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TheOpenAlgorithm www.TheOpenAlgorithm.com: Opening Up The Search Engines

Project to effectively reverse engineer the search engine's algorithms using Spearman's Correlation Coefficient to analyse millions of search results for thousands of possible search engine factors and create the ultimate list of algorithmic factors.

New blog post: The relative value of TLDs http://www.dropmining.com/data/the-relative-value-of-tlds-part-1/
19/04/2013

New blog post: The relative value of TLDs http://www.dropmining.com/data/the-relative-value-of-tlds-part-1/

The Relative Value of Domain TLDs Part 1TweetTweetA big question in valuing domains is how much each TLD is worth relative to each other.Normally these relative values are taken with respect to the .com value as .com is the most valuable and the TLD for which most data is available on.Everyone’s app...

11/04/2013

Thursday's blog post: part 2 of my analysis of selling domains on Flippa http://www.dropmining.com/data/selling-domains-on-flippa-the-data-driven-guide-part-2/

Selling Domains on Flippa – The Data Driven Guide Part 2TweetTweetI’ve been studying domain sales on Flippa.I think its a fascinating marketplace and that while its still emerging in the domain sales field it definitely has the potential to become a major player on the retail side, especially in dom...

09/04/2013

New blog post: Selling Domains on Flippa - The Data Driven Guide http://www.dropmining.com/data/selling-domains-on-flippa-the-data-driven-guide-part-1/

Selling Domains on Flippa – The Data Driven Guide Part 1TweetTweetFlippa is an established website marketplace with a fledgling presence in the domain market.Following Michael Cyger’s interview with Flippa’s CEO I was inspired to study how domains fare on the marketplace.Domains admittedly aren’t Fl...

02/04/2013

I just published my first infographic http://www.dropmining.com/data/billion-dollar-domaining/

Billion Dollar DomainingTweetTweetI’ve been on a Mike Mann bonanza lately.Today’s post concludes my series on the domaining legend.Following on from my interview with Mann, I published a comprehensive analysis of his portfolio and reverse engineered his domain pricing algorithm to determine what met...

02/04/2013

I interviewed domaining legend Mike Mann http://www.dropmining.com/interviews/mike-mann/

An Interview with Mike MannTweetTweetMikeMann is a domaining legend.Mann is the founder of BuyDomains.com (which he sold in 2005) and DomainMarket.com - his personal portfolio management company.He owns approx. 335,751 domains.I contacted Mann many months ago hoping to have a short chat about an aca...

28/03/2013

Crunching the numbers on how Mike Mann values a domain name http://www.dropmining.com/data/learning-from-the-master-how-mike-mann-values-a-domain-name/

Learning from the Master – How Mike Mann Values a Domain NameTweetTweetI’ve developed an algorithm using a small number of easy to gather data points that values domain names with incomparable accuracy to the dozens of other models I have built and any other domain valuation tool available publicly....

I wrote a guest post for SEOMoz: http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/the-accuracy-of-visitor-data-revisited
28/03/2013

I wrote a guest post for SEOMoz: http://www.seomoz.org/ugc/the-accuracy-of-visitor-data-revisited

Over a year ago Rand published his revealing piece into the accuracy of traffic estimation tools such as Alexa, Compete and Google Trends and I was fascinated by the apparent abject failure of these services. Further studies only heightened my interest in the topic. It was clear, based on observatio...

26/03/2013

New blog post; The Anatomy of a Billion Dollar Domain Portfolio http://www.dropmining.com/data/the-anatomy-of-a-billion-dollar-domain-portfolio/

The Anatomy of a Billion Dollar Domain PortfolioTweetTweetA hyperbolic title you might think but think again.I studied in depth the DomainMarket.com portfolio 335,751 domains strong with beauties such as HappyBirthday.com and Tasty.com – they even own countries with Mail.com, Rwanda.com and Angola.c...

New blog post: the top 500 domain sales of all-time analysed http://www.dropmining.com/domain-history/where-are-they-now...
21/03/2013

New blog post: the top 500 domain sales of all-time analysed http://www.dropmining.com/domain-history/where-are-they-now/

Where are they now – The Top 500 Domain Sales of All-time AnalysedTweetTweetBig domain sales are fascinating, unpredictable and sometimes confusing.I’ve been gathering and analysing data on the top 500 domain sales ever recorded (pre-2013), more for fun than anything else.Its been exciting to look a...

Check out the first post on my new blog, it's all about increasing the sale price of your Flippa listing.http://www.drop...
18/03/2013

Check out the first post on my new blog, it's all about increasing the sale price of your Flippa listing.

http://www.dropmining.com/data/the-data-driven-guide-to-website-flipping/

The Data Driven Guide to Website FlippingTweetTweetI have just completed the most comprehensive study of the website flipping industry ever.I studied 6,500+ sales over several months on the largest website sales marketplace; Flippa.For each sale I gathered 52 data points from revenue and profit to t...

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