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Domain Hunter Gatherer update notes

Eleven years of releases, all of them still here

Every feature, improvement and fix since 2015, in the original wording. Read what shipped most recently, or search a decade of development history.

365
published releases
977
individual changes recorded
12
years, 2015 to 2026
v3.5.12.0
current published version
  • 687 Improved
  • 195 Added
  • 49 Fixed
  • 21 Updated
  • 16 Release note
  • 9 Removed

Recent momentum

Maintenance and meaningful capability

Recent releases show both sides of a mature research tool: keeping integrations dependable, and making the workflow genuinely more useful.

API support

Ahrefs v3 integration

Version 3.5.11 added support for the Ahrefs v3 API, keeping an important external research route current.

See v3.5.11.0

Research tools

Backlink Analyzer

Version 3.5.6 added a Backlink Analyzer to the Expired Domain Hunter tools and raised the page-size limit.

See v3.5.6.0

Domain signals

Expanded DomDetailer data

Version 3.5.0 introduced further link, page, Moz and Majestic signals to support more rounded comparisons.

See v3.5.0.0

Complete release archive

Find a version, a feature or a fix

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124 releases matched; page 2 of 4

2016 40 releases

v1.6.44.0 8 changes

  • Improved

    Searching pages error checking

  • Improved

    Removed .gr TLD

  • Improved

    Removed unregisterable .us TLDs

  • Improved

    Better resetting of unavailable variable in expired domain checking

  • Improved

    Updated .pro TLD whois server

  • Improved

    Updated .ru.com TLD whois server

  • Improved

    Updated .se TLD whois server

  • Improved

    Removed .co.pl TLD

v1.6.43.0 4 changes

  • Improved

    .ir TLD availability checking

  • Improved

    Domain availability checking overall

  • Improved

    .co.com TLD availability checking

  • Improved

    .net.uk TLD availability checking

v1.6.42.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    Pop-up on form closing when not using proxies has been removed

  • Improved

    Dynamic twitter pages now correctly identified as a single page

  • Improved

    .coop TLDs re-checked for validity

v1.6.41.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Moz handling improved to get around their recent changes

v1.6.40.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Detail Checking

  • Improved

    Getting DomDetailer stats

v1.6.39.0 3 changes

  • Added

    "Domain Contains" Filter option

  • Added

    "Domain Starts With" Filter option

  • Added

    "Domain Ends With" Filter option

v1.6.38.0 4 changes

  • Improved

    DomDetailer database upgraded and moved

  • Improved

    DomDetailer use in DHG streamlined

  • Improved

    Small improvements to Expired Domain Hunter

  • Improved

    Expired Domain Crawler

v1.6.37.0 7 changes

  • Improved

    Removed Tumblr double check till another method is found

  • Improved

    Auto save for crawl level of "Hunt From Keywords"

  • Improved

    Auto save for crawl level of "Hunt From Websites"

  • Improved

    Auto save for crawl level of "Reverse Hunt Domains"

  • Improved

    Auto save filters for Domain Auction Hunter

  • Improved

    Auto save filters for Web2.0 Hunter

  • Improved

    Auto save filters for Expired Domain Hunter

v1.6.36.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Adding an empty TLD filter will no longer show an exception error

  • Improved

    Adding multiple TLDs more reliable

v1.6.35.0 4 changes

  • Improved

    Better handling of many threads

  • Improved

    Searching bug fix

  • Improved

    Whois requests to non limiting servers will not use proxies

  • Improved

    Increased Reverse crawl to include up to 10,000 webpages

v1.6.34.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Fixed Domain availability checking bug

  • Improved

    Expired Domain Crawler

v1.6.33.0 7 changes

  • Improved

    Google searching now more reliable

  • Improved

    Google searching uses less CPU resources

  • Improved

    Bing searching more accurate results

  • Improved

    Bing searching uses less CPU resources

  • Improved

    Yahoo searching more accurate results

  • Improved

    Yahoo searching uses less CPU resources

  • Improved

    Double check phase of web2.0 won't occur if not necessary (saves time)

v1.6.32.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Weebly double check feature fix

v1.6.31.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Availability checking of domains with low number of proxies

v1.6.30.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Fixed Ahrefs bug in checking metrics

