Web2.0 Trend Tools
The interactive connected nature of web2.0 now provides channels for many more layers of information gathered and distributed through social, human edited networks providing personalized, quality content on demand that is unfiltered by layers of bureaucracy and clumsy algorithms.
Popular web2.0 sites for the latest info on news, entertainment, technology and more include digg.com, del.icio.us, reddit and metafilter. These cutting edge sites are a great source for Web2.0 buzz on cutting edge sites, interesting mashups and online trends from the trendmakers.
PopUrls.com is a great starting point to find the network with the information you are looking for. This site provides a live list of the top headlines from a dozen of the most popular web2.0 social bookmarking and community sites including the ones mentioned above.
Web2.0 Domainer Tools
This is where things get fun with unconventional tools to hack, mash and discover cool web2.0 domain names that traditional domainers will never find. Subscribe by RSS now so you don’t miss the indepth followups of how to maximize these tool’s potential.
Word Tools
The More Words tool was made for players of games like scrabble but is also a great tool for web2.0 domain name hacking using subdomains or extensions. For example if hacking the .us tld looking for a name such as delicio.us the Word Tools site could be used to find any words ending in ‘us’ with the use of an asterisk like this *us. For subdomains I used this tool to find o.ddity.com also contained qui.ddity.com.
Here is a summary of the search capabilities:
Use a hyphen (dash) to give the location of a missing letter: w-rd or -are
Use an asterisk (star) for any number of unknown letters: lett* or *gry or ar*ct
Exclude words containing the letters that follow a caret (hat): ma-e ^kt
Or enter a few letters (without hyphens or asterisks) to see if they make any words.
Word Navigator offers a similar service with a nicer interface.
Use question marks for missing letters (one “?” - one letter): cap?tal or cap??a?
Use an asterisk for ANY number of unknown letters:navigat* or *zzle or cr*word
Exclude words containing the letters that follow a hyphen (dash): p??zle -wdxu
Word Navigator also offers some possibly useful word lists:
All words, By Length, Letter Mix, All Unique Letter
