Top Paying Keywords Announces 5 Most Valuable Websites of January 2005

Announces Top Paying Keywords's January 2005 most valuable websites. Explains how the survey was conducted and what it means.

New York, NY (PRWEB) January 23, 2005 -- TopPayingKeywords.com (http://www.toppayingkeywords.com) announced today the release of its five most valuable websites for January 2005. The websites were chosen from factors including the popularity of the search terms in which the sites are found, the price at which advertisers bid for those search terms, and the sites position in Googles and Yahoos search engines. TopPayingKeywords.com estimates the value of the most valuable site, www.fortunecity.com, to be worth $250,000 a month in website traffic.

The five winners were as follows:

1. www.fortunecity.com

2. www.edmunds.com

3. www.virtualflowers.com

4. www.cars.com

5. www.tophosts.com

The basis for these selections are as follows. Both Fortunecity.com and Tophosts.com are optimized for the extremely valuable keyword phrases web hosting" and hosting" and related phrases such as website hosting" and free web hosting." These phrases yield nearly 975,000 searches a month on major search engines. Assuming that the top ranked site receives 5% of the traffic, with the average price across this category at approximately $7.80 per click, being ranked first on web hosting in all search engines is worth approximately $380,000 per month in traffic. Currently, Fortunecity.com maintains the top spot on Google for web hosting" and hosting" and is ranked second for free web hosting," while occupying top 25 spots in Yahoo! for each of these keywords. Tophosts.com ranks 5th and 42nd on Google for web hosting" and hosting" respectively, but ranks 3rd on Yahoo! for both of these terms and several other related terms.

Edmunds.com ranks second on our list, due to the high volume of car-related searches (approximately 630,000 per month) and an average car bid price of approximately $0.90. Edmunds.com currently ranks second for the search term car" in both Google and Yahoo! and occupies top 5 spots in both search engines for cars" and used cars," with the exception being a number nine ranking for cars" in Google. Cars.com ranks fourth on our list by occupying the number one spot in both Google and Yahoo! for cars" and the number one spot in Yahoo! for car."

Finally, with nearly 190,000 monthly searches on flower-related terms - terms which yield approximately $2.50 per click - and the top Google spot (and top five Yahoo! spot) on both flowers" and flower," Virtualflowers.com ranks third on TopPayingKeywords.coms January 2005 Most Valuable website list.

About Top Paying Keywords

Top Paying Keywords is designed to help webmasters maximize their profits using Googles Adsense(TM) program. Through extensive research, Top Paying Keywords continues to develop up-to-date databases of the most popular keywords and their accompanying prices. For more information, please visit http://www.toppayingkeywords.com.

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Disclaimer

Top Paying Keywords selections for the five most valuable websites are based on both quantitative and qualitative assessments. All figures presented in the analysis are based on approximated figures. For precise figures on keyword pricing, visit us at http://www.toppayingkeywords.com.

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