suzie250 - 5:51 pm on Mar 15, 2006 (gmt 0)

Yes, if you look up a non-existant domain name too many times, somebody is going to nab it.

Twice I had this happen to me. Guess I'm a slow learner, should have never let it happen the second time.

Now I do all the prelimiary checking by doing a search through all three major search engines for the domain name. Not perfect but better. I had one I was working on that wasn't showing anywhere, it just happened that someone else bought it within the same time period I was looking.

Now I only use whois or registrar lookups when I am ready to buy.