Domain Research Tool www.DomainResearchTool.com Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Lezon Inc. All rights reserved Thank you to all of our customers who have submitted suggestions and bug reports. This tool could not be as powerful as it is today without your help. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.1.5 - 12/22/2009 - Public Release #57. --------------------------------------------- Happy Holidays to all of our loyal customers! --------------------------------------------- Information: This is a major release. Backup your important DRT files before downloading and installing this update. A fresh install is necessary. New Features: - Addded Bulk Trademark Checker - Added Support for Yahoo API - Added Support for Parsing words via DomainPlex API - Added Automatic Language Detection for Parsed Keywords - Added Google Fake Pagerank Detector (pageranks reset to 0 if fake) - Significantly Improved DomainPlex API Integration Bug Fixes: - Fixed .ORG whois problem - Fixed .DE whois problem, although due to a captcha on their site only basic .de whois queries are now available (registered/available) - Fixed .com.au whois - Fixed .co.nz whois - Fixed many whois issues with ccTLD lookups - Updated Search Volume and CPC to use [exact] keywords - Removed Compete as it is no longer available via bulk queries Coming Soon: - EstiBot 2.0 Appraisals via EstiBot API (estibot customers only). --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.1.4 - 08/12/2009 - Public Release #56. Information: This is a minor release. Bug Fixes: - Fixed MSN lookups, now they are performed on Bing.com - Fixed whois lookups for certain domains (ex: test.com, msn.com, md.com) - Fixed suggestion tool issue on keyword lookups and Google suggestion tool - Fixed MSN Keyword Digger --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.1.3 - 05/28/2009 - Public Release #55. Information: This is a minor release. Bug Fixes: - Fixed PageRank lookup --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.1.2 - 03/19/2009 - Public Release #54. Information: This is a minor release. Bug Fixes: - Fixed .ca whois lookup New Features: - Added Support for .in and .co.in whois checking --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.1.1 - 02/09/2009 - Public Release #53. Information: This is a major release. A fresh install will be necessary. Backup your old DRT files (or entire directory) before installing this update. Bug Fixes: - Fixed Altavista scan always being on. - Increased speed of some Whois queries New Features: - Added TLD editor to allow for customizing supported extensions. - Added default support for more extensions. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.1.0 - 02/06/2009 - Public Release #52. Information: This is a major release. A fresh install will be necessary. Backup your old DRT files (or entire directory) before installing this update. Bug Fixes: - Fixed "Cast to String" error on file import. - Fixed issues related to downloading PremiumDrops lists. - Fixed issues related to downloading zone files. - Fixed pad file problems in domain generator. - Fixed Yahoo search problem. - Fixed web site title extraction. - Removed MSN LP (link popularity) from columns. New Features: - Added Enhanced Domain Parser. Now you can parse out domains from anything from HTML to junk data to standard domain lists. It's quick, automated and allows you to add support for more TLDs & ccTLDs. - Added advanced filtering options using regular expressions. - Added new data source for pulling keyword data including search volume, CPC, advertiser and more. - Added enhanced API access for accessing archived metrics on over 100m domains. - Added support for Nominet ID when checking .uk domains. - Added more columns for Alexa data extraction. - Added Compete.com as new data source. - Added support for regular expression based parsing of parking sponsors. - Added e-mail columns to all reports. - Added .ca to filter settings list. - Added support for customized row colors for the visually impaired. - Updated help file. Added video tutorials to demonstrate all features. - Improved domain parsing function, allowing for virtually any data to be pasted in to have domains extracted from. Notes: - Wayback works, but archive.org is extremely slow and as a result the wayback results usually time out. If wayback is important to you increase the connection timeout and allow more time for the results to process. Coming Soon: - Bulk TM Scanner. - Integration with Estibot.com for all domain appraisals. - Dynamic Content Generator application. PremiumDrops.com is NO LONGER in beta. Check it out when you get a chance. Lots of neat new features, lists, metrics and cool stuff. