Add-Ons: One-Click Checks Beside Every Result

You found a name you like. Before you register it, you do the same small ritual every time: search it on Google, check whether it means something rude in another language, see if it has a bad reputation. That's three tabs and three pieces of copy and paste, for every candidate. Add-ons turn that ritual into one click each.

What an Add-on is

An Add-on is a small button that sits beside a result. Click it and an outside site opens in a new tab, with that domain or word already filled in. Nothing is typed, nothing is copied, and nothing about you is sent anywhere. We just build the link.

A few examples:

• Google site: see what, if anything, is already indexed on the domain.
• VirusTotal: check whether the name has a security or spam history.
• Urban Dictionary: find out if the word has a slang meaning you'd rather not discover after launch.
• Google Translate: see what the name says in another language.

Each Add-on knows where it belongs. Some make sense for names that are already taken, such as checking an owner's history. Others suit names that are available, such as checking meaning and reputation. You'll see each one where it's useful and not where it isn't.

Why not show everything for everyone

Ten buttons on every row would be noise. So Add-ons are opt-in: you choose the few that match how you work, and only those appear. A domain investor and someone naming a bakery want different shortcuts.

How to get to them

1. Open the account menu in the top right and choose Add-ons. The direct address is /settings/add-ons.
2. On the Link buttons tab, switch on the ones you want.
3. Use the Try it link on any card to test it with your own word or domain first. Nothing is saved when you try.
4. Run a search. The buttons you turned on now appear beside each result.

The Registrars tab on the same page works the same way: pick the registrars you actually buy from, and the registration links follow your choices.

Changing your mind

Everything is reversible. Turn an Add-on off and it disappears from your results. Nobody else's view changes, because your choices belong to your account.

A good first set

If you're not sure where to start, turn on one check for meaning, one for reputation, and one for what's already online. That covers the three mistakes people most often find too late.

New Add-ons arrive over time. When one is added, it shows up on the Add-ons page, off by default, until you decide you want it.

Open Add-ons and pick your first three.