Comments on: SEO Only Worth $5 Million?

By: asso

asso — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:50:38 +0000

Too much money for a domain i think. I really do not understand the benefit of spending all that money for a single domain.

By: blogpaul :: tech . tattoos . talk » A pretty good investment

blogpaul :: tech . tattoos . talk » A pretty good investment — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:32:33 +0000

[...] A pretty good investment Whoever said you can’t make anything on domain names is a nut!Â Sure all of the really really good ones are already taken…but what about just the ’single realy’ good ones?Â My mind is boggled after reading about Kevin Hamms recent trip to an auction where he spent $650,000 and only a 3-4 ‘ok’ (I thought) names and the reading that last week Mike Mann bought SEO.com $5 million!!! [...]

By: SEO Only Worth ,000,000 | SEO Only | Vancouver Search Engine Optimization

Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:54:28 +0000

[...] Check this article out…Â SEO.com domain sold for $5,000,000. [...]

By: horisly

horisly — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 19:49:01 +0000

“I know that SEO.com will likely bring immediate brand recognition, but itâ€™s not going to guarantee theyâ€™ll be sitting on the top of Googleâ€™s results”
agree with you.
however, to VC, the brand value is much larger than SERP of google.

By: SEO.com now run by Utah SEO firm

SEO.com now run by Utah SEO firm — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:06:59 +0000

[...] I just found out that Dave Bascom’s Web Targeted was sold to WashingtonVC who was able to acquire the domain name SEO.com for $5 Million. Dave seemed pretty excited about this news on his blog, and I am happy for him. He is a great guy and a very knowledgeable Search Engine Optimizer. They have gotten a bit ofÂ exposure (and will probably get more) from this news in the SEO blogosphere. I have found commentary on Search Engine Land, Marketing Pilgrim, and Threadwatch, which are three very popular online destinations for SEOs. It is cool to hear this news happening in Utah (I am from Utah in case you haven’t figured that out). [...]

By: Jeremy Luebke

Jeremy Luebke — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:30:32 +0000

The way I look at it is an asset that will only go up in value. Even if they had paid $10 million dollars, it would still be worth the money in the long run. Even is the SEO firm behind SEO.com fails, the domain will still be worth more than they paid for it in the future.