Beware of using domain search engines

Yeah, GoDaddy seems to like highlighting and sharing this information for profit. I have had domains that were bought less than an hour after I had searched them. After a few ones that weren't all that special were taken, I stopped using it. The only time I use it now is to simply make up random incoherent domain name searches that may seem, "logical" so those greedy people end up buying some. Apparently it works just the same. I ended up having every single one of them taken so someone paid money for my incoherent domain name. So, I was satisfied. I also not recommend hosting with companies like Godaddy at all. They actually sell your domain name information(even if it's private.). They also sold my domain name from out under me two weeks before it was going to expire. I guess they thought I forgot, but in my opinion what they did was illegal. Not that it was a website domain name I cared much about but I know never to use their hosting again. I feel sorry for companies that put their trust into places like that. Alternatively you could just simply type it into the bar as if you're entering a link in to visit. If it doesn't do anything, you know you hit success most of the time. Usually it juts redirects to a general search engine asking me if I meant something else. Ha. I have yet to have a domain taken from me via doing it that way. I rarely even mention my super original domain names until I have already launched them, including in any sort of search of any kind. I just am paranoid like that I guess. Things like this apparently make me have good reason to.

Oh, I was very aware of that. I was sort of interested in this fairly obscure website domain name when I was just getting started earning online. I later found out it had been bought out. I also experienced an issue where the hosting company *cough* *cough* godaddy *cough* *cough* sold out my close to expiring domain name about 2 and a half weeks before it expired. The fun thing to do to those people(as it's usually a bot that buys the domain) is to make up jibberish domain names so that the bots go ahead and buy them and people waste their money for exploiting other people. I've had domains where I did something like this, kjfl;aksjdjksflj.com bought out simply because their bot saw it as being searched quite a few times.

I am not intending to buy a domain but when you say search, how do they search. I thought you just type in the address bar to see if the site exists.

Thanks for the warning, Sirnose. You should buy another domain now :))

That's what I also think. Because of the advancing technology, people are looking for most searched domain names possible and they buy the name in the hopes of making a profit. I did use the search engines from domain engines in the past and found that out so now, I don't do much of it. However, it may be a good source of income if you have the tenacity to put some investment or take the risks. If we want a domain name, it would be best to purchase it immediately.

Thank you for this warning. I used to search if the domain names I want is till available and I wasn't aware that situation like this could happen. Good thing I was able to see this warning. I am still saving up for the domains I want to purchase.

Uhm, whoever people who buy domains with this method, they had ran a very risky business. Just because one person searched for it, and then they bought the domain? That is really risky - since there's no guarantee that another people will buy it from them later.. So I don't really think that's the case.. Perhaps it was not only you who searched that domain name back then?

I agree with you. When I think of something such as domain names I search them see if they are available then by the domain name right then and there.