I would like to ask a few questions. What is the best site to find out
how many links are going to a domain name. I know of
http://www.dropped.org/measure.php..is this the best, or is there a
better one or two. I know of two forums to discuss issues and possibly
sell domain names, domain name forum and domain state. Are these the
best and if not what is the best? Finally for news concerning domain
names, I know of domain name journal and icannwatch. Are these the
best?

Thanks,
Joel

Hi Joel. Another good way to find out how many links are going to a
domain name is to do a google search like this:

link: www.yourdomainname.com

You can also use the advanced search page at:
://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
to do the same thing. Go to the section called 'Page Specific Search'.


For domain name forums there are a lot, but most are not used much.
Here is a list of  ones that have some traffic:

DN Forum  (a well trafficked one)
http://dnforum.com/

Discuss Names
http://www.discussnames.com/

Domain Name Forum
http://pub36.ezboard.com/bdnboard

Web Hosting Talk
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=35

alt.domain-names-for-sale Usenet Group
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&group=alt.domain-names.forsale


For recent news on domain names 'State of the Domains' suggested in
the comment below is great as well as the two you mentioned. Also:

Domain Notes
http://domainnotes.com/  (note that the top articles are a bit dated
but if you scroll down there are links to domain news)

Google News:
http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=usa&q=domain+names&btnG=Search+News

iGold Rush
http://www.igoldrush.com/news.htm

DN Journal
http://www.dnjournal.com/news.htm

If you need any more sources use the clarify answer option and I will
help you out. Hope this helps!

-shiva777

Check out "State of the Domain" for news about the domain name industry.

www.sotd.info

Cheers :)

Joel, entering the URL at http://alltheweb.com gives an excellent list
of sites linking to it - click on "external links"

robertskelton-ga, thanks for the comment. I went to the site you
suggested but couldn't find a link for "external links". Where should
I be looking?

Thank you,
Joel