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.0.9 - 08/28/2008 - Public Release #51. Information: This is a major release. A fresh install will be necessary. Backup your old DRT files (or entire directory) before installing this update. Bug Fixes: - Fixed Google external tool top month error result - Fixed NameJet Pre-release downloads - Fixed Powerdigger Google update - Fixed keyword digger - Fixed .org lookup issue - Added auto-cleaning keyword/domains to diggers - Removed outdated Overture features New Features: - *** Added support for INTERNATIONAL Google External tool - Added NameJet daily auctions one click download - Improved auto-emailer by not forcing users to scan all domains prior to sending offers - Improved bulk auto change value tool to add dynamic column maintenance Notes: - Wayback works, but archive.org is extremely slow and as a result the wayback results usually time out. If wayback is important to you increase the connection timeout and allow more time for the results to process. Coming Soon: - Bulk TM Scanner - Meta Keyword Crawler - Google External Tool multi keyword submit - Improved word recognizer - Improved Help File with Video Tutorials PremiumDrops.com is NO LONGER in beta. Check it out when you get a chance. Lots of neat new features, lists, metrics and cool stuff. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.0.8 - 08/16/2008 - Public Release #50. Information: This is a major release. A fresh install will be necessary. Backup your old DRT files (or entire directory) before installing this update. Bug Fixes: - Fixed .de availability issue. - Fixed .co.uk availability issue New Features: - Addded one click Estibot.com appraisal - Added Moniker, Godaddy, EuroDNS to one click register - *** Added support for querying Google External Tool in bulk with captcha and without (keyword tool and site tool). - *** Added international keyboard support to typo generator with ability to create custom keyboard layouts. - *** Added Altavista Link Popularity, Altavista Link Saturation and Altavista Term Popularity to scan engines. Notes: - Wayback works, but archive.org is extremely slow and as a result the wayback results usually time out. If wayback is important to you increase the connection timeout and allow more time for the results to process. Coming Soon: PremiumDrops.com is NO LONGER in beta. Check it out when you get a chance. Lots of neat new features, lists, metrics and cool stuff. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.0.6 - 03/03/2008 - Public Release #49. Information: This is a minor release. Bug Fixes: - Fixed Power Digger New Features: - Addded .TV support to filter Coming Soon: - Bulk US Trademark Scanner - Bulk Google (TM) keyword bid price lookup - Multi language keyboard typos support - Improved warning system on banned whois queries - Adjust google checksum algorithm - Domain Agent backend PremiumDrops.com is NO LONGER in beta. Check it out when you get a chance. Lots of neat new features, lists, metrics and cool stuff. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.0.5 - 02/23/2008 - Public Release #48. Information: This is a minor release. Bug Fixes: - Fixed TLD filter - Fixed E-mail send error to report in column New Features: - Added keyword matching for beginning and ending of domain, ex match "cars" at beginning but not in middle. Using * as wildcard (cars*) - Added com.au support to Overture(TM) digger - Added Domain Length and other metrics to appraiser - Update Help File Coming Soon: - Bulk US Trademark Scanner - Bulk Google (TM) keyword bid price lookup - Multi language keyboard typos support - Improved warning system on banned whois queries - Adjust google checksum algorithm - Domain Agent backend PremiumDrops.com is NO LONGER in beta. Check it out when you get a chance. Lots of neat new features, lists, metrics and cool stuff. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.0.4 - 01/17/2008 - Public Release #47. Information: This is a MAJOR release. A fresh installation will be necessary. Some older DRT watch list and other files may or may no longer be compatible. Make sure you backup all of your DRT files (watch lists, scan lists, porfolio,etc) prior to installing this release. If you are running DRT from Windows Vista you must run it as an administrator. Bug Fixes: - Fixed .org whois checking again (pir changed output format on their site) - Fixed no domain length when importing keywords. - Fixed whois parsing for many ccTLDs. - Fixed many PremiumDrops lists with metrics. New Features: - Added appraiser formula support for MSN TP, Advertisers and domain/term length. - Added additional status recognition for com.br domains. - Update Help File Coming Soon: - Bulk US Trademark Scanner - Bulk Google (TM) keyword bid price lookup - Multi language keyboard typos support - Improved warning system on banned whois queries - Adjust google checksum algorithm - Domain Agent backend --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.0.3 - 01/12/2008 - Public Release #46. Information: This is a MAJOR release. A fresh installation will be necessary. Some older DRT watch list and other files may or may no longer be compatible. Make sure you backup all of your DRT files (watch lists, scan