I haven't encountered namechk.com before, but it was interesting to test it out with a variety of candidates for my web presence names. It's quite difficult to find a "normal" word which is generally available, but I tested a few of my favourites and found a couple of suitable names. I'll decide later what to use.
Routing in Action
The visual trace tool is a lot of fun. After a while, I tried skype.com which I thought was based in the UK, but their web server at least must be in Canada, by this account. I tried a domain that I maintain with a host in Melbourne, and the trace ended in China. Is my hosting company outsourcing?
Then I tried another that I maintain but don't host, and it went the full circle via China back to Australia (see image).
Going Way Back
How interesting! I bet some designers and organisations cringe to realise that their old websites have been captured in this way. It's scary enough looking at old versions of my own sites.
Wow that is interesting that it went full circle... What I found most intersting about your traces is one you would assume was based in Melbourne (as this is your hosts location) yet its actually overseas. Yet another outsourced task in Australian hey... great blog!
ReplyDeleteThanks Joss. I talk to my host in Melbourne periodically, and I'll ask them about the outsourcing, one day.
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