Comments on: ConsumerSearch.com Sold to About for $33m http://comparisonengines.com/2007/05/07/consumersearchcom-sold-to-about-for-33m/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Fri, 09 Dec 2011 18:27:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: sgrnmkt http://comparisonengines.com/2007/05/07/consumersearchcom-sold-to-about-for-33m/#comment-964 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:07:51 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/?p=710#comment-964 I wonder if they will categorize topics and reviews the way consumersearch was doing. For instance I arrived to this site through consumer search from a blog article at: specializedmountainbikes.weebly.com/index.html. From clicking on a random review. Weird!

]]> By: EarlyMiser http://comparisonengines.com/2007/05/07/consumersearchcom-sold-to-about-for-33m/#comment-963 Tue, 08 May 2007 18:28:49 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/?p=710#comment-963 Missed the best part! In cash! Wow that’s a great deal for them. I assumed it was the standard 90/10 deal but a cash deal like that is great for them.

]]> By: PriceMan http://comparisonengines.com/2007/05/07/consumersearchcom-sold-to-about-for-33m/#comment-962 Tue, 08 May 2007 18:15:24 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/?p=710#comment-962 With a alexa of 10,000 there is room to grow this site. Time will tell if this was a good move for about.com.

If they are able to set up a soild back end it will be a Huge winner if not it will be a big loser :) .

Good luck about and we will look for some big PR and changes to bring in new traffic.

]]> By: EarlyMiser http://comparisonengines.com/2007/05/07/consumersearchcom-sold-to-about-for-33m/#comment-961 Tue, 08 May 2007 15:23:07 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/?p=710#comment-961 Based on the generic domains and moderate Page Rank and Alexa Rank I would. Some of those sites have an Alexa rank over 1,000,000 (which effectively means almost no one uses them). The domains are generic keyword domains that probably lack basic trademark protection since they are merely descriptive domains. My point is that launching a bunch of generic sites (that are powered by a pricegrabber co-branded site) isn’t as valuable as what consumersearch.com did. I can launch similar sites with about 2 days work.

An Alexa rankings progressions are not quite logarithmic but the progression isn’t mathematical either. It’s far more difficult to do what consumersearch.com did. An Alexa Ranking of 10,000 indicates serious traffic.

]]> By: Brian Smith http://comparisonengines.com/2007/05/07/consumersearchcom-sold-to-about-for-33m/#comment-960 Tue, 08 May 2007 13:43:01 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/?p=710#comment-960 EarlyMiser -
Reviewed.com is made up of DigitalCameraInfo.com, CamcorderInfo.com, and a host of new sites (PrinterInfo.com, EasyCamcorders, EasyDigitalCameras, WirelessInfo.com). I’m not sure I’d call their main sites ‘throw away’ sites.
-b

]]> By: The Chitika Blog » Blog Archive » Chitika Publisher Acquired for $33 Million http://comparisonengines.com/2007/05/07/consumersearchcom-sold-to-about-for-33m/#comment-959 Tue, 08 May 2007 02:03:16 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/?p=710#comment-959 [...] m, one of our favorite publisher clients, was sold to About for $33m in cash, according to this post on ComparisonEngines.com (via NYTimes) announcing [...]

]]> By: EarlyMiser http://comparisonengines.com/2007/05/07/consumersearchcom-sold-to-about-for-33m/#comment-958 Mon, 07 May 2007 23:16:03 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/?p=710#comment-958 No it doesn’t.
Consumersearch.com is a Pagerank 7 site that is in the Alexa top 10,000. It’s heavily trafficked and heavily used. Reviewed.com is Page Rank 4 with an Alexa ranking of 940,000. To put that in perspectitive I have throw away sites that get more traffic. In terms of branding – reviewed.com has multiple generic domains that have varying levels of traffic. Consumersearch.com is a site with quite a bit of traction in the marketplace. There’s no comparing the two really.

]]> By: davidj http://comparisonengines.com/2007/05/07/consumersearchcom-sold-to-about-for-33m/#comment-957 Mon, 07 May 2007 20:56:12 +0000 http://www.comparisonengines.com/?p=710#comment-957 Never heard of the site before today. Any clue what kind of business these folks have prior to today? # of employees, revenue or profit?

David

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