lists, porfolio,etc) prior to installing this release. Bug Fixes: - Fixed .org whois checking when no proxies are used - Fixed .de availability whois - Fixed .com.br availability whois - Fixed .it availability whois - Fixed duplicate number parsing on word extraction - Fixed domain lists - Fixed Overture proxy warning - Fixed registration from Options->General Settings menu - Fixed settings not always getting saved - Fixed error when hyphen in domain on historical typein serach - Fixed scan issues when scanning for MSN Term rank metrics New Features: - Added Bulk Whois E-mail Extractor - Added Domain Length as sortable column - Added Free hourly updated proxy lists - Added Archived domain name lists - Added .org Zone File updated daily at midnight - Added two-click download for NameJet Prelease, PendingDelete lists - Added custom e-mail script support - Improved proxy checker - Improved Scan Speeds (enhanced turbo mode) - Improved Bug Reporting - Update Help File Coming Soon: - Bulk US Trademark Scanner - Bulk Google (TM) keyword bid price lookup - Multi language keyboard typos support --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.0.2 - 12/14/2007 - Public Release #45. Information: This is a MAJOR release. A fresh installation will be necessary. Some older DRT watch list and other files may or may no longer be compatible. Make sure you backup all of your DRT files (watch lists, scan lists, porfolio,etc) prior to installing this release. New Features: - Typein History (Overture archive) now populated with 3 months of data spread out over 2 years - Added Google Advertiser Count for terms - Added MSN Advertiser Count for terms Bug Fixes: - Bulk changing auto-appraised value fixed. - Word recognizer disabled on phrases or domains with spaces. Coming Soon: - Bulk US Trademark Scanner - NameJet domain lists and domains with metrics - .org zone files - Archived domain metrics and domain lists - Bulk Google (TM) keyword bid price lookup --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.0.1 Beta - 12/06/2007 - Public Release #44. Information: This is a MAJOR release. A fresh installation will be necessary. Some older DRT watch list and other files may or may no longer be compatible. Make sure you backup all of your DRT files (watch lists, scan lists, porfolio,etc) prior to installing this release. Since this is a beta release, it will not auto-update and will require a manual download and installation. New Features: - Typein History (Overture archive) now populated with 3 months of data spread out over 2 years - Added Google Advertiser Count for terms - Added MSN Advertiser Count for terms Bug Fixes: - Bulk changing auto-appraised value fixed. - Word recognizer disabled on phrases or domains with spaces. Coming Soon: - Bulk US Trademark Scanner - NameJet domain lists and domains with metrics - .org zone files - Archived domain metrics and domain lists - Bulk Google (TM) keyword bid price lookup --------------------------------------------------------- Release 2.0.1 Beta - 12/01/2007 - Public Release #43. Information: This is a MAJOR release. A fresh installation will be necessary. Some older DRT watch list and other files may or may no longer be compatible. Make sure you backup all of your DRT files (watch lists, scan lists, porfolio,etc) prior to installing this release. Since this is a beta release, it will not auto-update and will require a manual download and installation. New Features: - Bulk Term Corrector using Google (TM) and MSN (TM) "Did you mean". - Bulk Word Recognizer using english or other dictionary files. - Global support for scanning phrases instead of just domains. - Support for quote and no quote lookups on terms. - Added new domain list support inluding one click downloads. for premiumdrops lists. + Available domains with metrics + Dropping domains with metrics + PendingDelete domains with metrics + RGP / Hold DOmains with metrics + SnapNames / eNom / TuCows/ GoDaddy domains with metrics + All active domain auctions - Help file has been updated to explain the new features. - Removed registry support for settings. Settings are now saved in config.xml flat file. Bug Fixes: - Overture cache server now turned back on (2.0 beta only). - Removed MSN Link Popularity check (since they no longer provide the data). - Improved whois/availability checking for ccTLDs. - Support for Windows Vista has been completed. - Misc bugs fixed. Coming Soon: - Bulk US Trademark Scanner - NameJet domain lists and domains with metrics - .org zone files - Archived domain metrics and domain lists - Archived type-in stats Known Bugs: - Outlook still generates errors on some machines when sending e-mails using custom servers. