by JSmooth

Created on: January 29, 2011

Domain names are an extremely valuable business. Every Wednesday, the DNJournal reports on the domain industry's top domain name sales. Domain names such as Sex.com, Business.com, Slots.com, England.com, and dozens of other domain names have produced the domain industry's highest sales. Such domain names sell for millions of dollars.

The most valuable domain names are generic one word, 1-3 character, country names, and two word names such as datarecovery.com.. There are many factors that apply to appraising a domain name. What are the world's most valuable domain names? The world's most valuable domain names are popular keyword names searched in search engines. The following domain names are the world's most valuable:

Google.com

Facebook.com

Twitter.com

Yahoo.com

AOL.com

MSN.com

Wikipedia.com

Wikipedia.org

Jobs.com

Hotels.com

Cars.com

Sex.com

US.com

IMDB.com

Go.com

Find.com

Hotel.com

Candy.com

NBA.com

Bing.com

Flickr.com

Ask.com

eHow.com

Homes.com

Mortgage.com

Weather.com

Insurance.com

The world's most valuable domain names are brandable, produce high keyword results, generate high searches, and are easily recognized as extremely important to the online community. Google.com, Facebook.com, Twitter.com, Wikipedia.org, Imbd.com, GoDaddy.com, CJ.com, and many high traffic websites generate many keyword results. Such domain names are exclusive, rare, and contain thousands of links. The most expensive domain names in the world are the commonly used websites on the Internet.

Sex.com recently sold at Sedo for $13 million. Business.com, Beer.com, Porn.com, Fund.com, Beer.com and dozen other domain names produced million dollar sales. Domain name sales help to maintain interest in the domain industry. In my opinion, the world's most valuable domain names are Google.com, Facebook.com, Amazon.com, Hotels.com, Jobs.com, Money.com, Coupons.com, News.com, MSN.com, Twitter.com, free.com, food.com, Poker.com, Casino.com, Diamonds.com, Cars.com, Loans.com, and StudentLoans.com. 

In essence, the world's most valuable domain names are the most popular domain names on Alexa, which ranks websites in terms of traffic  popularity. Compete.com reports on the monthly unique traffic and page views. For the most part, the world's most valuable domain name hold keywords that are most powerful in advertising such as insurance, jobs, lawyers, and weather. Domain names are websites fall under a different category because developed websites function as a business with established members.

On the opposing side, domain names can be worth millions without ever developing them. The keyword value can be assessed using domain valuation tools such as Valuate and Estibot. There is no ideal way to determine the world most valuable domain names. The market dictates which domain sales can produce the highest sale. The world's most valuable domain name is Google.com. Google has the most traffic, links, backlinks, and is the most recognized domain name in the world. Facebook.com is the second most valuable domain name in the world. Sex.com, jobs.com, hotels.com, and the such valuable domain names on the list above are considered the word's most valuable domain names.

The topic domain name sales of all time are located on Domaining.com. Domaining Mojo and Domain Name Mojo are excellent resources on selling domain names, as well as providing feedback on domain name sales.       

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