How much can a directory sell?

[sexymassage]

How much can a directory selll?

say pr2, pr3, pr4, and pr5

[pipes]

I think it would sell on other factors, not just the PR, apart from of course a buyer solely only being concerned with PR.

Remember to take into account that PR can drop right down or rocket right up sometimes, its very fragile to sell any website on the strength of its PR.

If i was looking to buy i would be looking at other factors.

If someone is clueless of course, then you can take it to ebay or something, and suggest that the PR makes it a real fancy pants directory. :)

If you hint at what else the directory has or may have you will prob get some estimates.

[mr.FCK]

There is no one and only answer. There are more to it than PR..

[jordanb27]

Just so you know, anybody can buy a domain with PR2, PR3, PR4, PR5 etc. and put up a link directory on it at claim "I have PR5 directory, . . ."

You should look at factors other than PR when estimating directory value, at least IMO. ;)

[sexymassage]

what the exact fators affect the directory value?

[malcolm1]

Just so you know, anybody can buy a domain with PR2, PR3, PR4, PR5 etc.
and put up a link directory on it at claim "I have PR5 directory, . . ."

You should look at factors other than PR when estimating directory value, at least IMO. ;)

Agree with that statement 100%

1. Cached Pages
2. Custom Template
3. Monthly Revenue
4. Directory Age
5. Backlinks in all SEs
6. SE Ranking for Keywords
7. Indexed Pages
8. Deep links
9. Custom Mods (articles, images, video)

and the list can go on like script used, ect ect ....

The last thing on my agenda would be the "PR" it has as one day you will have a PR6
then next update PR0 or gets de-indexed or whatever SO.... to each his own :)

thx
malcolm

[pipes]

I would say some of the following:

1. Age of domain and website.
2. Quality of current listings.
3. Indexed pages.
4. Unique or useful features.
5. Past and current reputation of the seller.
6. Rankings for useful keywords and phrases.

Things id take with a pinch of salt:

1. Traffic stats, can easily be faked, and if you break it down and remove the bots traffic and all the other stuff you might get a shock of how little is actually visitors.
2. Revenue, can again be easily faked. and when comparing the generated revenue against any suggested investment it may not weigh up properly and business wise be a pig in a poke.

[stoner3221]

The most valuable asset a directory can have is its database. The larger the database of quality submissions the more valuable the directory. Something that seems to have been forgotten by many.

[hhheng]

The most important are the PR and its valuable backlinks! PR includes home page PR and inner page PR. Valuable backlinks will prevent PR dropping.

For those from pipes and malcolm1, yes it's right. But most of the common directories are using the same deirectory scripts like phpld, esydicate, etc. And so these are the same for most common directories, and the only left are PR and backlinks.

Nobody will submit to a directory for direct traffic. Most people will decide to submit to a directory based on its PR.

I don't think you can buy those uncommon directories like lii.org, stpt.com, etc.

[chantal kandu bambi]

pls show me a webmaster that still believes in Pagerank?
We all have seen to much

So PR is not important for a directory. Organic visitors, thats important... and off course your content.

[pipes]

pls show me a webmaster that still believes in Pagerank?
We all have seen to much

So PR is not important for a directory. Organic visitors, thats important... and off course your content.

I still believe in pagerank, i just dont worship it, it does have meaning and shouldn't be completely ignored.

But your doing the right thing not to have an obsession with it.

One of the moaners here who thinks everyone else was stupid to get into the whole pr never shuts up about it, what does that tell you. :)

PR is the new gay, its a closet thing, one day you will admit it over the dining table to your parents.

[scoobby]

Pr is important but is not the only factor,i agree with the factors that other members point out.Also the pr must be genuine and backlinks that give that pr must be refering to the curent form of the website/directory.Also inner pages pr should increase value of a directory since many directories seems to lost inner pr.I sure dont worship pr and i know sometimes is stupidily take away from nice diectories like yours chantal kandu bambi but as long as my number 1 source of bringing traffic is google and since this green bar says this is the number that shows how important is a page for google i sure count it.