The Value of Websites #2

Posted by admin

So. Another day another dollar.  The time has come to look at increasing my portfolio of sites after a bit of a clear out over the last few weeks and Im looking round at what sites are worth buying.

Its not an easy search, thats certainly true - there seem to be a huge amount of sites that are up for sale but have no history, revenue, traffic or even a good angle, yet the owners seem to think that they are worth a fortune - life just isnt like that Im afraid you charlatans from shanghai or you conmen from columbia.

What must a site have to be a good candidate to be bought?  Well,  firstly traffic never hurts, but its not entirely necessary.  PR isnt really a defining factor either.  Pages indexed in google is probably my favourite one,  and I suppose a half decent alexa rank doesnt hurt either, but as mentioned above its not in any way necessary.  Monetization is normally a no-no,  ie. if its already monitized generally the outgoing webmaster wants too much money for it.  So whats the perfect profile of a site im looking for?  Well,  i’d say:  PR2 or PR3,  5,000+ pages indexed in google,  yet poor SEO.   Basically what Im looking for is a forum built with an old phpBB or VBulletin without any seo mods,  with thousands of users built up over years,  but not many actives.  Ideally I wouldnt mind buying 5 or 6 such sites, but for the kind of money that they go for on DP or webmasterworld,  not SP….

If anyone knows of any then addresses on the bank of a postcard to the usual address please.

Another thing that I find myself musing over is the lack of creative websites in the poker industry these days. Its at least 3 years since Ive seen a truly creative idea.  I do have one or two but more on them in a few months once Ive assembled a team together

anyway,  back off to trawl the forums. and have my calimocho.

buenas tardes muchachos

MM