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4.10

Advanced Search

4.10.1 Advanced Search

Overview

The advanced search gives you ultimate control over how domain names are generated and

checked. You can specify preferences that will limit the domain names to those that most closely

match your criteria.

Word Groups

To perform an advanced search you use one or more word groups. A word group is a list of

alternative words or domain name parts that should not be used together in the same domain

name. For example, if you wanted to search for a domain name like "fresh food" or "tasty food" and

you don t want domain names like "fresh tasty", simply place "fresh" and "tasty" in one word group

and "food" in another.

Each word group has an individual setting for the valid positions of the words in the domain name,

can be specified as optional or mandatory, and the number of 

thesaurus

 alternatives can be

individually set. Word groups that have no words are ignored.

Word Group Positions

Typically, when searching for a domain name you don t want words randomly put together. Domain

names consisting of a verb or adjective and a noun, or two nouns are usually better in a particular

order, such as "freshfood" instead of "foodfresh" or "tomatoseed" instead of "seedtomato". Word

group positions allow you to restrict the position of words in the domain name.

Each word group can be set to one of the following specific positions within the domain name:

Start

Middle

End

Anywhere (default)

Start or Middle

Middle or End

Start or End

Note that a mandatory word group takes precedence over an optional word group in the same

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