A great many valuable domain names have been registered and it is getting harder and harder to find valuable domain names.
One option being employed by many domainers is to look at emerging trends, such as in the fields of business, technolgy, culture and so on and try to buy relevant domains ahead of everyone else. Clearly this is a very speculative strategy and must be approached with a great deal of caution.
If you would like to investigate this approach the following websites are great for trend watching, predictive domaining and finding out about product innovations:-
Technology trends
Google Trends - http://www.google.com/trends
Microsoft research - http://research.microsoft.com/
Yahoo Labs - http://research.yahoo.com/
Google Labs - http://labs.google.com/
Business, product and cultural trends
C Scout Japan - a blog run by global trends research firm C Scout about product innovations in Japan
Springwise and its sister site Trendwatching cover new innovative business ventures, ideas and concepts from all over the world
Trend Hunter - the website of Trend Hunter Magazine, the world’s largest trend spotting & cool hunting network
Small Business Trends - trends affecting small business
Herman Group Trend Alert - consultants and futurists concentrating on workforce and workplace trends
PSFK - an international trends and innovations consultancy
Trend Central - covers all aspects of trends, including entertainment, fashion, lifestyle, technology, hot spots, and “our picks” in a variety of categories.
Trends in Japan - latest hottest trends in Japan
Trend Mag - reporting and analysis of the contemporary trends
The Trendwatch - new media news and trends
Perhaps less useful, but still worth a look are busienss/ specific industry journals such as Business Week’s innovations section . While I feel that once anything gets in the mass market press the opportunities for domainers are diminished they are still worth a look as there are a few real gems waiting for dedicated domainers.
Sites about what people are searching for
Google - http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
Yahoo - http://buzz.yahoo.com/
Wordtracker - free version of paid keyword suggestion tool
Other
BuzzWhack - a site about buzz words
Predictive Domaining - website specifically for domainers, dedicated to identifying emerging trends and sources of information on trends and product/ technological innovations
