10 Tools & Resources for Researching .CO Domains

The .CO launch is going very well. CoInternet is now reporting over 279,000 domains claimed in just 2 days. For more details on the launch, read my article on DotSauce.

There seem to be quite alot of skeptics happy to provide their commentary. On the other side of the fence, adopters are also sharing their excitement for .CO on blogs and Twitter (#dotco).

Then there are those who are opting to spend their time on research to claim the best possible domains for themselves.

Here are 10 tools and resources that should help you find quality and potentially valuable .CO domains.

WhoIs.co – See if it’s available
Google AdWords Suggestions – Invaluable keyword data
SEOMoz Term Extractor – Pulls popular keywords from any URL
Thesaurus.com – Endless possibilities
DNJournal Sales Archive – High priced .COM and other TLD sales
NameBio Sales Archive – Search previous sales
Google Insight for Search – Trends in search queries
DotSauce Q&A Forum – Stumped? Ask a question and get answers from experienced domainers
Books, Blogs, TV – Take note of buzz words and trends that may not be popular or generic
eBay, Amazon – Every product has a name