| Developer of Estibot Name: Esa Join Date: Jun 2006
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| Well, thank you so much everyone for the kind words. You really are too lenient. EstiBot is very much in test phase, and still has several shortcomings, and is definitely not a fortune teller, as already said here. It's worth noting that while it more often than not does hit the right ballpark, it does make a lot of mistakes, too. Hence the fat disclaimer on the site.
Newbies: Please do take the time to read the Guide, About and Metrics sections on the site, and mind the disclaimer. I am an educationally minded person and I don't want EstiBot to encourage crap regs - quite the contrary, I want you to learn from the site, read the guide, look at the keyword data and learn to make realistic appraisals of your own.
My intention is to make the dollar appraisal as realistic as possible, without forgetting that domain names (that make sense) often have a higher potential end-user value than is immediately obvious. I try to balance the valuation somewhere between reseller and end user values, usually closer to the latter.
As for the shortcomings, such as the fake alexa rank problem, thanks to NP'er feedback I am now aware of a multitude of problems, and you can rest assured I will do my best to fix them.
What you are seeing right now with EstiBot is definitely a test version, basically just proof of concept. It works well enough to show that, in principle, a good auto-appraiser can be done.
What I have in mind for the future is something that's altogether on a different level, and I already have the concept for the upgrade worked out - it's based on the current model and I have the technical aspects reasonably well worked out - enough so anyway that I know I can do it. Now all I need is time (and money).
Also very excited about a joint project with NameBio.com. Rapid access to the huge NameBio database is one of the things that will enable me to take EstiBot to a new level. What we plan to do with this new combined power is also something that I think will be, if not revolutionary, then at least a completely new kind of domaining resource.
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