Checking a name's past: which tool catches what

Checking a name's past: which tool catches what
Before you buy expired, you're really buying its history. Layer your checks.

The stack
— Wayback Machine: free, shows prior site + when it died. First stop, always.
— Google index check (site:): is it penalized/deindexed right now.
— Spamzilla: aggregates spam flags, prior niche, Majestic/Moz signals in one row.
— SURBL / blocklist lookup: catches names burned for spam email.

Tradeoff
— Free manual checks are thorough but slow; Spamzilla is fast but you still verify the flags it raises.

📌 Pick of the day: Wayback + site: search rejects 80% of bad expireds in two minutes, no subscription.