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Check Out This New Feature: High Ranking Website Report

Posted on September 1st, 2010 by Dave Slutzkin

It’s spring over here in Australia! But unfortunately it’s still grey and raining. At Flippa, we’re consoling ourselves by crafting innovative new features for you all – check out this one:

Our new report on high ranking websites for sale

We’ve added a report which shows you keyword rankings for websites for sale on Flippa. Go on, click on that link and check it out!

This great new report uses data from our excellent partners at SEMRush to give you a completely new view of Flippa listings. It tells you which keywords sites rank well for, giving you the ranking as well as some information about the keyword itself.

So, from the screenshot above, you can see that printox.com ranks #2 for the high cost per click keyword “affordable business cards”. That one doesn’t necessarily have a lot of searches for it, but the site also ranks well – #4 – for “business card printing”, which has a lot of searches. Does that means that it’s worth more than the $2,222 the auction is currently tracking at? Not sure – you’ll have to decide that – we just provide you with the tools!

Now, this report is in the final stages of beta, as we’re still tweaking it. Thanks to those lucky few newsletter subscribers who got a sneak peek at it last week, you guys were great, and many of your ideas have been incorporated. But as I said, we are still tweaking, so let us know in the comments what you think of this tool and we’ll endeavour to make it as useful for you as possible.

Start using the new Flippa high ranking website report now.

Comments (59)

#1 written by Sazzad Hossain
September 1, 2010 - 9:33 pm

Great Feature…It will be really helpful for the buyer of Flippa…
#2 written by Karl Hadwen
September 1, 2010 - 10:05 pm

Definitely a cool feature. Will start making sure I get a few sites on there for future sales.
#3 written by Tom Bodetti
September 2, 2010 - 12:58 am

Interesting approach, data centric services are some of the most important measurements in modern business models.
#4 written by Rick Vidallon
September 2, 2010 - 1:03 am

I am always taken back when a client let’s their website expire and has no idea that their website and domain name has accrued value. (Some more than others I am sure). Too bad you can’t say the same about the real estate market!
#5 written by Jamie
September 2, 2010 - 1:24 am

Another great addition to Flippa. I think I will really like this and will definetly be following along.
#6 written by Tinh
September 2, 2010 - 1:34 am

Great feature. I have been waiting for it quite a long time. Thanks
#7 written by Doug Lampi
September 2, 2010 - 1:55 am

This looks like it will be a welcome addition for those people who are buying sites and at the same time providing the seller with more credible data.

I also believe the information on Flippa should be required learning for new web entrepreneurs. The sites listed for sale here can teach you all you need to know about creating a website that ranks high – and – earns money too.

Another great job guys!
#8 written by Tjäna Pengar
September 2, 2010 - 2:02 am

This is a good thing! very useful! thanx for putting it together!

Best regards from Sweden
#9 written by Linda
September 2, 2010 - 2:05 am

I am not confident with searching too far into Flippa looking for deals since I got some sort of virus or something and it cost me almost $100 to get rid of it! Can you do something about security concerns on Flippa?
- #10 written by Come on Now
  September 2, 2010 - 3:03 am
  
  Oh come on Linda, that could have been your husband looking at porn. How do you know it even came from Flippa? Geeze.
- #11 written by amr mettwally abd elhafeez
  September 2, 2010 - 5:12 am
  
  very great too thank you
#12 written by Ben
September 2, 2010 - 2:07 am

sounds great well done and thanks
#13 written by Yuri
September 2, 2010 - 3:22 am

Great list, but i recommend research before buy, because many of web site seller lay about earnings.

