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by bgraves 5623 days ago
Looks like a good start, but I think your result set needs to be better.

For example, I searched for "[physics]book" hoping to get back results like "physicsfolio.com", "physicsreport.com", etc. My result was actually "physicsbook.com" -- which isn't even available.

So, the idea sounds great especially if you could create some intelligent parsing scripts and pull some good synonyms (possibly using the wordnik.com api?) then I think it would be another useful tool while searching for domain names.

Check http://www.wordnik.com/thesaurus/book for a good example of some synonyms for "book" which I'd love to see integrated with rewordio.us

For what it's worth, my favorite domain name whois tool is domaintyper.com -- consider integrating some of the features from that service (or even just the site mechanics) and I think you'd have a pretty decent product on your hands!

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This was because there was no space between [physics] and book. I'm working on a fix to handle that case right now, but if you enter "[physics] book" you'll see the results you were looking for. Hope this helps!

- John (technical cofounder)

This is fixed. [physics]book will now work. Thanks for the suggestion!
The results are MUCH better now....thanks for the direct attention! I love HN :)