What gives value to a domain name?

[foxter]

In what order should the following determine a value of a domain name?

• Google PR
• Overture
• length (number of chars)
• Alexa Rank
• language (EN/FR/RU/etc)
• listed in DMOZ
• Webarchive age
• Technorati Rank
• Delicious index
• Google index
• listed in Yahoo directory
• Wikipedia (EN) results
• Ask index
• other possible means (please specify)

 

[shockie]

"other possible means"

to be specific, what the actual domain name is and whether others want that domain.

 

[foxter]

So, a domain name listed in DMOZ has no value to you at all?

 

[shockie]

dmoz has been going downhill for a while now and if you do a search of it here or on google you will see how the editors are bribing people etc.

 

[montsa007]

Brandability IMO

 

[twixke]

maybe add
# backlinks
# searches a day @ overture/google/yahoo/msn for the keywords in the domain
Topic? is it currently hot (temp) or a general name that stays hot?
Age of the domain (when was it first registered)
Traffic (and from where does it comes searchengine/type-in?)

 

[Dotmainer]

1. that someone other want that domain (and/or want to pay)

 

[GeoOwners]

how bad you need money this week


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[SimpleDomaining]

i would put to N1. high natural traffic.

 

[diegoid]

It depends on what do you want to do.

Traffic or PR = A Fast Sale.

Brand = A chance to make a good deal.

I always go for the traffic.

Good Luck.

 

[John Doe]

Do you really think somebody would pay $XXXX...$XXXXXXX for a domain looks for existing traffic or PR? Nope, it doesn`t matter at all. Perhaps could matter for very small businesses who would pay $XX...$XXX. But just imagine you are going to buy for example money.com. Do you look at todays ranks? Good domain should be intuitive and easy to remember - it means potential for natural traffic and makes brandability easier. PR means Page Rank not domain rank - there is a big difference. Existing traffic can be poor because of nonexistent or weak page, lack of promotion activity etc etc.