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.4.4 - 09/25/2007 - Public Release #42. New Features: - Overture is back (at least 50% of the time!) so we've added Overture support back in with an extra feature to continue utilizing our Overture Archive. This feature is enabled by default from Options->Scan Settings->Query overture cache. - Help file has been updated to explain the new Overture archive feature. Coming Soon: - Bulk Domain Corrector / Word Extractor using Google/MSN "Did you mean" - Bulk US Trademark Scanner --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.4.3 - 09/24/2007 - Public Release #41. New Features: - Added archived Overture digger (in addition to the previous update). You can now perform wildcard searches using the Overture digger and generate domains based on the results. Ex: 'car insurance' or "carinsurance", etc can now be searched instantly through the Digger to generate 1,000+ results matching the wildcard. This update also speeds up the scan speeds of Overture (typein) domains and proxies are NO LONGER required for those scans. Bug Fixes: - Fixed support for extracting .ca creation, expiration, update info from whois Coming Soon: - Bulk Domain Corrector / Word Extractor using Google/MSN "Did you mean" - Bulk US Trademark Scanner --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.4.2 - 09/17/2007 - Public Release #40. New Features: - Overture is now available through our caching servers (even though it is no longer available through their web site). All overture queries now go to the DRT overture cache server where we store several billion keyword and term records archived from Overture over the last few years. Although these are not live stats, they are nonetheless useful and at this time the only solution. This update also speeds up the scan speeds of Overture (typein) domains and proxies are NO LONGER required for those scans. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.4.1 - 08/22/2007 - Public Release #39. New Features: - Added "smart-ignore" to email ignore and improved offer sending via DRT server. - Added "business name" field to outgoing offers. - Added another source for domain->email lookups (DRT-DB). This is a backend source and will not be visible to the user, but will result in email lookups being more successful. - Users can send up to 5,000 emails at a time using DRT servers (changed from 50) --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.4.0 - 06/11/2007 - Public Release #38. Bug Fixes: - co.uk whois now supports proxies via web query Known Problems: - Google Pagerank Problem - As of 05/04/2007 Google changed how pagerank queries are processed. We are working on fixing this. - MSN Link Popularity - MSN link popularity has been disabled by MSN. We are not sure if this feature is coming back. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.3.9 - 05/07/2007 - Public Release #37. Bug Fixes: - Google LP now works again (Google changed output format). - Serial number problem for new customers fixed. - Font (Bold/Italic) changes are now preserved permanently. - Internal browser now opens in the proper tab. - Updated AutoUpdater Known Problems: - Google Pagerank Problem - As of 05/04/2007 Google changed how pagerank queries are processed. We are working on fixing this. - MSN Link Popularity - MSN link popularity has been disabled by MSN. We are not sure if this feature is coming back. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.3.8 - 05/06/2007 - Public Release #36. Bug Fixes: - Export on PCs that don't append extension to files fixed. - MSN LP Scan disabled until further notice (MSN disabled LP scanning) - .org Whois fixed New Features: - Added whois archiving/caching. The results will be available shortly as our database builds up. This will speed up whois queries especially on ccTLDs and .orgs/.us/.info/.biz and servers requiring proxies. Known Problems: - Google Pagerank Problem - As of 05/04/2007 Google changed how pagerank queries are processed. We are working on fixing this. - MSN Link Popularity - MSN link popularity has been disabled by MSN. We are not sure if this feature is coming back. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.3.7 - 05/04/2007 - Public Release #35. Big update folks. This update may require a fresh install (using Setup.exe) so make sure you backup your log/watch/portfolio files. Bug Fixes: - .org now properly works with proxy (web proxy only) - .co.uk now pulls expiration date and nameservers - .ws now pulls creation, update and nameservers (w/wo proxy) - .com.br pulls creation,expiration,nameservers (w/wo proxy) - SE Keyword digger now works with Google. - Google TP now automatically extracts just term from domain (ex: something.com = something) - Google TP (term popularity) now supports proxy servers. - Google TP now works within the automated appraiser - Alerts will no longer be shown if a proxy is banned for bulk queries (only when no proxies are used) - Save error messages are now displayed in the status bar (not popup anymore). - New .com and .com changes files (which have grown very large due to tasting) are now provided in zip format. - Italian overture now returns valid scores. New Features: - My Terms now displays all terms & domains extracted when performing Overture queries & digs. - .mobi availability and whois scanning now supported (with and without proxies). *** PremiumDrops.com beta launched. Pre-scanned domain name lists are now available to download free. Known Problems: - Google Pagerank Problem - As of 05/04/2007 Google changed how pagerank queries are processed. We are working on fixing this. - MSN Link Popularity - MSN link popularity has been disabled by MSN. We are not sure if this feature is coming back. