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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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365 releases matched; page 9 of 10

2015 40 releases

v1.4.11.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    Added some more unregisterable domains to block domain list

  • Improved

    Website splitting by comma for expired domain hunter crawling website option

  • Improved

    Error handling in Expired domain hunter

v1.4.10.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Dropped CPU usage by a large margin without affecting running speed at all

  • Improved

    LiveJournal no longer shows sub accounts as available

v1.4.9.0 4 changes

  • Fixed

    MozRank from DomDetailer now corrected

  • Updated

    Whois list for some TLDs

  • Updated

    TLD list

  • Improved

    Changed "Crawled Pages: Must Contain" label to read "Crawled URLs: Must Contain"

v1.4.8.0 5 changes

  • Added

    Date range for searching for web2.0 accounts

  • Improved

    Web2.0 searching improvements

  • Improved

    DrupalGardens web2.0 checking accuracy improved

  • Improved

    Snappages web2.0 checking accuracy

  • Improved

    Jimdo web2.0 checking accuracy

v1.4.7.0 2 changes

  • Added

    Option to set limit to pages per crawl level in expired domain hunter via Settings tab

  • Added

    Another whois server for .de domains to increase whois request limit

v1.4.6.0 1 change

  • Fixed

    Bug in DomDetailer API

v1.4.5.0 3 changes

  • Added

    Option to crawl specific sites in Domain Auction Hunter

  • Improved

    Naming for unique search results in Web 2.0 Hunter Form

  • Improved

    Slight changes to web request code

v1.4.3.0 1 change

  • Fixed

    Removed test text from Web2.0 Hunter search keyword input box

v1.4.2.0 4 changes

  • Updated

    Expired Wordpress.com Account Finder

  • Updated

    Expired Blog.com Account Finder

  • Improved

    Expired Blog.com links in Web2.0 account list now directs browser to blog.com homepage

  • Updated

    Checked and tweaked all expired web2.0 checking scripts

v1.4.1.0 4 changes

  • Improved

    TLD list shortened to remove unregisterable domains

  • Improved

    Bug in DomDetailer API not disabling when set as so

  • Improved

    DomDetailer credits now applied automatically when new payment received or subscription started

  • Fixed

    DomDetailer using too many credits fixed, all users' credits reset for the month

v1.4.0.0 10 changes

  • Release note

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  • Added

    (BETA) Free Moz and Majestic stat checking for Pro users

  • Release note

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  • Added

    Pagerank is now checked as part of the built in detail checker for expired domain hunter

  • Added

    Google Index state is now checked as part of the built in detail checker for expired domain checker

  • Added

    Yahoo Index stats is now checked as part of the built in detail checker for expired domain miner

  • Improved

    Godaddy auction links fixed

  • Improved

    Saving of web2.0 accounts by pressing Enter key

  • Improved

    Login Form now warns against unsupported passwords

  • Improved

    Login system improvements

v1.3.20.0 1 change

  • Fixed

    CPU over use bug fixed

v1.3.19.0 2 changes

  • Added

    Check for redirecting DNS servers for better compatibility

  • Improved

    Lowered CPU usage while checking Domain availability

v1.3.18.0 7 changes

  • Added

    Output available domains while still searching / crawling

  • Added

    Output all domains while still searching / crawling

  • Added

    Output all domains at the end of the searching / crawling process

  • Updated

    TLD list, extended to 2.9k domain TLDs supported

  • Improved

    Better previous domain checks

  • Improved

    Better database error handling

  • Improved

    Reduced number of redundant pop-ups

v1.3.17.0 5 changes

  • Improved

    Minimize button in Expired Domain Hunter placement

  • Improved

    Minimize button in Web2.0 Hunter placement

  • Improved

    Minimize button in Expired Domain Hunter now works as expected

  • Improved

    Minimize button in Web2.0 Hunter now works as expected

  • Improved

    Whois server list sorting for better identification of correct whois server for specific domains

v1.3.16.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    Updated User Agent strings for better crawling compatibility

