How many Google results = A good buy?

[JaxForum]

I found a domain (and for the sake of security and no one robbing the dn from me I'm just going to make something up as an example. but keep in mind the stats are real).

Lets say I find out bobbuilder.com is available to register

bob builder google search = 14,600,000 results
"bob builder" google search = 300,000 results
"bob builder" overture inventory results = 197
"bobbuilder.com" overture inventory results = 0


would this be a good buy? or would it only be good if you planned on developing it?

 

[SimpleDomaining]

good buy would be if bobbuilder.com ovt with extension = 30-100 or more.
good buy would be if "bob builder" ovt = at least 3k+
good buy would be if in addition to previous "bob builder" google search =more than 1 mln. IMHO.

 

[JaxForum]

ouch, so its not a good buy then..

 

[SimpleDomaining]

it is kinda ok buy. i mean you cannot expect thousands in return, but you will get something from it probably.

 

[gamehouse]

I guess I need to tell my perception about google results. May be I am wrong.

I understood that we always check "terms terms" in google results to see how many potential sites can use "adwords" and may bid to advertise on your site. Now say you do not use Adsense or your account is banned or what ever, in that case, I believe the efffect of number of results in google may marginal. :imho:

Experts can comment on that.

Gamehouse

 

[barefoottech]

I guess I need to tell my perception about google results. May be I am wrong.

I understood that we always check "terms terms" in google results to see how many potential sites can use "adwords" and may bid to advertise on your site. Now say you do not use Adsense or your account is banned or what ever, in that case, I believe the efffect of number of results in google may marginal. :imho:

Experts can comment on that.

Gamehouse

Boy have you got it WRONG.
Searching Google only shows those Sites that Google has Spidered and Decided to list on their Directory that is related to the term(s)
It has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Adsense Publishing Status of the Sites

 

[gamehouse]

Hey, very interesting
Okay searching google and the results with searched terms show the fact that those sites are spidered fine. But never a domain name itself makes any site get spidired. It is content, keywords in the content, the structure of the site, easy navigation and backlinks. Never just the domain name.

More importanly, if a site , example.com, shows in results from google, it does not mean that it is in the google directory. In fact there is no google direcory, it is just that it heavily depends on Dmoz.org and trust me it is very difficult to get into Dmoz.

Thanks,

Gamehouse

Boy have you got it WRONG.
Searching Google only shows those Sites that Google has Spidered and Decided to list on their Directory that is related to the term(s)
It has absolutely NOTHING to do with the Adsense Publishing Status of the Sites

 

[barefoottech]

that is related to the term(s)

I never Mentioned that was ONLY the name that was used for listing. The DMOZ Directory is only used for SOME of the listed results on Google .Most,if not all here have Google listed sites with reasonable PageRank ,that aren't listed on DMOZ Directory.
BTW Google Directory Directory.Google.com

 

[cache]

http://namepros.com/showthread.php?t=159095

I have "train pic" at 2100 overture for http://TrainPic.com, you would think it be a good one, but no one can value it at our appraisal.

 

[Refrozen]

Google/Ovt are horrible ways to judge domain value.



/my opinion.

 

[AmD950]

Gooogle search results does not directly have a linkage between price of a domain to the search results.

let me give you examples:
iraq html over 64,500,000 results.
"iraq html" over 190,000.

none of the extensions are being registered...doh.

 

[dgridley]

I would never use Google results alone as a basis in deciding whether a domain has value.. the results simply show how many times those results have been spidered. I'd place more emphasis on OVT (tho not by much).

 

[Momo]

IMO the more search results there are, the more competition there is, and the harder it is to rank high among them, if you were to target that keyword.

 

[capiche]

I think Google search is a good way to check popularity of a term, that's about it.
Obviously, if you type in "widgets" and it only gives you 3,000 results, I wouldn't think it would be that popular and probably wouldn't register it.
On the other hand if "widgets" came back on Google with more than 1 million results, I would think, "Okay, this is a pretty popular term" and then I would go straight to Overture to see how many searches per month were made for it.

Even if that checked out fine, you still have to factor in who your potential buyers are, how much businesses are paying to advertise those keywords, etc, etc.

Keep in mind I am only talking about "keyword" domains.

When it comes to registering brandable domains, it's a whole different ballgame. You can use those methods, but they matter very little. A lot of brandablilty is gut instinct and development, IMO.

 

[gamehouse]

In this paragraph, you gave an impression that all google results for related term(s) are spidered (of course) and decided to list on their directory (Not at all necessary)

Searching Google only shows those Sites that Google has Spidered and Decided to list on their Directory that is related to the term(s)

I do not care what google calls that directory, there is only one main data base and that belongs to Dmoz.org. And if you want to enter even into this so called google directory, you have to submit your site to Dmoz not google directory. Correct me if I am wrong.


Gamehouse

 

[barefoottech]

YES ,You are right
What Google lists Spidered results in is more correctly called the
Google Database and
The Google Directory is the DMOZ Directory.
BUT, most people use the google Search engine (using the search results) ,not the Google directory.
Getting listed in DMOZ directory is desirable ,but not necessary therefore to be found by surfers using the search Bar

And, the results in the Search results can be misleading to the extreme.
example

"Hosted by" 246Million results (False Reading Due to Algorithm Used)
"Hosted-by" 132Million Results (False Reading Due to Algorithm Used)
"Hostedby" 56,500
"HostedBy.com" 1 result
"hosted-by.com" I result

Why the large difference between results, is because of Google search engine
dropping the word "by" in the first two searches and actually reporting on the
shortened version of the term" . On the basis of the Search term "hosted-by.com" should be worth $xxxx ,When in actual fact it is reg-fee

Which comes right back to the original discussion
Values based on search results can and often are flawed .Must therefore use other factors to determine any final value.