Find in Forums blog

Another proof that domaining and SEO will shape the future of the Internet!

The domain SEO.com was sold for $5M to Mike Mann.

He sold BuyDomains a few years ago for $65+ Million but he didn’t go quietly into retirement. He started a Venture Capital firm in Washington DC called WashingtonVC. Mike has always known the value of good domain names. Most of his startups have excellent Generic Domain Names and he tries to build solid companies on top of those domain names. That is a great formula for success.

more on domain tools blog and threadwatch

to compare, here are all the recent $1M+ sales, from dnprice.com

SEO com $5,000,000 Jun 07
Porn com $9,500,000 May 07
Scores com $1,180,000 May 07
Tandberg com $1,500,000 Feb 07
Vodka com $3,000,000 Dec 06
Cameras com $1,500,000 Oct 06
Branson com $1,600,000 Jun 06
Diamond com $7,500,000 May 06
Software com $3,200,000 Dec 05
Fish com $1,020,000 Nov 05
Sex com $14,000,000 Jan 05
Business com $7,500,000 Jan 05
Beer com $7,000,000 Jan 05
Casino com $5,500,000 Jan 05
Shop com $3,500,000 Jan 05
CreditCards com $2,750,000 Jan 05
Men com $1,300,000 Jan 05
VIP com $1,200,000 Jan 05

A very interesting article in NY Times, reveals some new bits of information on google’s ranking algorithms and also gives a great insight into the process of making them :p

Apparently there are over 200 factors affecting the serps, google engineers call them “signals”, also old vs new is one of the current hottest problems for google.

Article highly recommended to read for everyone, especially check out the last page for deeper insight.