  • Improved

    User agent application

  • Improved

    Web request code

v1.3.15.0 5 changes

  • Improved

    Better 64bit Support

  • Improved

    Lowered overall memory use in expired domain hunter

  • Improved

    Handling of larger imported page lists

  • Improved

    Better 64 bit support for database handling

  • Improved

    Importing pages to crawl from file

v1.3.14.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Reduced overloading of temp queue

v1.3.12.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    Cleaned up 11 unregisterable domains

  • Improved

    Whois availability checking improved

  • Improved

    Added whois server for .uk.com domains

v1.3.11.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    Added specific handling of crawl depth 0 lists

  • Improved

    Added specific handling of crawl depth 1 lists

  • Improved

    Fixed bug in domain detail checker

v1.3.10.0 2 changes

  • Added

    Save settings button to Expired Domain Hunter Search Settings tab

  • Fixed

    Bug in TLD checking

v1.3.9.0 4 changes

  • Improved

    New efficient methods of checking for TLD

  • Improved

    Lowered memory usage

  • Improved

    Crawling speed improved

  • Improved

    Availability checking improvements

v1.3.8.0 4 changes

  • Added

    Filter by TLD now prevent expired domain hunter from checking domains not from a filtered TLD

  • Added

    New crawling and limiting system

  • Improved

    Deleting domain from list working again from delete key

  • Improved

    Fixed bug in adding domains to availability checking list that have already been checked

v1.3.7.0 2 changes

  • Added

    Moz PA checking for all domain types

  • Improved

    Accuracy for expired domain hunter

v1.3.6.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Majestic detail checking

  • Improved

    More Stats => Majestic now adapts to your option of whether to get stats as root domain or not

v1.3.5.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Detail checking while manipulating domain list

  • Improved

    Login system on Windows XP machines

v1.3.4.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Resizing of Must Contain input works as expected

  • Improved

    Resizing of Must Not Contain input works as expected

v1.3.3.0 3 changes

  • Added

    Search domains based on date (limited to Google)

  • Improved

    Whois server update for indian based domains

  • Improved

    Added some more TLDs to not check (education institute domains)

v1.3.2.0 1 change

  • Fixed

    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

v1.3.1.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Page must contain improvements

  • Improved

    Page must not contain improvements

v1.3.0.0 6 changes

  • Added

    Store large datasets to database when crawling for expired domains

  • Added

    Entirely new website crawling code

  • Added

    Crawling page must contain text

  • Added

    Crawling page must not contain text

  • Improved

    Majestic details checking

  • Fixed

    Removed duplicate hubpages entry in Web2.0 list

v1.2.1.0 1 change

  • Added

    Master database for storing quality checked domains

v1.2.1.0 1 change

  • Added

    Updated whois server list for better accuracy

v1.2.1.0 1 change

  • Added

    Updated whois checks on 20+ TLDs

v1.2.0.0 4 changes

  • Added

    Domain caching to prevent re-analysing of domains previously analysed

  • Added

    Analysing of unchecked domains

  • Added

    Default option of domain analysis now unchecked domains

  • Added

    Option in settings tab for paid or free moz API account

v1.1.19.0 1 change

  • Added

    Free Moz stats improvements

v1.1.18.0 3 changes

  • Added

    Option to check Majestic stats of root domain OR http://www.domain.tld

  • Added

    Prevention of adding documents and files to pages to crawl list

  • Added

    Better thread termination on closing

v1.1.17.0 4 changes

  • Added

    Hundreds of TLDs

  • Added

    Crawling page limit increase for faster more efficient running of multiple depths

  • Added

    Improved crawling and checking of domains from .gov, .edu, .ac, .mil and more TLDs

  • Fixed

    Crawling bug

v1.1.16.0 1 change

  • Fixed

    bug in availability checking .nl domains

v1.1.15.0 3 changes

  • Added

    CSV output only outputs visible Domain List Columns

  • Added

    CSV output shows same column ordering as in Domain List

  • Added

    Quick deleting now possible by selecting a Domain from the list and pressing "del" key

About the archive. Historic wording is preserved where practical, and older change labels are normalised so they can be browsed together. 11 entries carry an asterisk, meaning the date was inferred from that entry's position in the original chronological feed rather than recorded directly.

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