DomainsBot is the major provider of semantic based services to the domain industry.[1] They are industry leaders known for their unique and effective search technologies, domain name suggestion systems, and classification services which are utilized by other prominent registrars, like GoDaddy, Tucows, Register.com, 1&1, Directi, Sedo, and others.[2] Sedo became a minority investor in 2008.[3]

Type: Privately Held
Industry: Domain Name Search Engine
Founded: Rome, 1999
Headquarters: US Office

Pier 38, Embacadero
San Francisco, CA 94103
Italian Office
Via G. Pezzana
Rome, Italy

Businesses: Domain Name Creation
Software and Services,
Registration of Vanity Numbers
Products: Domain Suggestions, Phone Services, Domain Marketing
Website: DomainsBot.com
Twitter: @DomainsBot
Key People
Emiliano Pasqualetti, CEO

Max Ralli, President & co-Founder
Daniel Ruzzini Meija, CSO & co-Founder
Luca Martinetti, CTO
Massimo Andreasi Bassi, VP of R&D
Francesco Simoneschi, VP of Product Development

History

DomainsBot was launched in 1999 by Daniel Ruzzini Meija and Max Ralli when they were still university students. In 2004 it began to integrate the semantic search engine, which it is know well-known for, and in 2008 Sedo invested in the venture.[4]

Services

DomainsBot focuses on helping its customers find an ideal available domain name from the primary and secondary domain markets. Their semantic search technology works with multi-language name proposition software and other domain analysis systems.[5] They offer supplementary services such as as a typo generator, which determines possible targets for cybersquatters, and graphic brainstorming tools, among others.[6]

In 2010 DomainsBot domain suggestion was responsible for more than 600,000 domain registrations.[7]

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