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**Mattius** · 02-01-2005, 08:22 PM

Not sure whether to put this in the newbie section or not, since its probably a newbie question :-D

Im just starting out, and im a little confused as too what the various differant stats i see fellow domain traders throwing around actually mean.

Id like to list a few stats and hopefully you guys could clarify what they mean for a new trader on a deep learning curve

Yahoo Directory - site is listed in the Yahoo directory (costs like $300 i think?)
DMOZ - free directory tool similiar to Yahoo

Alexa Traffic Rank - Measures site rank based on visitors to the site with Alexa toolbar (easy to manipulate i hear?)

Google Link Popularity - Number of google links to the site
Altavista Link Popularity - as above for Altavista
Hotbot Link Popularity - as above for Hotbot

Overture Domain Pop - measures searches on overture? Not really sure about this one
Overture NO TLD Domain Pop - same as above but disregards the extension?

Google PR - Pagerank. Does that mean that say if a site had its main index file (frontpage) on the third page of a google search listing for a keyword it would have a PR3? Say if seochat.com achieved a third page listing for search term "seo"?

I guess those are the main ones. Any clarification is really really appreciated and are there any other stats i should keep in mind when purchasing expired sites with traffic for example?

02-01-2005, 08:22 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mattius Platinum Lifetime Member Last Online: 11-30-2008 12:42 AM iTrader: (5) Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 167 DNF$: 566 Location: Australia	Search Engine Statistics Summary Not sure whether to put this in the newbie section or not, since its probably a newbie question :-D Im just starting out, and im a little confused as too what the various differant stats i see fellow domain traders throwing around actually mean. Id like to list a few stats and hopefully you guys could clarify what they mean for a new trader on a deep learning curve Yahoo Directory - site is listed in the Yahoo directory (costs like $300 i think?) DMOZ - free directory tool similiar to Yahoo Alexa Traffic Rank - Measures site rank based on visitors to the site with Alexa toolbar (easy to manipulate i hear?) Google Link Popularity - Number of google links to the site Altavista Link Popularity - as above for Altavista Hotbot Link Popularity - as above for Hotbot Overture Domain Pop - measures searches on overture? Not really sure about this one Overture NO TLD Domain Pop - same as above but disregards the extension? Google PR - Pagerank. Does that mean that say if a site had its main index file (frontpage) on the third page of a google search listing for a keyword it would have a PR3? Say if seochat.com achieved a third page listing for search term "seo"? I guess those are the main ones. Any clarification is really really appreciated and are there any other stats i should keep in mind when purchasing expired sites with traffic for example?