Finding Type-ins that are not something else.

I'm stuck at the very beginning trying to find profitable names.

[webbyblob]

Have I got this right? (Trying to figure it out all over again... just as I thought it was all coming together!)

A type-in is defined as 1 or more keywords typed into a browser, with NO spaces between words, usually suffixed with .com.

So to find the keywords that I can use as a type-in domain name, in, say, Overture's suggestion tool, it's very much trial and error. Because I don't know which keywords have been actually typed in... they could also be purchased PPC keywords. Am I right?

If so, do people really use 2, 3, 4 or 5 keywords typed together without spaces, and stick a .com on the end? (They do? I never have even after 12 years on the net).

I know it might seem quite obvious, but I've done a lot of reading and this hasn't come up anywhere. I need someone to explain it to me nice and simple :-)

[Laker]

The way it works for me is, I may have the thought of buying a new camera -- and I want to "check it out on the web".

Suppose the brand of the camera I'm interested in is the "example" camera.

While I could (easily) use a search engine to find what I want, at this stage in the evolution of the web (and the saturation/deployment of relevant domain names), I may just type in "ExampleCameras.com" (never registered :-)

In my experience, there's usually a result.

[webbyblob]

Laker, this is the way I understood type-ins worked, so that's good confirmation. There just seemed to be part of the puzzle that was missing, but obviously not.

So the next part of the puzzle is figuring out which of the keywords in the Overture list (or any other keyword traffic list) are potential domain names that can be registered as type-ins.

Where can I find all the information on this? A search through Webmaster World doesn't seem to come up with strong solutions... it's all a bit of a gamble by the looks of it.

[webbyblob]

I've read [webmasterworld.com...] again in more detail, and it explains much of what I wanted to know.

(Sigh - think first, post later!)