DropShark Release Schedule Change

[cambler]

The original plan was for Version 1.1 to come out on 29 September, and Version 2.0 to target October 31.

At this time, the features for 2.0 are coming together faster than anticipated. After talking to my test team, I've come to the conclusion that it makes more sense to abandon the featureset benchmark for 1.1 and concentrate on getting everything done for 2.0.

This includes all link popularity checking (Overture, Alexa, Google, et. al.), detailed graphical analysis, lexographic analysis, and expanding the scope to include names in redemption as well as comprehensive tools for selecting new names.

In other words, just about all features of all software and sites out there, both free, pay and subscription.

It's a lofty goal, I know, but I think it's quite possible to have every major feature in 2.0, and keep the price reasonably low (read: lower than anything else out there).

So just a head's up that this is the plan, going forward, and to remind you all that if there's a feature that you can't live without, you should speak up.

 

[skylight]

so there will not be any release of new version until oct 31st??

 

[cambler]

No - sorry, I wasn't clear - I'm going to eliminate the 1.1 version and go straight to 2.0, and as a result, it will be released well before October 31, provided testing goes well. The 1.1 features are done, but the 2.0 features are so ahead of schedule that it doesn't make much sense to release 1.1 and then follow-on with 2.0 only a week or two later.

 

[seeker]

Chris, is it possible in the save search and execute save search to have the following?

1) IF a serach term in saved mode has 5 saved searches, i.e. : aaa, bbb, ccc, ddd

and a domain is found that is called aaabbb
in this scenario it will be listed twice once the search is executed.
an it scan and remove the same names so we dont look at the list and find the same name more than once?
It makes the list shorter.

2) is it possible to execute a search with 'or' such as aaa or bbb or ccc or ddd etc...
with a long list of words, such as 30 different keywords?

Thanks!

 

[cambler]

The first one, I can add a "remove duplicates" checkbox, no problem.

The second one can be accomplished now with the regex search form. Alas, regular expressions are complex - but they're hugely powerful.

 

[seeker]

is there any documentation for regex and using it for the above purpose?

If you place that remove duplicates button, that would be superb!!!

 

[cambler]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...de/html/cpconRegularExpressionsAsLanguage.asp is a good place to start.

But I warn you, it's complex! I'm working on an add-on regex builder, but it won't be in 2.0 unless I have a serious spurt of productivity, or someone sends me $1000 to buy my attention.

 

[Jack Gordon]

ok you've been teasing us with the regular expression searching feature for months now.

what the hell is it and how does it improve our lives?

:-D

 

[skylight]

the most exciting feature of dropshark to me now is actually the linkpop checker.
eagerly waiting for it to be release...

 

[cambler]

Regular expressions are cool because they're so powerful. Regex is a complete search language that lets you do just about anything. The problem is that it's so hard to learn, but once you learn it, you can construct some pretty elaborate searches.

 

[seeker]

I am sure its true.
But $1000?

come on Chris, give regex to the masses!
lol

 

[cambler]

Seeker, I was kidding. The $1000 quip was a joke. The regex builder is on the feature list, but there are only so many hours in the day. I was joking that someone could bribe me to push it higher on the priority list.

DropShark has regex now, and I can see that there are people using it (anonymous search metrics are reported back to the server so I can see how people use DropShark and allow me to optimize).

But yes, a builder will be helpful, and I intend to have it in 2.0.

 

[seeker]

awwww...!!!!

send me back the $1000!!!
LOL!

Chris, thanks for a fine product!

 

[Frontline]

what about adding .org lists?

 

[cambler]

org, us, info and biz are in the works. Not all of those have published drop lists like com/net, though.

 

[mike031]

here is the neustar url for .us names in two periods, rgp and deletion ---> http://www.neustar.us/reports/rgp/

also, you should try and contact the kind folks over at http://www.nameintelligence.com/ and try and maybe work something out with them, they supply the "drop lists" for godaddy and they have com/net/org as well as info/biz/us

 

[cambler]

Thanks, Mike. I actually have all of the lists (and non-lists) located, but some are more difficult to integrate than others, obviously (much easier to just download com/net from Verisign's FTP server, for example).

But none of it is rocket science

 

[seeker]

rocket science???

 

[cambler]

rocket science???

Sorry - American slang. "It's not rocket science" means "it's not terribly difficult," implying that rocket science (ballistic physics) is difficult.

 

[seeker]

ahh ok.
so you are ok with the quantum physics equation I gave you?
re, Chris,

it isnt there, nor eventfull till the final target audience realizes it exists....