question How Critical is Spam Score in your Domain Name Valuation?

[m1zz]

Hey all,

This question bugs me for a while now, because I'm seeing 5-6 figure sales of domain names that have a Spam Score of 50-80% which is ridiculous!

I'm a web developer/SEO guy so I know Google quite well.. Are those sales happening simply because the buyers are not aware of this factor? or maybe this isn't even a factor when domain investing??

 

[bmugford]

As a domain investor, spam score is not really even something on my radar.

I just buy domains that are likely to appeal to end users.

Brad

 

[Samer]

In two words, will say how “Spam score” to me:

More “Psuedostats”… End Quote.

Keep overthinking;

Worst is when these “Psuedostats” (ex: “DA”) are used to justify horrible names. Not my tea. Subjective business and some stats cant help. Everyone has a different “formula” for valuation

Can see the min. negligible, they play with me
and i further echo @bmugford’s sentiment

Samer

 

[Samer]

I admit you might have to be concerned if you bought a domain “adsense blocked” though that seldom, if ever, experienced it personally.

Samer

 

[m1zz]

As a domain investor, spam score is not really even something on my radar.

I just buy domains that are likely to appeal to end users.

Brad

In two words, will say how “Spam score” to me:

More “Psuedostats”… End Quote.

Keep overthinking;

Worst is when these “Psuedostats” (ex: “DA”) are used to justify horrible names. Not my tea. Subjective business and some stats cant help. Everyone has a different “formula” for valuation

Can see the min. negligible, they play with me
and i further echo @bmugford’s sentiment

Samer

The end user (or at least some of them) will want a domain name with the most optimal conditions to be pushed to first page on Google.

The spam score is critical in a sense, because if it's higher then 10, your on Google's radar, higher than 25 you can forget about first page (unless you have about a gazilion backlinks from strong domains like forbes....)

I may be looking too much into it, but i guess there maybe end users that have different intents (and not necessarily to push the purchased domain to Google's first page)?

 

[noneisnone]

people that have been doing seo for the longest don't care for age or spam score only new buyers/sellers do no idea why tho ^^'

 

[m1zz]

I admit you might have to be concerned if you bought a domain “adsense blocked” though that seldom, if ever, experienced it personally.

Samer

Oh yeah, i did too.. there's also a way to check whether google got a certain domain blacklisted, I'm sure that is critical.

 

[noneisnone]

@m1zz times have changed unless your content is original and unique you will never rank 100 DA and 100 DR or 0 DA and 0 DR

content is king with SEO

 

[Samer]

The end user (or at least some of them) will want a domain name with the most optimal conditions to be pushed to first page on Google.

The spam score is critical in a sense, because if it's higher then 10, your on Google's radar, higher than 25 you can forget about first page (unless you have about a gazilion backlinks from strong domains like forbes....)

I may be looking too much into it, but i guess there maybe end users that have different intents (and not necessarily to push the purchased domain to Google's first page)?

This is where you and i’s definition of
“end-users”, differ. you think the “Psuedostats” back FanTokens com valuation for 3M sale?
Ditto, for the priceless voice.com’s 30M sale

My point being, the “psuedostats” are used to back “second-tier” names, that might not look good, at least initially, but are some things the “eye test” cant unsee, even by stats.

 

[D Haynes]

Didn't know what a spam score was until I read this thread soo... and nothing has changed now that I do.

 

[m1zz]

Didn't know what a spam score was until I read this thread soo... and nothing has changed now that I do.

 

[LOLed]

If you are selling the domain name for its backlinks, I think the spam score will matter.

 

[Robin A.]

Never looking at spam score. If the domain has a cultural or commercial and I can get it at a bargain price, I'll buy it. ecently bought fuer (for) dot org and was told by a fellow domainer that it was penalized by google previously, probably due to a horrenduous spam score. Don't think it matters much - a company can build a new website on it and eventually the spam score is void/ penalty lifted.

 

[DuDD]

As a domain investor, spam score is not really even something on my radar.

I just buy domains that are likely to appeal to end users.

Brad

• The destination of a domain name is the end users
  

 

[m1zz]

Never looking at spam score. If the domain has a cultural or commercial and I can get it at a bargain price, I'll buy it. ecently bought fuer (for) dot org and was told by a fellow domainer that it was penalized by google previously, probably due to a horrenduous spam score. Don't think it matters much - a company can build a new website on it and eventually the spam score is void/ penalty lifted.

Can that really happen? Can you reduce spam score?

 

[Robin A.]

Can that really happen? Can you reduce spam score?

I suppose. Once the old spammy links disappear/ break I guess the site gets re-evaluated by google.

 

[twiki]

ZERO importance.

 

[lock]

Write enough relevant content and prove to yourself that you don't even need a good domain name. Do it with a type in and gain an instant audience.

 

[m1zz]

Write enough relevant content and prove to yourself that you don't even need a good domain name. Do it with a type in and gain an instant audience.

I always say content is king!

 

[falez]

where can one check the spam scores of a name and whether or not is has been blacklisted?