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op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Thank you, Ben! As to the money, revenue source is the affiliation with domain registrars (GoDaddy, etc).
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
This feature is going be implemented soon. Stay tuned!
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Thanks for pointing this out. Iceweasel browser made the font a little bigger than expected. I will try to fix that.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Thank you, Dave!
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Thanks for pointing this out!
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
akamaka, which browser do you use?
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Thanks for your suggestion, Dave!
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Thank you, Scott, this is a great idea! I like it, and I'm going to think on it.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Added a short list of major improvements. Thanks!
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Wordoid.com is a webapp that helps you come up with a catchy name for your product, company or domain.

It makes up new words that are unlikely to appear in a dictionary. It knows how to create words in several languages: English, Spanish, French and Italian at the moment. It is even able to create words in imaginary "languages", constructed by blending two or more real languages together.

I would appreciate your feedback!

P.S. This is the second time I would like to ask you to review wordoid.com here at HN.

The first review, located at http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=621855, gave me lots of ideas and suggestions, that I believe made the webapp a little better:

1) The user interface got an overhaul and became much more user-friendly.

2) Domain availability checks are more precise now, and .net domain check is added.

3) The webapp works faster now.

Thanks go to JunkDNA, matt1, nwjsmith, oskarpearson, pierrefar, philh, papa, yummyfajitas,and all the other guys who posted their comments.

op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Thank you for your extensive feedback, JunkDNA! I will take your suggestions into account while making the webapp better.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Wordoid.com checks domain availability by querying a DNS server. This is not completely accurate, since some domains don't have DNS records. The right way is to query a whois server. That's tough, because i don't know of any whois servers that would allow me send bulk queries.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
I use it to show that no language is selected and avoid boring error messages. But may be I will add Klingon some day...
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
They really are! I personally like the combination of French and Spanish in "Almost Natural" mode.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
More on this:

The website received about 3500 visitors during 12 hours after I posted this review request here on HN. Thank you guys! Thanks HN! It has been way more than I expected!

There's a bottleneck somewhere in the algorithm that creates wordoids. That's why wordoid.com is irresponsive sometimes. The webserver and the database seem to run smoothly.

op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
I plan to add more languages (including Russian) when all the critical issues are settled.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Currently the number of pages is virtually unlimited.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Well, it appears that the sidebar is confusing and non user-friendly. I will work on this more.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
I agree, the interface is not perfect now, but it will get better over time.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Thanks for pointing this out! I should have checked it twice...
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Good point! Thanks for the suggestion, i will fix that.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
ironkeith, this most likely is a HN effect (luckily? :) The webapp has been developed with performance in mind, however I've already noticed some glitches to fix.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
tripngroove, could you please elaborate more on this?
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Thank you for the idea! I like it. Added to my todo list.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Thank you for the link!
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
yummyfajitas, this feature is on my task list. There will be either a combobox or a small window with registar suggestions.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
I'm happy you like it!
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
It does.
op··on Ask HN: Please, review wordoid.com, a smart naming webapp
Wordoid.com is a webapp that helps you come up with a catchy name for your product, company or domain.

It makes up new words that are unlikely to appear in a dictionary. It knows how to create words in several languages: English, Spanish, French and Italian at the moment. It is even able to create words in imaginary "languages", constructed by blending two or more real languages together.

I would appreciate your feedback!

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Long live Rapira!