SmartAboutMoney.org closed for a whopping $141,000 at GoDaddy auctions. This does not mean raise the pricing on your money related .orgs and don’t use it as a comp when you are selling keywordkeywordmoney.org. This was purely a link play as the domain name has an excellent link profile and a high domain rating according to […]
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Websites can go into a state of limbo due to Google algorithm bug
Roger Montti published a piece over at SearchEngineJournal.com with regards to a Google bug that leaves websites in a state of limbo. It’s funny because someone on Thanksgiving was telling me they could not get their website to rank, even for their own domain name. In a Google Office-hours hangout, John Mueller answered a question […]
Continue ReadingGambling-law-us.com $57K in 2019 goes for $100K in 2021
Gambling-law-us.com closed at $57,000 back in November of 2019. The domain was paid for and they put up a website up. The domain previously was owned by an actual lawyer that practiced law related to gambling. The new owners made it clear they were not lawyers in the footer of the website. The site provided […]
Continue ReadingInstaWidget.net closes at $54,500 over 6million backlinks
InstaWidget.net closed at $54,500 at GoDaddy auctions. The link profile is off the chart. Ahrefs reports: Domain Rating 90 Backlinks 6,193,413 80% dofollow Referring Domains 26,684 98% dofollow Their Twitter page shows: InstaWidget is the tool (widget) to add photo album of Instagram to your blogs or websites. A lot of money for a lot […]
Continue ReadingVITAMINDCOUNCIL.ORG closes at $62,300
VITAMINDCOUNCIL.ORG closed at $62,300 at GoDaddy auctions on Sunday. Why? It’s another SEO link play, although when I see the first 100 links Ahrefs provides I am not sure they are the greatest links, someone with a stronger SEO background please chime in with a comment. The Vitamin D Council is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, […]
Continue ReadingNCADD.org expires, long history, mega link profile, 6 figure close
NCADD.org is an example of why you need the story behind a domain name transaction. Too many times people unfamiliar with the business, or new will quote a sale price. They will compare a name they own if they are a domain investor, when that means little most of the time. There is no comparison […]
Continue Reading15 things people think help them rank with Google but do not
Ryan Jones published an article that delved into things people think matter in relation to ranking in Google but really don’t. Some of these things I see mentioned on Namepros and social media. Jones goes onto list 15 things. I have heard a few people swear by the fact that bounce rate and time on […]
Continue ReadingThat old domain with all the backlinks might have a legacy domain penalty
Over the past couple years we have seen a greater interest in buying old domain names for their SEO/Authority value. I had a friend mention to me over the weekend that he bought a name for that very reason, that just can’t seem to rank. I mentioned to him an article I read a few […]
Continue ReadingCiteULike.org popular with researchers closes at $36,000 in expiry auction
CiteULike.org closed at $36,000 on GoDaddy auctions. This is the kind of name that newcomers need to understand why it went so high. It was not for the name. Popular with researchers. According to Wikipedia: was a web service which allowed users to save and share citations to academic papers. Based on the principle of […]
Continue ReadingA look at the keywords that are rising and declining in a Covid world
A couple weeks back someone had asked on Namepros if there were certain categories or keywords being devalued due to Covid-19. Are you dropping certain names in specific niches, or at a minimum lowering prices? SearchEngineJournal published an article on the topic from an online search viewpoint. The research is courtesy of BrightEdge Here are […]
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