Product progress, in public

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

Search the original release wording, narrow to a type of change, or jump to a year. Every release is server-rendered and has its own link.

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2015 40 releases

v1.4.58.0 2 changes

  • Added

    Option to block domains based on specific TLDs

  • Improved

    Removing of comments within html less CPU intensive now

v1.4.57.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Footprint handling web2.0 hunter

  • Improved

    Faster closing of web2.0 hunter when finished

v1.4.56.0 4 changes

  • Improved

    Extra character handling in web requesting code

  • Improved

    Better thread handling throughout

  • Improved

    Better handling of keywords for Expired Domain Searching

  • Improved

    Better handling of footprints for Expired Domain Searching

v1.4.55.0 7 changes

  • Improved

    Handling of footprints in searching

  • Improved

    Saving of footprints now works as expected

  • Improved

    Added empty footprint for expired domain searching for laser targeted niche domains

  • Improved

    Better handling of importing keywords and separating individual keywords

  • Improved

    Import search keywords for expired domain from clipboard

  • Improved

    Import search keywords for expired domain from file

  • Improved

    Search keyword confirmation screen for expired domain searching

v1.4.54.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Added Moz Page Authority as a filter option

v1.4.53.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Domain Availability Fallback for when ISP has non-standard DNS error reporting

v1.4.52.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Filtering of TLDs

v1.4.51.0 6 changes

  • Improved

    Google Searching

  • Improved

    Running without proxies

  • Improved

    Proxy handling in web requesting code

  • Improved

    Domain Filtering controls

  • Improved

    Added Filtering by Majestic Cf / TF Ratio

  • Fixed

    Bug that required manual stopping of domain crawl from keywords when finished

v1.4.50.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    Auction Hunter Export Filters button text clarified

  • Improved

    Web2.0 Hunter Export Filters button text clarified

  • Improved

    Expired Domain Hunter Export Filters button text clarified

v1.4.49.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    .sk expired domain checking

  • Improved

    .in expired domain checking

  • Improved

    .us.org expired domain checking

v1.4.48.0 2 changes

  • Added

    Option to ignore any links inside a commented section of html

  • Improved

    Google search scraping

v1.4.47.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Expired Domain Hunter running for stability

v1.4.46.0 4 changes

  • Added

    CF / TF Ratio column for Domain Auction Hunter

  • Added

    CF / TF Ratio column for Web2.0 Account Hunter

  • Added

    CF / TF Ratio column for Expired Domain Hunter

  • Fixed

    Web2.0 Analyse button now disables correctly to prevent multiple concurrent analysis of web2.0 accounts

v1.4.45.0 1 change

  • Fixed

    Crash bug on startup

v1.4.44.0 2 changes

  • Added

    DomDetailer Test button to check settings are correct

  • Added

    DomDetailer Check Balance button to see how many credits are left on the account

v1.4.43.0 1 change

  • Improved

    DomDetailer improved for speed and memory usage

v1.4.42.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Web2.0 Account Analysis

  • Improved

    Domain Analysis for domains from Domain Auction Hunter

v1.4.41.0 1 change

  • Added

    Ability to check Anchor text of link to expired domain with Analyse Domain Feature

v1.4.40.0 5 changes

  • Improved

    Fixed Off-Site crawling option question when crawling a single website

  • Improved

    Expired Domain checking of domains in queue when last page has been crawled

  • Improved

    Better memory use when scraping for expired domains

  • Improved

    Lower CPU usage when scraping expired domains

  • Improved

    Large amounts of expired domain hunting code

v1.4.39.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    Removed Off-site question when it is at irrelevant crawl depths (Expired Domaing Hunter)

  • Improved

    Crawling of websites from a file at crawl depth of 0

  • Improved

    Expired Domain Hunter worker threading code

v1.4.38.0 3 changes

  • Updated

    OverBlog web2.0 checking

  • Updated

    All footprints of web2.0 platforms

  • Updated

    Web2.0 platform checker thread setup for better efficiency

v1.4.37.0 5 changes

  • Updated

    Jimdo web2.0 checking

  • Improved

    Weebly web2.0 checking

  • Improved

    DotBlog web2.0 checking

  • Improved

    Tumblr web2.0 checking

  • Improved

    Blogspot web2.0 checking

v1.4.36.0 1 change

  • Added

    Support for finding .pl domains

v1.4.35.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Web request code

  • Improved

    CPU usage reduced with no impact to speed

v1.4.34.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Better support for overblog web2.0 platform

  • Improved

    Reporting of number of available web2.0s at the end of a crawl

v1.4.33.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    "Must contain" controls in Expired Domain Hunter

  • Improved

    Google indexed status now showing as unchecked as opposed to not indexed after a scrape

v1.4.32.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    Csv output, fixed origin page not showing

  • Improved

    Csv output: Moz Trust

  • Improved

    Csv output: Moz Rank

v1.4.31.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Increased time delay between outputting of available domains while hunting to 30mins to lower CPU usage and any potential delays

v1.4.30.0 1 change

  • Removed

    Temporarily removed checking of Google indexed status whenever a available domain is found. This is due to Google blocking IPs very quickly, it will be reinstated with a smarter mechanism to prevent IP blocks soon.

v1.4.29.0 1 change

  • Added

    Saving of available domains while still checking so none are lost due to an unexpected close

v1.4.28.0 1 change

  • Added

    Wikidot support to Web 2.0 Hunter

v1.4.27.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Overblog account detection

  • Improved

    Updated 15 of the web2.0 accounts

v1.4.26.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Improved:

v1.4.25.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Removed CPU usage bug

v1.4.24.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Removed issue with threads continuing after clicking "STOP"

v1.4.23.0 3 changes

  • Improved

    DomDetailer options saving bug

  • Improved

    Rewriting of large parts of website crawling code

  • Improved

    Rewriting of some parts of threading handling

v1.4.22.0 2 changes

  • Improved

    Free Moz account integration in Web2.0 Hunter

  • Improved

    Free Moz account integration in Expired Domain Hunter

v1.4.21.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Web2.0 Hunter Moz integration

v1.4.20.0 1 change

  • Improved

    DomDetailer bug in Pro version

v1.4.19.0 1 change

  • Improved

    Small change to how the start domain is set when crawling from a single website

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