I have a site that I would like to sell, but looking in this forum it looks like people put tons of weight on PR and backlinks. My site has a PR1 and under 10 backlinks on Google. Does this limit it's value to you without considering other factors? In other words, would you say -- I don't care what the site is, or how it is doing... If it has a PR of less than xx and fewer than xx backlinks I would never pay more than $xx...? Curious. I want to make sure I get the proper value for my site and that I don't just run into people hung-up on PR and backlinks! Please chime in!
It depends on what the site is doing. PR is a measure of what the site did in the past, so it's not really relevant to the current sale price. Backlinks are important, but it also depends on who is linking. If you have 10 .gov or .edu backlinks, then that might be worth a little something. If you have 10 links from blogs and directories no one really cares about that. What IS important is traffic numbers from an unbiased source (like Google Analytics).
Google currently shows 3 backlinks.. One from a blog, and two from a small forum site. I didn't have Google Analytics setup. I do have my awstats log history... Does that help?
The value of your site often relates to how well it is either monetised or how well it can be monetised. If you have a record of earnings from your site then this should be factored into the price the site will achieve and also as a consequence, PR is of importance because of the value you could place on link sales. So to answer your question, the main factors are (IMO): Traffic - generally speaking higher traffic sites generate higher earnings SERPS - the higher the ranking of your site for its chosen keywords, the more organic traffic you will get and therefore yuo should see higher returns in income. PR - Link sales generate income. ************************************************* I would also add the relevance of the Domain Name to the market or the quality of the Domain as a factor in determining price and the niche that the blog is about.
Well, the site generates between $58,000 - $64,000 per year with about 10 hours / week of work. It could earn more with more effort. It is ranked #2 (only one above it is wikipedia; on some days there is one other site above it and it is #3 then) for it's direct keyword. The keyword is the niche and the niche is a popular one. It is ranked #2 - #3 for the keyword on Google & Yahoo (and MSN - yuck). It is also ranked on the first page for many other popular keywords/phrases... It gets between 6000 - 8000 unique visitors per month, and has been on the rise traffic rise. More traffic in Dec than Nov and more in Jan than Dec, etc... What would I sell this site at and WHERE? eBay is so littered with fake, junk "established" sites... I am worried about sitepoint -- do they have any way to secure the sale? I am worried that it will go on sitepoint and there will be a very high percentage chance of a non-paying bidder!
Why would you want to sell a site that makes that kind of money? Your making OVER $1000 per week for 10 hours of work or you are earning $100 per hour - why sell in the current market?
I sell websites and from experience I can tell you that it will be difficult to sell a website with a low pagerank. In your case you have PR1 which is the worst case scenario because no pagerank is usually understood as not yet PR updated by Google. Buyers don't have a calculation method, but they see PR as a factor of website stability, backlinks and usually authority. PR matters in a sale for most, but the biggest factor in my opinion is the revenue generated (ads). Do you have an unique script? Most will check it out but with PR1 in their eyes they rarely analyze the site deeply. My advice: find a buyer in the same niche or someone interested in a similar website, use google for it. Best of luck, Scorpiono
for me... traffic it's important more than PR... don't think to much about PR... just make your site more visitor...
You'll have to find a PR maniac if you want to sell your domain/website according to it. I wouldn't even check the PR if I were the buyer myself, instead I'd ask for some traffic stats.
If you are dealing with a guy looking for a serious business opportunity, screw the green bar. That's the route I would take if I "had" to sell it. Why not get a business partner to handle all the tweaks while you still hold a hand in the earnings? Where to sell it? Someplace with escrow for sure! Curious. What price tag would you place on it? Totally! I think I would leave it as a legacy to my children.. or similar.
Its bit difficult to sell sites with low PR. If the your site has low PR but, If it is generating good revenue then, I guess its better to spend some time on SEO before making a sale. If your domain is old, you may get good PR within few months if you follow proper SEO tack ticks.
Oh, an I am selling it because I am not doing well health wise... The lump sum will be better for my family at the current time. Since it is in a niche that my family knows nothing about, it would be hard for them to continue the site -- none of them even knows how to operate a website.
Yes PR is important but other thing also must take into account when giving a value to a site. Actually PR 1 can't add much value to your site if you have few google backlink and high alexa ranking. What i can say is PR 1 will add around 10% of the basic value of your site
Would you rather have a site with a high Google PR# or with a high ranking on Google itself? Curious.
My family is like that too. I'm trying to get them interested in this thing. Good luck with your endeavor. Perhaps you could keep drawing earnings though if you had a partner ...he could buy "half" and you get lump sum and still retain a stream.
according to google insiders PR is worthless (webmasterradio.fm) and does not bring any more or lessen traffic