New Google/Yahoo Search Idea?

[carlton]

Was pondering the present layout and functionality of the search engines. There are several modifiers over the Google and Yahoo search box such as: web | images | groups | news | and so forth ... that allow surfers to restrict their search.

Why not have one of these specifiers be called "exact match". It would take your search word (or phrase) and produce a result page consisting of websites built on an exact match domain name.

For example, if someone searched on "Miami Real Estate" with the exact match modifier, then they would see a list of websites such as:

• MiamiRealEstate.com
• MiamiRealEstate.net
• MiamiRealEstate.org
• MiamiRealEstate.us
• MiamiRealEstate.biz
• MiamiRealEstate.info
• MiamiRealEstate.ws

Of all the many possible extensions, only those containing web content would be listed. I don't see this as replacing any of Google/Yahoo's search functions - just adding a new and different option.

My reasoning for this suggestion is that the inherent utility of domain names, and what a domain actually describes, is very under-utilized by the search engines. If you search on a word/phrase now, you may get long, unfamiliar names whose content doesn't match the topic you are searching on. I believe the addition of this exact match search modifier would be a good tool for internet users and an advantage to domainers and developers whose keyword domain provides the requested content.

Long lists of keywords are used in the metatag to describe what a site is about when the most accurate description is the word/phrase itself contained in the actual domain name.

[Banned: domain newbie]

they wont do that, otherwise no point in adwords and the search will end up with da parked pages mainly

[carlton]

no point in adwords and the search will end up with da parked pages mainly

Sure, adwords can co-exist with a list of pure domain websites. They're not mutually exclusive. Selecting a list of pure domain websites with adword links in the right margin should be no problem.

[zachbb]

In google you can already use this syntax:
inurl:
to search for domain names.

For instance look at:
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...q=inurl%3Azach

You could probably use other operators in google to find exact matches...

[carlton]

In google you can already use this syntax:
inurl:
to search for domain names.

For instance look at:
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...q=inurl%3Azach

You could probably use other operators in google to find exact matches...

I see that. The results mix pure domain names with the many variations which is what the proposed feature would specifically avoid.