Trying to figure out if a Domain Name has already been reserved (and by whom), or WHO to contact about a site, etc.? For non-military and non-US government domains and contacts, Whois is the tool you want.
Type in your search string (i.e. example.com or smith, john). Please note that requests like "www.example.com" will not yield a correct answer.
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Looking for something in another language? Need a page translated?
Google returns high-quality search results so you
don't have to sift through junk. ALSO retains cached copies of pages, so you may be able to find what's no longer online!!