{"id":10734,"date":"2007-07-08T22:31:23","date_gmt":"2007-07-09T05:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/07\/08\/master-of-my-own-domains.html"},"modified":"2007-07-08T22:31:23","modified_gmt":"2007-07-09T05:31:23","slug":"master_of_my_own_domains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/07\/08\/master_of_my_own_domains.html","title":{"rendered":"Master of my own domains!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If I ever need to raise money quickly, all I need to do (apparently) is sell off some of my registered domains, according to these free appraisals at Leapfish.com<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/leapfish.com\/analyze.php?url=hill-kleerup.org\" target=\"_blank\">Domain Name Appraised: hill-kleerup.org<\/a><br \/> Combined Domain Name Appraisal Value Score: 101<\/p>\n<p>Top Level Domain Name Score: &nbsp;8<br \/> Unwanted Characters Score: &nbsp;8<br \/> Length Score: &nbsp;1<br \/> Archive.org Score: &nbsp;84<br \/> Google Search Results: &nbsp;0<br \/> Yahoo Search Results:&nbsp;<br \/> MSN Search Results: &nbsp;319<br \/> Search Engine Score: &nbsp;1<br \/> Estimated Domain Name Value: <strong>$8,585.00<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/leapfish.com\/analyze.php?url=wist.org\" target=\"_blank\">Domain Name Appraised: wist.org<\/a><br \/> Combined Domain Name Appraisal Value Score: 640<\/p>\n<p>Top Level Domain Name Score: &nbsp;8<br \/> Unwanted Characters Score: &nbsp;10<br \/> Length Score: &nbsp;8<br \/> Archive.org Score: &nbsp;68<br \/> Google Search Results: &nbsp;0<br \/> Yahoo Search Results:&nbsp;<br \/> MSN Search Results: &nbsp;7<br \/> Search Engine Score: &nbsp;1<br \/> Estimated Domain Name Value: <strong>$44,160.00<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>\n<p>Of course, not all domains are created equal.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/leapfish.com\/analyze.php?url=kleerup.com\" target=\"_blank\">Domain Name Appraised: kleerup.com<\/a><br \/> Combined Domain Name Appraisal Value Score: 65<\/p>\n<p>Top Level Domain Name Score: &nbsp;10<br \/> Unwanted Characters Score: &nbsp;10<br \/> Length Score: &nbsp;5<br \/> Archive.org Score: &nbsp;0<br \/> Google Search Results: &nbsp;0<br \/> Yahoo Search Results:&nbsp;<br \/> MSN Search Results: &nbsp;3<br \/> Search Engine Score: &nbsp;1<br \/> Estimated Domain Name Value: <strong>$65.00<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/leapfish.com\/analyze.php?url=the-family-hill.org\" target=\"_blank\">Domain Name Appraised: the-family-hill.org<\/a><br \/> Combined Domain Name Appraisal Value Score: 14<\/p>\n<p>Top Level Domain Name Score: &nbsp;8<br \/> Unwanted Characters Score: &nbsp;6<br \/> Length Score: &nbsp;1<br \/> Archive.org Score: &nbsp;0<br \/> Google Search Results: &nbsp;0<br \/> Yahoo Search Results:&nbsp;<br \/> MSN Search Results: &nbsp;0<br \/> Search Engine Score: &nbsp;0<br \/> Estimated Domain Name Value: <strong>$14.00<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Of course, that&#8217;s because the &#8216;rents don&#8217;t maintain&nbsp;spiffy websites &#8230; 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