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Re:How To Keep Your Domain Name Searches Safe From Poachers by siculars on Monday April 04, 2011 @02:02AM (#2405583)
"Typing in a domain name and clicking "search" on instantdomainsearch.com immediately takes you to the GoDaddy"

That is not exactly correct. Doing a search returns data from instantdomainsearch.com itself. Only once it is returned do you have the option to go to a registrar like godaddy, among others (or just take that name to a registrar of your liking), to actually register the domain.

I have used instantdomainsearch.com many, many times myself to great success.

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Re:How To Keep Your Domain Name Searches Safe From Poachers by staunch on Monday April 04, 2011 @02:12AM (#2405599)
By reading their FAQ it appears that they use DNS NS records (not WHOIS) to check whether a domain is registered or not. That's relatively safe from leaking.

They are showing suggested alternative domains for sale through BuyDomains.com. It's possible they have a database of available domains, but they may also be using an API which would leak searches.

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Re:How To Keep Your Domain Name Searches Safe From Poachers by credo on Monday April 04, 2011 @07:05AM (#2406059)
>>That is not exactly correct

Why is it not correct ?

When I click the search button, it takes me to the GoDaddy site. Did you really try clicking the Search button on instantdomainsearch.com ?

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Re:How To Keep Your Domain Name Searches Safe From Poachers by lasonrisa on Monday April 04, 2011 @07:51AM (#2406118)
You are in fact correct. Typing a name and then clicking on the Search button will take you to GoDaddy.

But you do NOT need to click on the Search button at all to use the site. I used in the past and I did not even notice there was Search button.

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Re:How To Keep Your Domain Name Searches Safe From Poachers by duck on Monday April 04, 2011 @08:15AM (#2406171)
Exactly right, hence the instant part. I never noticed it either.
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Re:How To Keep Your Domain Name Searches Safe From Poachers by jeroen on Monday April 04, 2011 @04:42AM (#2405848)
The autocomplete shows data that seems to be from instantdomainsearch, but clicking the search button or pressing <enter> opens a new window with a GoDaddy page. Unexpected and undesirable.
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