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Domain Hunter Gatherer
v3.5.12.0
- Updated Some web request code
Product progress, in public
Eleven years of releases, all of them still here
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Latest release
Domain Hunter Gatherer
v3.5.12.0
Recent momentum
Recent releases show both sides of a mature research tool: keeping integrations dependable, and making the workflow genuinely more useful.
API support
Version 3.5.11 added support for the Ahrefs v3 API, keeping an important external research route current.
See v3.5.11.0Research tools
Version 3.5.6 added a Backlink Analyzer to the Expired Domain Hunter tools and raised the page-size limit.
See v3.5.6.0Domain signals
Version 3.5.0 introduced further link, page, Moz and Majestic signals to support more rounded comparisons.
See v3.5.0.0Complete release archive
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Support for DomDetailer in Domain Auction Hunter
Support for DomDetailer in Web2.0 Hunter
Support for DomDetailer in non-Pro Accounts
Purchase DomDetailer Credits from http://domdetailer.com
Option to Log-out from the Help menu
Option to crawl off-site when using website crawler
DomDetailer checking code more CPU efficient
Added more error checking in DomDetailer handling code
Fallback code for Moz stats
Moz DA being reported as Moz PA in Domain Auction Hunter domain list
Bug preventing from continuing when a malformed webpage is in the crawl list
Age stat now using Wayback Machine API for better stability
Quicker ending of scraping on fully crawled sites
Issue with searching with unsupported language / country combinations
Proxy applied at time of use for lower CPU usage
User-Agent applied at time of use for lower CPU usage
All crawlers now correctly stay on site
Country List option in Expired DOmain Hunter now correctly only allows for 1 country to be selected
Language List option in Expired DOmain Hunter now correctly only allows for 1 language to be selected
Update notes not being properly line separated
Hubpages availability checking
Proxy handling in built in Proxy Tester module
Added some more unregisterable domains to block domain list
Website splitting by comma for expired domain hunter crawling website option
Error handling in Expired domain hunter
Dropped CPU usage by a large margin without affecting running speed at all
LiveJournal no longer shows sub accounts as available
MozRank from DomDetailer now corrected
Whois list for some TLDs
TLD list
Changed "Crawled Pages: Must Contain" label to read "Crawled URLs: Must Contain"
Date range for searching for web2.0 accounts
Web2.0 searching improvements
DrupalGardens web2.0 checking accuracy improved
Snappages web2.0 checking accuracy
Jimdo web2.0 checking accuracy
Option to set limit to pages per crawl level in expired domain hunter via Settings tab
Another whois server for .de domains to increase whois request limit
Bug in DomDetailer API
Option to crawl specific sites in Domain Auction Hunter
Naming for unique search results in Web 2.0 Hunter Form
Slight changes to web request code
Removed test text from Web2.0 Hunter search keyword input box
Expired Wordpress.com Account Finder
Expired Blog.com Account Finder
Expired Blog.com links in Web2.0 account list now directs browser to blog.com homepage
Checked and tweaked all expired web2.0 checking scripts
TLD list shortened to remove unregisterable domains
Bug in DomDetailer API not disabling when set as so
DomDetailer credits now applied automatically when new payment received or subscription started
DomDetailer using too many credits fixed, all users' credits reset for the month
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(BETA) Free Moz and Majestic stat checking for Pro users
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Pagerank is now checked as part of the built in detail checker for expired domain hunter
Google Index state is now checked as part of the built in detail checker for expired domain checker
Yahoo Index stats is now checked as part of the built in detail checker for expired domain miner
Godaddy auction links fixed
Saving of web2.0 accounts by pressing Enter key
Login Form now warns against unsupported passwords
Login system improvements
CPU over use bug fixed
Check for redirecting DNS servers for better compatibility
Lowered CPU usage while checking Domain availability
Output available domains while still searching / crawling
Output all domains while still searching / crawling
Output all domains at the end of the searching / crawling process
TLD list, extended to 2.9k domain TLDs supported
Better previous domain checks
Better database error handling
Reduced number of redundant pop-ups
Minimize button in Expired Domain Hunter placement
Minimize button in Web2.0 Hunter placement
Minimize button in Expired Domain Hunter now works as expected
Minimize button in Web2.0 Hunter now works as expected
Whois server list sorting for better identification of correct whois server for specific domains
Updated User Agent strings for better crawling compatibility
User agent application
Web request code
Better 64bit Support
Lowered overall memory use in expired domain hunter
Handling of larger imported page lists
Better 64 bit support for database handling
Importing pages to crawl from file
Reduced overloading of temp queue
Cleaned up 11 unregisterable domains
Whois availability checking improved
Added whois server for .uk.com domains
Added specific handling of crawl depth 0 lists
Added specific handling of crawl depth 1 lists
Fixed bug in domain detail checker
Save settings button to Expired Domain Hunter Search Settings tab
Bug in TLD checking
New efficient methods of checking for TLD
Lowered memory usage
Crawling speed improved
Availability checking improvements
Filter by TLD now prevent expired domain hunter from checking domains not from a filtered TLD
New crawling and limiting system
Deleting domain from list working again from delete key
Fixed bug in adding domains to availability checking list that have already been checked
Moz PA checking for all domain types
Accuracy for expired domain hunter
Majestic detail checking
More Stats => Majestic now adapts to your option of whether to get stats as root domain or not
Detail checking while manipulating domain list
Login system on Windows XP machines
Resizing of Must Contain input works as expected
Resizing of Must Not Contain input works as expected
Search domains based on date (limited to Google)
Whois server update for indian based domains
Added some more TLDs to not check (education institute domains)
Bug in Expired Domain Hunter causing pages not to be added to crawl list when no text entered to must contain and must not contain boxes
Page must contain improvements
Page must not contain improvements
Store large datasets to database when crawling for expired domains
Entirely new website crawling code
Crawling page must contain text
Crawling page must not contain text
Majestic details checking
Removed duplicate hubpages entry in Web2.0 list
Master database for storing quality checked domains
Updated whois server list for better accuracy
Updated whois checks on 20+ TLDs
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