  • Improved

    Expired Domain Crawler

v1.6.29.0 4 changes

  • Improved

    Increased allowed 301 redirects to 10 per page request

  • Improved

    Recognise and follow http redirects

  • Improved

    Lots of crawling improvements

  • Improved

    Added some TLDs to master list

v1.6.28.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Fixed issue with loading webpage lists with invalid domains to Expired Domain Hunter

v1.6.27.0 6 changes

  • Added

    TLS 1.2 support when .NET4.5 is installed (optional)

  • Added

    SSL / TLS support indicator to status bar

  • Added

    Remove Blacklisted Domains option to domain list right click menu

  • Improved

    Crawling improvements

  • Improved

    DomDetailer indicator added to API label

  • Improved

    Fixed auto-saving of deleted domains on form closing

v1.6.26.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    Proxy reliability

  • Improved

    Crawling speed on low number of proxies

  • Improved

    Other small crawling related improvements

v1.6.25.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Fixed encoding bug in web request code

v1.6.24.0 5 changes

  • Improved

    Expired Domain Hunter availability checker

  • Improved

    Increased finished job queue max size to improve performance on highly threaded systems

  • Improved

    Website ID checking in Expired Domain Hunter

  • Improved

    Lowered time to process scraped page lists on deep crawls (2+ levels)

  • Improved

    Fixed proxy handling issue

v1.6.23.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Huge improvements to highy threaded setups (100+ threads)

v1.6.22.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Massive improvments to crawling code for much better performance

v1.6.21.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Fixes to advanced crawler method

v1.6.20.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Better handling of incorrect formatting when using Check from Websites feature

  • Improved

    Fixed application of timeout settings

v1.6.19.0 4 changes

  • Added

    Sapo.pt account checking

  • Improved

    Fixed Moz DA when using Moz API

  • Improved

    Fixed Moz PA when using Moz API

  • Improved

    Fixed Twitter stat checking when using Moz API

v1.6.18.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Fixed small issue in new crawling code that would cause some profiles to end prematurely on fast connections

v1.6.17.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    Removed some reserved twitter accounts from being checked

  • Improved

    Increased max thread limits (use at own risk)

  • Improved

    Increased Service Point Max connection limit

v1.6.16.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    Removed tumblr double check controls due to not being needed anymore

  • Improved

    Added advanced crawling method

  • Improved

    TLD (Disallow) now blocks all variants of filtered TLD

v1.6.15.0 1 change

  • Improved

    DomDetailer better handling of twitter accounts

v1.6.14.0 2 changes

  • Added

    Checking for expired Twitter accounts

  • Improved

    Fixed name label of Domain Auction Hunter

v1.6.12.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Better crawling of websites that block bots

  • Improved

    Expired Domain Crawler

v1.6.11.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    Form name now applied correctly on start up

  • Improved

    Instance name added to Web2.0 Hunter form title

  • Improved

    Instance name added to Expired Domain Hunter form title

v1.6.10.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Reverse Crawl for domains not pulling links for some users

  • Improved

    Pressing Enter key in Reverse crawl now starts reverse crawl

v1.6.9.0 3 changes

  • Updated

    Whois Server list

  • Updated

    Domain TLD list

  • Improved

    Auto removing government domains by default

v1.6.8.0 1 change

  • Added

    TLD (Disallow) filter now applied before checking availability of domain in Expired Domain Hunter

v1.6.7.0 2 changes

  • Added

    Reverse Crawl option to Crawl from Websites Expired Domain Hunter

  • Improved

    Changed "Crawl Website" label to "Crawl Website(s)"

v1.6.6.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Removed bad domains from scrape

  • Improved

    Fixed delete domain bug

v1.6.5.0 3 changes

  • Added

    Option for DomDetailer to use specific Majestic variant stats

  • Improved

    Removed Image adverts from Settings tab

  • Improved

    Removed Image advert from Domain Auction Hunter

v1.6.4.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Fixed Expired Domain Hunter crawl bug

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