overture or alexa ?

[britishbulldog]

Say you got a chance to grab some domains either with an alexa ranking(in the millions) or an overture score of say 25 above.

Which one would generate the most traffic ?? overture or alexa ??

 

[britishbulldog]

I guess it's the biggest secret in domains or everyone else is clueless as well !

 

[jasdon11]

Say you got a chance to grab some domains either with an alexa ranking(in the millions) or an overture score of say 25 above.

Which one would generate the most traffic ?? overture or alexa ??

What you're asking doesn't make sense.

Alexa ranks websites - if xdomain.com has Alexa rank of 50,000 it doesn't mean that xdomain.ext will get anything. Also, with alexa, the lower the figure the better.

Overture tracks domains and keywords, here you need as high a figure as possible.

When buying domains, Overture is helpful (if you can get ity to work!).

If you are buying a current website, Alexa can be helpful.

 

[TiffanyR]

What you're asking doesn't make sense.

Alexa ranks websites - if xdomain.com has Alexa rank of 50,000 it doesn't mean that xdomain.ext will get anything. Also, with alexa, the lower the figure the better.

Overture tracks domains and keywords, here you need as high a figure as possible.

When buying domains, Overture is helpful (if you can get ity to work!).

If you are buying a current website, Alexa can be helpful.

I agree

 

[britishbulldog]

O.K what i'm saying is which is the preferred method of choice alexa ranking or overture score ??
Which one is more likely to have traffic ? a domain with alexa of 10 million or a domain with an overture score of 26

 

[tonyfloyd]

O.K what i'm saying is which is the preferred method of choice alexa ranking or overture score ??
Which one is more likely to have traffic ? a domain with alexa of 10 million or a domain with an overture score of 26

neither....now if u flip the numbers around.....BOTH!..

 

[britishbulldog]

neither....now if u flip the numbers around.....BOTH!..

Quality i wish ;-)

 

[dcristo]

domain with an overture score of 26

Do you mean with or without the extension?

 

[Keynes]

I believe you're asking: "which is a better proxy for traffic: Alexa ranking or Overture with extension?"

Answer: Neither are very good metrics, and they are measuring different phenomena. In general, OVT w/ext is a more reliable indicator of direct-nav traffic potential, and so is probably more highly correlated with "pure" domain values than Alexa, which can be driven by link-pop and is easily gamed. Intuition plays a key role here: if the name is long and unintuitive, it probably isn't going to hold up either metric after a few months.

 

[britishbulldog]

Do you mean with or without the extension?

with extension

 

[britishbulldog]

I believe you're asking: "which is a better proxy for traffic: Alexa ranking or Overture with extension?"

Answer: Neither are very good metrics, and they are measuring different phenomena. In general, OVT w/ext is a more reliable indicator of direct-nav traffic potential, and so is probably more highly correlated with "pure" domain values than Alexa, which can be driven by link-pop and is easily gamed. Intuition plays a key role here: if the name is long and unintuitive, it probably isn't going to hold up either metric after a few months.

Ahh the perfect answer i was looking for.Thanks !

 

[dcristo]

with extension

I think the overture domain would generate more traffic.

 

[britishbulldog]

I think the overture domain would generate more traffic.

o.k mate nice one ;-)

 

[BLazeD]

Overture with ext