urlmetrix.com/

 

[Spade]

I would say the tool I visit the most is NameBio.com.

Im on that one a lot too. =)

 

[npcomplete]

In order of usage:

1.) thinking and "gut feel". I like to think about where markets are going, technology, etc.

2.) News - all sources.

3.) Google, yahoo, yandex, rambler, baidu, etc. to investigate conjectures made in bullets 1 and 2. Use quotes, ads, etc. to evaluate keywords.

4.) adwords.google.com, wordstat.yandex.ru, index.baidu.com, seotools.jp, etc.

5.) Good wine

Basically I use thinking, gut feel, and news to form a market conjecture (bullets 1 and 2), then confirm using technical and fundamental metrics (bullets 3 and 4) before taking a position. Sometimes I am wrong, then I use bullet 5.

 

[wot]

In order of usage:



. Sometimes I am wrong, then I use bullet 5.

Definitely not to be used at step one :blink:

 

[-REECE-]

Unless you want to be featured on: http://www.reggingdrunk.com haha

Definitely not to be used at step one :blink:

Personal favorite is Compete.com

 

[raghav_romil]

my best tool could be the key word search at the digital point..
and yeah some free seo tools available on net.. they provide a lot of help..
also a big thanks to mr. Bill gates for microsoft excel. these help me maintaining a record of all these domains.