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by msinghai 5263 days ago
Hey hey, wait a minute.

I searched out Code (http://www.leandomainsearch.com/search?q=Code) and tried to register codejet.com ,which was shown available by you , but, it was already registered. Similarly, I tried to get Codehit and again, it failed. Could you please explain?
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csears 5262 days ago
This is a case of his fast, DNS-based checking method not providing accurate results. You can see the difference by running nslookup and whois on the domain. Nslookup just uses DNS, whereas whois goes to the registrar/internic.

$ nslookup codejet.com

Server: 1.1.1.227 Address: 1.1.1.227#53

server can't find codejet.com: NXDOMAIN

$ whois codejet.com

Whois Server Version 2.0

Domain names in the .com and .net domains can now be registered with many different competing registrars. Go to http://www.internic.net for detailed information.

   Domain Name: CODEJET.COM
   Registrar: GODADDY.COM, LLC
   Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
   Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
   Name Server: No nameserver
   Status: clientDeleteProhibited
   Status: clientRenewProhibited
   Status: clientTransferProhibited
   Status: clientUpdateProhibited
   Updated Date: 20-may-2011
   Creation Date: 01-jun-2000
   Expiration Date: 01-jun-2012
>>> Last update of whois database: Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:34:42 UTC <<<
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matt1 5262 days ago
The results are not perfect.

I added a "doublecheck" link on the registration dialog box that allows you to confirm before following through to the registrar.

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