Best Regards
#14 written by Dmain Guru
September 2, 2010 - 3:29 am

Not too bad, useful feature
#15 written by writer friend
September 2, 2010 - 3:31 am

I think it will be helpful to both buyer and seller
#16 written by Chad
September 2, 2010 - 3:43 am

Great new feature! This will be extremely helpful and save some time on the part of the buyer.
#17 written by Nick Johnson
September 2, 2010 - 3:54 am

Looks Like a really useful feature.. hopefully will get more money for my sites…
#18 written by devarts
September 2, 2010 - 4:48 am

nice info for the list . . maybe i must try again
#19 written by montreal website design company
September 2, 2010 - 5:13 am

Very nice feature. I will go through it very soon
#20 written by Luke Moulton
September 2, 2010 - 9:05 am

Yay ! Awesome tool guys. Well done.
#21 written by anton
September 2, 2010 - 10:22 am

Focus makes the expert, i like flippa……
#22 written by Web Page Designer
September 2, 2010 - 10:27 am

Wow what a time saver. I DO prefer this new look. Thanks Flippa!

And by the way, I’m just east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and we’re right in the middle of a VERY long hot spell…. of which a relief is predicted for Saturday… thank heaven!
#23 written by Maartin
September 2, 2010 - 11:24 am

Thanks Flippa, this is once again value added to your already excellent service.

Very helpful!
#24 written by Robert Gentel
September 2, 2010 - 12:41 pm

It would be immeasurably more useful if it allowed for searching/fitering by keyword.
#25 written by Josh
September 2, 2010 - 1:02 pm

That data tells you the potential customers/visitors but it doesn’t by any means tell you where their site is ranked for the keywords.

I recommend instead you let the seller put in a list of their top keywords and then you show the volume and where the website ranks for those keywords

Obviously this data would have to be displayed in the listing but you can always add their position for the main keyword with one more column.

Overall useful, though.
#26 written by Jan
September 2, 2010 - 6:21 pm

Overall a good idea. But when I compare rankings provided by Semrush and other tools, such as SEOSpyglass, there are often big enough differences…Semrush ranking lower pretty often…it also depends on the data centers maybe…

I think it should be made clear to buyers that this is only an “estimate” , and that these rankings might vary (daily even!) and that they should do their own research as well.

J:-)
#27 written by Virtualab
September 2, 2010 - 7:13 pm

It provides one more signal one can use before even deciding to take make further analysis of the site. The more signals, the better.
#28 written by Website Flipping Tips
September 3, 2010 - 2:00 am

Great addition guys! This will give buyers a general idea of what the sites rank for so they can do further investigation. As someone mentioned, I would make sure you emphasis somewhere that the tool is only an estimate and that buyers should do their due diligence and research to confirm the data shown. In other words, buyers shouldn’t rely solely on the data shown.

As to Josh’s comments about allowing the seller to enter their own keywords, a seller still can – manually anyway. All you would need to do is list the keywords and the ranking for each and a screenshot (or video) showing the rankings on Google itself. You could also provide screenshots and videos on the search volumes for each keyword using Google’s keyword tool. Ya, it’s a manual process but probably more accurate than most “automatic” tools anyway.

Travis
- #29 written by Devin
  September 13, 2010 - 12:31 am
  
  Awesome post Travis and great feature for Flippa! As if I needed another great reason to get hooked on seeing what deals are available on Flippa!
#30 written by kompresory
September 4, 2010 - 5:37 pm

super article
#31 written by Chris
September 5, 2010 - 12:11 am

Yes, yes, yes…. We know. Now hurry up and implement it so I can list several sites (which rank #1). Been waiting for for u to go live and wrap up your usual sell congratulatory hoopla.
#32 written by Junedetox
September 5, 2010 - 12:05 pm

This is really useful. I don’t have to check with Semrush separately anymore.
#33 written by Mike
September 6, 2010 - 7:03 pm

Good Time saving concepts!
#34 written by Blog Web
September 8, 2010 - 5:00 am

Great feature. I like this.
#35 written by John Messmer
September 8, 2010 - 5:40 pm

Hi Guys,

This is a great new feature in that it’s providing valuable real data about a site, which in turn provides critical insight as to the real value of the site. When things are as competitive as they are, every edge helps and can potentially make a big difference.
#36 written by Adam
September 9, 2010 - 9:28 pm

