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False negatives

A number of domains show as 'available' even though they are taken (and have valid WHOIS entries) -- PARKLABS.COM as an example.

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Cameron Walters, Official Rep, replied on July 30, 2009 06:36

Hi Ben,

As you can see in a few other threads, we use DNS as our indication of a domain’s registered status.

You are correct that whois is the ultimate authority on availability, but Domainr does not have access to a whois service. Domainr is a search engine reporting the best results it is able to obtain through DNS.

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