Engines

Here you will see what search engines are used by DotComBLITZ and what specific rank and popularity checks can be performed for them.

Alexa Rank

Alexa Rank is a measure of the average amount of traffic that a web sites receives and hence is a good indicator of how "valuable" a domain name is. Please note that Alexa Rank results should be interpretated by the "lower is better" principle.

Google

Being the leader of the search engines, Google is one of the best indicators for the quality of a domain name. The following checks can be performed for it:

• Rank : Will tell you how well a domain name is positioned in the search engine (on which position it shows up) when doing a search on a specific term.

• Links : Will tell you how many other pages listed in Google contain links to the specified domain name. Obviously, the higher the number the better.

• Popularity : Will tell you how many pages listed in Google contain the specified domain name. Unlike Google Links, this test will actually look for plain-text occurences and not for links.

• PR - PageRank : This test will give you the famous Google PageRank value for any given domain name.

Google/DMOZ

The DMOZ Directory is the one of the most respectable web directories on the Net and it also provides its data to the Google Directory. Having a domain name listed in the Google/DMOZ directory will definetly help in improving a site's visibility and popularity.

Yahoo

• Rank
• Links
• Directory

Altavista

• Rank
• Links

MSN

• Rank
• Links

Inktomi

• Rank
• Links

Lycos

• Rank
• Links

AllTheWeb

• Rank
• Links