So my favorite domain name checker is down: www.domai.nr<p>The top google results for others were actually pretty crappy. Works fine for the really common tlds but that's about it. What does everyone else use?
I use the whois command utility which is available by default on any Mac. If you're using Linux it is usually installed by default, but not always.<p>To install it on Ubuntu:<p>apt-get install whois<p>or on CentOS:<p>yum -y install jwhois<p>On Windows you can download it from here: <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897435.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897435.asp...</a><p>To use it, simply type on the command prompt:<p>whois domainname.com<p>I find this approach much faster and easier than using a website that essentially does the same thing. Not to mention that there were rumours a few years ago that some of those websites are capturing what you're searching for and register the most interesting domain names hoping they will sell them back to you.<p>I hope this helps.<p>Cheers,<p>Liviu