Trim to Root Domains

What is the Trim to Root Domains Tool?

The Trim to Root Domains tool is a utility that extracts the root domain from any URL. It processes a list of URLs and converts each one to its base domain name, removing protocols (http://, https://), subdomains (www., blog., etc.), paths (/page/path), query parameters (?param=value), and fragments (#section).

How Does It Work?

The tool uses JavaScript's URL parsing capabilities to extract the hostname from each URL, then applies regex patterns to identify and extract the root domain. It handles various top-level domains (TLDs) correctly, including multi-part TLDs like .co.uk or .com.au.

When to Use This Tool

• SEO Analysis: When you need to analyze which domains are linking to your website
• Competitive Research: To compile a list of unique domains from a larger dataset
• Data Cleaning: To standardize URL data by reducing it to just the domain names
• Security Analysis: When reviewing server logs to identify unique domains
• Marketing: To organize and categorize URLs by their root domains

Features

• Processes multiple URLs at once (one per line)
• Handles various URL formats and structures
• Correctly manages different TLDs, including country-specific and multi-part TLDs
• Provides easy copy-to-clipboard functionality
• Works entirely in your browser - no data is sent to any server
• Fast processing even with large lists of URLs