Domain Name Trends
Web and SaaS
domain name search
SHOW HN2013
59points
11comments
#431of 1,739 in 2013
Top 25%of 2013 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
2 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Idea: 2 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
Objections
Trend data is a snapshot spiked by bulk domain registrations, not true trends over time
From 2 comments
I like the idea, and if you have topics for which you think trends might exist it's a useful too to validate that, but the "Hot Trends" report doesn't show trends, as there's no…
scoot on HNNot so much a hockey-stick as a spike, and most likely one domainer bulk registering a bunch of related domains.
scoot on HN
Google Trends style display does not interpret the data
From 1 comment
I like this idea, but when I opened it, it wasn't at all what I expected. What I wanted to see was a visualization of all trends, showing what was popular when. This would let us…
JeremyKolb on HN
Site loads very slowly
From 2 comments
Heads up for anyone trying it right now: There are a lot of visitors on the site and the load time can be slow (upwards of a minute in some cases). It will eventually load…
matt1 on HNIt's loading something, and I am not sure what. Is this cached?
dmak on HN
Requests
Trends extracted from time-series data
From 1 comment
I like the idea, and if you have topics for which you think trends might exist it's a useful too to validate that, but the "Hot Trends" report doesn't show trends, as there's no…
scoot on HN
Visualization of overall internet trends over time
From 1 comment
I like this idea, but when I opened it, it wasn't at all what I expected. What I wanted to see was a visualization of all trends, showing what was popular when. This would let us…
JeremyKolb on HN
Questions
How is the business going and is it full time?
From 1 comment
I remember when you launched. How are things going? Is this a full time endeavour?
highace on HN
What is being loaded and is it cached?
From 1 comment
It's loading something, and I am not sure what. Is this cached?
dmak on HN
Alternatives named
Google Trends
From 1 comment
I like this idea, but when I opened it, it wasn't at all what I expected. What I wanted to see was a visualization of all trends, showing what was popular when. This would let us…
JeremyKolb on HN