Thanks for posting this article. very helpful at times I wonder what some of the sites that I have let go would be worth by now.
#37 written by Pemuda
September 11, 2010 - 7:32 pm

How about blog, can I Sell in Here..?
#38 written by Amgad
September 13, 2010 - 3:26 pm

Great feature for sellers too, they can prove they put some effort in their sites.
#39 written by Flash designer
September 15, 2010 - 2:17 pm

Thanks that is a great addition. very useful and will reduce the amount of time i need to investigate the domains before buying.
#40 written by ZZANGELZZ
September 18, 2010 - 9:20 pm

All around nice
#41 written by Priit Vaikmaa
September 20, 2010 - 7:37 pm

I would like to see better fraud prevention systems in place.

Can you confirm this sale actually took place?

http://flippa.com/auctions/102961/BloggersUnite-Featured-Blogger-Network—51k-page-views—Featured-on-CNN
- #42 written by Dave Slutzkin
  September 20, 2010 - 7:44 pm
  
  Priit,
  
  The buyer failed to follow through with that sale. The seller filed a dispute using our Dispute Procedure and the site was relisted immediately when we ascertained that the buyer hadn’t acted in good faith. The site is now relisted here:
  
  http://flippa.com/auctions/105917
#43 written by Website Flip
September 29, 2010 - 2:45 pm

Cool features But I have yet to explore further
#44 written by Jolanda
September 30, 2010 - 12:03 am

Great feature. Exactly the buyers looked for.
Thanks
J.E.
#45 written by Faisal
September 30, 2010 - 4:33 am

This is dumb. In general I really F*cking hate the layout of this site and think it is very confusing. I enjoyed Sitepoint much better to be honest
#46 written by Tasarım
October 1, 2010 - 5:27 am

it is very good feature. Will be very helpfull for buyers.
Thanks.
#47 written by Robbie
October 6, 2010 - 9:42 am

Its an ok feature, but there are many obscure keywords that are getting 100ks of searches.

Also, you have not mentioned the new nav layout, where the tags are in a dropdown, which I am sure will decrease traffic to auctions.
#48 written by Ziggie
October 8, 2010 - 7:14 am

Interesting feature. Thank you
#49 written by infozone
October 13, 2010 - 7:10 am

My day is complete. This site is great! I learned something. Keep me on your email list.
Thank you
Mark
#50 written by Dog Bowls
October 14, 2010 - 3:41 pm

Thanks for another feature Flippa
#51 written by uminadine
October 14, 2010 - 7:01 pm

nice feature…. glad to know it before
#52 written by Paintbal Barrels
October 25, 2010 - 10:59 am

Great report, but I’ve been noticing a lot of faulty results on it… stating that some sites are #1 in google for search phrases which they very obviously are not. Really need to be more careful with these and double check the results.
- #53 written by Dave Slutzkin
  October 25, 2010 - 11:45 am
  
  All of the results in that report come directly from SEMRush, so we’ll make sure we check this out with them.
  - #54 written by Paul
    October 29, 2010 - 7:50 am
    
    What did SEMRush say, Dave?
#55 written by Dtrance
October 26, 2010 - 9:27 pm

I think the Google Keyword tool is more reliable than any tool around.I do not trust any other tool.Its funny some people will buy tools that do the same or less than what the free Google Keyword Tool can do.All these other tools get their info from Google and people who are lazy or ignorant will fall for these hyped tools.Sitepoint,thank you for Flippa.It is the best and most active website marketplace on the internet.The features are great and there is a lot of auction information for the buyer to base his decisions.Keep it up.
#56 written by geek
October 28, 2010 - 5:46 pm

how can i add my site to this list?
- #57 written by Dave Slutzkin
  October 28, 2010 - 7:25 pm
  
  Is your site listed for sale on Flippa? That should be your first port of call! If you still can’t see it, and you think it should be there, contact our Customer Support to get us to have a closer look at it.