Beta phase

From now on, Beta phase 2 is live. Here’s a summary of the changes:

  • New domain names and status changes are almost continuously, so feel free to visit the same as often as you like.
  • The Recent changes page now displays latest changes.
  • Alexa rank is being checked on newly added domain names, effective date: October 3rd.
  • Goggle PageRank can be checked on demand.
  • New option that tags a domain name for recheck in the information page. When clicked, the domain name will be added on the check queue and status updated within the next minutes/hours, depending on the queue size. This tag is set to allow report of incorrect entries. Unfortunately, it doesn’t apply to expiring domains before the expiration date (plus 48 hours due to the world’s timezones). Also, a s a security measure, a maximum of 10 checks is allowed every 5 minutes.
  • Google PageRank and tagging a domain for recheck both need cookies enabled. The cookie contains some information generated in the Information page.
  • Page title and meta tags are generated according to the page content.
  • All dates and times on the content pages are based on UTC time.
  • Content pages are cached.
  • Domain names that seem to be expired and not checked on whois database are now in the category Most likely free. The displayed icon of such domains is

But, some bugs need to be fixed:

  • Name servers are not removed from the domain’s information if it becomes available.

Any other bug report or feedback is welcome.

Domain names

I updated SaveSpell.com. The database is now scalable, which allows many new features on top.

The idea is to let users register, tag and watch domain names that could interest them.

Would be nice if you could test it before I implement new features.

Its dedicated blog is located here.

Thanks,

Cycling trip of the week

So, how about posting some news about what’s new on my home page? Let’s do it!

Here’s the description of today (yesterday)’s bicycle trip: Luxembourg – Schengen – Rodemack.

About 80 km long, this bicycle trip brings you from Luxembourg City to the well known village of Schengen along the SaarLorLux veloroute, then comes a very quick trip in Germany before heading into France along the Moselle River.

Some pictures can be found on this gallery page.

Fireworks

Fireworks in Luxembourg on June 22nd-23rd, 2006:

Some parts have been randomly captured, unfortunately both the final shot and the best parts miss on the movie. It’s my fault, but it’s difficult to film and watch while holding a simple digital camera in hands with 512 MB of storage.

New day, new adventure