How to estimate traffic

Apart from the revenue, the most important figure related to a domain name is the traffic it gets. Sometimes you just want a rough idea of the traffic of a site to decide whether the domain could be a good buy.

There are a few basic tools which can give you an indication of the traffic:

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The right tool for the job

When looking to invest in domains, you have to identify keywords which are searched online. Those keywords can then be expanded into domain names.
For instance, if I want to create a portfolio of car related domains, I may look for car.com, usedcar.com, cardealer.com, buycar.com, etc…

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TRAFFIC New York 2009 Awards

traffic.jpgThe TRAFFIC Awards were present to the winners last night. Voting for the nominated parties started 2 months ago and as these are votes by domainers, well done to all that won the praise of their fellow domainers.

And the nominations and winners were…

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What is ‘Whois’?

If you have been using the Internet for a while, you may have heard the word ‘whois’.
But what is it? What does it do?

Whois is basically an Internet function that allows you to query WHOIS databases for domain registration information. If you want to contact a domain owner, it can help you find contact details.

By performing a whois search, you can get information like when and by whom a domain was registered, contact name and e-mail, when it expires and what name servers the domain is pointed to. If you are interested in purchasing a parked domain, for example, this can help you find a contact e-mail address.

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