whois google

It seems like Google have revived a feature that lasted only two weeks in early 2004 - WHOIS lookup. However, unlike last time querying Network Solution’s WHOIS database abusively, Google this time partnered with DomainTools to display limited information of a domain when users search for it. The feature currently display the domain’s creation and expiration date.

The feature was supposedly be released last month, according to Jay Westerdal, CEO of Name Intelligence (the company that owns DomainTools), in a March interview, but it seems like that Google has postponed it till now.

To use this feature, just search for “whois {domain.tld}” and replace “{domain.tld}” with the actual domain name. It should work with all TLDs, even those that are less popular, like .museum and .cat (there are some domains that do not show up on Google but show up on Domaintools though).

[thanks Tom :)]