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.3.6 - 01/31/2007 - Public Release #34. Bug Fixes: - .org now properly works with proxy (web proxy only) Updates: - We are working on integrating an instant Overture.TLD/Term checker into DRT to speed up Overture (TM) scans. *** PremiumDrops.com beta launched. Pre-scanned domain name lists are now available to download free. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.3.5 - 01/24/2007 - Public Release #33. Bug Fixes: - co.uk expiration date now shows up properly. Problem was caused by registry changing output format. Updates: - We are working on integrating an instant Overture.TLD/Term checker into DRT to speed up Overture (TM) scans. *** PremiumDrops.com beta launched. Pre-scanned domain name lists are now available to download free. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.3.4 - 01/13/2007 - Public Release #32. Bug Fixes: - Error on Watch List domain adding fixed. - Alexa Link Popularity column now visible in Watchlist and Portfolio - Sorting by date fixed. Updates: - We are working on integrating an instant Overture.TLD/Term checker into DRT to speed up Overture (TM) scans. *** PremiumDrops.com beta launched. Pre-scanned domain name lists are now available to download free. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.3.3 - 12/09/2006 - Public Release #31. New Features: - Improved security Bug Fixes: - Yahoo Link Popularity / Link Saturation fixed. - Sorting bug fixed. All *,? results now sort properly. *** PremiumDrops.com beta launched. Pre-scanned domain name lists are now available for download free. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.3.1 / 1.3.2 - 11/14/2006 - Public Release #30. New Features: Security update. We've added additional features to prevent piracy of our software. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.3.0 - 10/30/2006 - Public Release #29. New Features: - Wayback Machine scan type to determine domain age and archived records. - Export of Overture digger results to CSV. - New lists added including: - SnapNames (TM) active auctions (anyone can bid). - SnapNames (TM) drop list, - SnapNames (TM) priority partner list - Pool (TM) drop list. - eNom (TM) active auction list. These lists can now be downloaded and scanned with just one click from within File->Domain Lists->Third Party Lists Bug Fixes: - Fixed minor MSN check issue. - Fixed file splitter to work with wider range of file types. - Manual overture check now uses default scan settings overture server - Sorting issue fixed. - Date issues fixed. *** PremiumDrops.com beta launched. Pre-scanned domain name lists are now available for download. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.2.9 - 9/14/2006 - Public Release #28. Bug Fixes: - MSN Link Popularity and Saturation now work (MSN updated to MSN Live on 9/13/06) - Pasting domains with extra leading spaces or inserting using add domains automatically now removes spaces. - Other minor issues fixed. *** Plesmo.com Domain Exchange Officially launched. Please check it out, register, post your domains and tell us what you think. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.2.8 - 7/19/2006 - Public Release #27. New Features: - .US Zone File now included. - .Info Zone File now included. - .Biz Zone File now included. *** Plesmo.com Domain Exchange Officially launched. Please check it out, register, post your domains and tell us what you think. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.2.7 - 7/13/2006 - Public Release #26. Bug Fixes: - Fixed overture for Term searches. Now only exact term matches return a result. New Features: - Many new domain lists including: - .org drop list - .org RGP list - .org Hold list - .net RGP list (complete) - .net Hold list (complete) - .info drop list - .info Hold list (complete) - .info RGP list (complete) - .US drop list - .US hold list (complete) - .us RGP list (complete) *** Plesmo.com Domain Exchange Officially launched. Please check it out, register, post your domains and tell us what you think. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.2.6 - 7/10/2006 - Public Release #25. Bug Fixes: - Adjusted Alexa checker to new alexa algorithm. Alexa scans now work. - Must be numeric now fixed for domains that contain "e" - About page now shows user's real serial number. New Features: - .com.au now added to digger/generator - .com.au now has availability checking (whois) - .com.br now added to digger/generator - .com.br now has availability checking (web with proxy support) *** Domain Exchange Beta launched. Please check it out, register, post your domains and tell us what you think. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.2.5 - 6/23/2006 - Public Release #24. Bug Fixes: - Fixed issues with long keywords on Overture digger with word scrambler. - Fixed "Last Updated" for .US domains. .US domains now properly show up the last updated date when performing bulk whois checks. - Alexa extracted e-mails (for bulk offer submit) are now checked through the ignore list for addresses to ignore. New Features: - Added "replace spaces with dash" to overture digger - Banned e-mails now display as such when sending automated offers. Domains for which emails were banned have "Skipped. Banned..." in the status bar after the scan completes. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.2.4 - 6/2/2006 - Public Release #23. New Features: - Submit E-mail offer now works with Gmail and bounced messages properly show up in the Gmail inbox (sometimes in spam folder though). Directions for setting up DRT with gmail are in the help file (send e-mail section) and are quite simple. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.2.2 / 1.2.3 - 5/31/2006 - Public Release #22. Lots of new features. Bug Fixes: - Bulk e-mail feature now works again (error message fixed). - Yahoo Link Popularity/Saturation fixed. - .SE Whois/availability checking now works. New Features: - * IDN Support with integrated IDN Converter. - * Dmoz and Yahoo directory scanning now available. Scan domains for Yahoo/Dmoz directory listings. - * Integrated TYPO generator. Now you can generate unlimited amounts of typos on the fly. - Zone files are now updated daily at 10 AM USC. - New .BE, .GR, .DK zone files added. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.2.1 - 3/28/2006 - Public Release #21. Bug Fixes: - User is now alerted when trying to exit and file save is in progress. - Clearing (new button) scan/watch/portfolio now also resets the current sort order - Fixed bug when clearing lists and selecting to save. New Features: - User can now set referer in HTML header when performing availability checks (General Settings). - New Combinator feature (Domain Generator) allows for processing of combination of primary and secondary keywords. - Ability to scan just keywords for popularity in Google. - Ability to convert keyword results to domains. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.1.9b / 1.2.0- 3/1/2006 - Public Release #20. Major UPDATE. Bug Fixes: - Numerous bugs have been addressed. New Features: - Redesigned Interface - Integrated web browsers for easy navigation & more efficient research - Portfolio Manager allows for managing owned domains. - Web site size measuring feature. - Web site title extraction. - Highlighting of under construction and similar domain pages. - Integrated news section. - Less restrictions on threads & scan speeds. - Ability to monitor various domain changes such as nameservers, IPs, through portfolio manager - Updated help file with new videos. - Many new minor features & enhancements. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.1.9 - 2/9/2006 - Public Release #19. Bug Fixes: - Fixed Overture Digger "String" / "Integer" bug experienced by some users. New Features: - When sending offers and no whois e-mail is available or the whois e-mail is invalid an alternate source is queried for the contact information. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.1.8 - 2/7/2006 - Public Release #19. Bug Fixes: - Overture digger fixed when digging certain keywords in US and international servers. - Auto-Scan on Download feature fixed. - Exporting as CSV no longer includes "?". Instead a blank field is exported for unchecked columns. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.1.7 - 2/2/2006 - Public Release #18. Bug Fixes: - Fixed Overture No TLD bug on results that return multiple terms and the desired term is not first in the list. - Changed the referrer header on availability queries to "DRTBOT" so that weblogs properly indicate bot and not user. New Features - Added "Resolve Only" availability check to allow quicker checking of domain availability. - Added duplicate domain removal to Scan List and Watch list. This feature is accessible from the popup menu when right clicking on the scan/watch lists. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.1.6 - 1/28/2006 - Public Release #17. Bug Fixes: - Fixed e-mail send problem using DRT servers. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.1.5 - 1/25/2006 - Public Release #16. Bug Fixes: - Fixed whois availability checking for available .co.uk domains --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.1.4 - 1/21/2006 - Public Release #15. Bug Fixes: - Shortcut keys disabled. New Features: - Customized fonts now allowed in the scan list & watch list as requested by our customer. - Force removal of poor proxies now supported from proxy report window. - Overture server type now displayed in tab. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.1.3 - 1/10/2006 - Public Release #14. Bug Fixes: - Alexa now properly shows up domains with no link popularity but traffic rank. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.1.2 - 1/10/2006 - Public Release #13. Bug Fixes: - Alexa upper case domain bug fixed New Features: - Mutliple lines now supported in domain notes section - Domain Notes now allows for up to 2000 characters - Maximum timeout in seconds raised to 999. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.1.1 - 1/09/2006 - Public Release #12. Bug Fixes: - Error when loading previous domain watch/scan lists fixed. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.1.0 - 1/02/2006 - Public Release #11. Happy New Year from Lezon Inc! Bug Fixes: - File Splitter now properly splits .com/.net zone files - Google Digger has been adjusted to work with new changes made to Google output. New Features: - .ES, .NL & .NO zone files have been added to the Domain List --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.0.9 - 12/20/2005 - Public Release #10 Bug Fixes: - CO.UK availability checking bug as been fixed. - File splitter now properly splits .pl zone files. - Whois checking now shows how many days ago a domain expired, if applicable. - Minimizing bug causing D.R.T. to crash when scanning and minimizing on some PCs has been fixed. New Features: - Message indicating large files cannot be added directly to list but must be split first has been added. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.0.8 - 12/17/2005 - Public Release #9 Bug Fixes: - Pressing the ESC key on Filter Settings window now properly closes the window. - .co.uk availability checking bug has been addressed. - Proxy settings now properly save after clicking OK. New Features: - New domain lists including .com zone file, .net zone file, .de zone file, .co.uk zone file, .com zone changes, .net zone changes .org zone changes, daily registered .com, .net, .org - D.R.T. ad no longer placed in outgoing offers unless offers are being sent using D.R.T. servers. - Custom keyword maximum has been increased to 125. - New community section provides useful domain links. - Updated help file to reflect new features. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.0.7 - 12/13/2005 - Public Release #8 Bug Fixes: - "Export as HTML" no longer opens exported HTML pages in new windows. - Duplicate domains are removed from the search engine digger results. New Features: - "Export as HTML" now allows for exporting of custom columns. - Check search engines, Overture (TM), etc only if a domain is available. Speeds up scan and eases load on remote servers ensuring that queries are made only when necessary. - Added support for scheduled scans. Now you can download lists and start a scan at a certain time or day. - Improved security. - Brazilian Overture now supported. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.0.6 - 12/07/2005 - Public Release #7 Bug Fixes: - Loading new proxies problem fixed. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.0.5 - 12/07/2005 - Public Release #6 Bug Fixes: - Message box problem fixed. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.0.4 - 12/06/2005 - Public Release #5 Bug Fixes: - Word mixer has been fixed to properly generate domains in various TLDs. - Sorting incomplete lists is now possible. - "Load when windows load" feature now works. - Deleting or cutting domains during a scan is no longer allowed. - Default button for scan settings window fixed. - Default button for general settings window fixed. - File splitter output path for all files is now the same. - Many minor issues have been addressed. New Features: - Global shortcuts allow for inserting and scanning of domains from any source, such as forum, web site, etc. Save time with global shortcuts. See help file. - Power Digger digs for type-in domains using a creative approach. - Added "custom download link" for automatically downloading and loading custom domain lists. - Word mixer has been fixed and improved to generate more domains from fewer keywords and allow for better brainstorming. - All diggers now show progress of the dig. - Tool tips have been added to all controls. - Did you know screen added to inform beginner users of important features. - Proxy servers are now checked for duplicates when added or loaded manually. - Proxy Autoremove feature when enabled now displays a time stamp of when the last proxy was removed. - Domains added to the scan queue after a scan has started are now scanned. - New video available demonstrating "Domain Generator" feature. - New recommendations available in help file listing recommended proxies for a given scan. - Improved help file now covers even more topics and includes indexes for easy keyword search. In the works: - Ability to load all SnapNames and Pool auction domains into watch list with a single click and later bid on those auctions. - Scheduled tasks. Ability to schedule scans at various times of day. - Improved sort. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.0.3 - 12/02/2005 - Public Release #4 Bug Fixes: - Spanish Overture now replaces domain result containing spaces with periods. So, domain results such as "Google com" are considered "Google.com". Domain results are checked to ensure that they are the same as the passed domain. - Results Filter now filters results much faster, in a separate thread. It takes approximately 6 minutes to filter out 100,000 results for domains with Overture > 500 on a Pentium 4 2.6Ghz PC with 1 GB Ram. - Inserting multiple keywords into Overture Digger no longer generates an error that crashes the program. New Features: - Scan Settings screen has been changed - Proxy Settings now has its own window which is much larger and allows for viewing and editing more proxy servers than previously. - Added "Word Mixer" to domain generator, a brain storming feature that allows for mixing of various keywords to generate domains in over 100 TLDs - Multithreaded loading and saving of files now does not disturb the scan. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.0.2 - 11/30/2005 - Public Release #3 Bug Fixes: - Scan settings automatically creates necessary rows in the scan list based on search engine selection in "Scan Settings" New Features: --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.0.1 - 11/30/2005 - Public Release #2 Bug Fixes: - Scan Settings screen no longer asks to reset list every time user clicks Save - Many minor issues have been addressed. New Features: --------------------------------------------------------- Release 1.0.0 - 11/29/2005 - First Release Bug Fixes: - Many minor issues have been addressed. New Features: - Beta testing is completed. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 0.0.9 Beta - 11/28/2005 - Beta Release #8. Bug Fixes: - Overture checking for certain domains which returned invalid results has been fixed. - .ORG whois checking now supports proxy (and we strongly recommend using proxies) - Many minor issues have been addressed. New Features: - New feature activated from General Settings screen allows for generating of various other domains from invalid Overture results. - Demonstration videos are now available in the help file --------------------------------------------------------- Release 0.0.8 Beta - 11/25/2005 - Beta Release #7. Bug Fixes: - Filter "Must start with letter" now works. - Secondary auto-highlight works. - Scanning whois only now longer generates errors. - Choking on very bandwidth intensive queries has been addressed to a certain extent. New Features: - Advanced Filter allows for filtering of scanned lists to only display domains matching certain criteria. - Export selection only has been added allowing users to export only selected items. - Users can now highlight only those domains for which the appraised value is greater than X (ex $20) - Updated toolbar now contains more shortcuts - Help file now available for all features and topics. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 0.0.7 Beta - 11/19/2005 - Beta Release #5. Bug Fixes: - Improved parking sponsor recognition for Domain Sponsor and Yahoo. - Appraisals are now properly generated in the Watch list - New button in Watch list now shows up the proper filename if one exists - Columns error in Watch List fixed - Current bid/offer and Watch Status is now updated when an offer is made. New Features: --------------------------------------------------------- Release 0.0.6 Beta - 11/18/2005 - Beta Release #4. Bug Fixes: - List now properly sort with non-numeric values (ex: ?, *, -) New Features: - User will be asked if they wish to save changes to the proxy list, if it has been edited. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 0.0.5 Beta - 11/18/2005 - Beta Release #3. Bug Fixes: New Features: - Proxy scanning now checks for anonymous/transarent proxies and will remove transparent along with dead. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 0.0.4 Beta - 11/18/2005 - Beta Release #2. Bug Fixes: - Adding an unscanned domain to watch list from scan list no longer generates an error. - Scan list toolbar tips now read their proper values New Features: - Added alerts for detecting ban on Google and Yahoo searches. Now if it has been detected that you have been temporarily banned, you will be alerted. - Added warnings for performing large scans indicating that proxy servers are recommended. --------------------------------------------------------- Release 0.0.3 Beta - 11/18/2005 - Beta Release #1. - See beta.txt for features list. Bug Fixes: - Proxy scanning no longer generates an error. - Scan list toolbar tips now read their proper values New Features: - Added alerts for detecting ban on Google and Yahoo searches. Now if it has been detected that you have been temporarily banned, you will be alerted. - Added warnings for performing large scans indicating that proxy servers are recommended.