Domain & SEO guides
Short reads that explain the thinking behind each Flowdiction tool — how to read a domain authority score, when to buy an expired domain, how drop catching works and what an on-page SEO audit should actually check.
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- Domain valuation
How to use a domain authority checker before you buy
What a domain authority checker actually measures, which numbers matter before a purchase, and how to appraise any domain in one pass.
2 min readOpen the domain authority checker - Expired domains
How to buy expired domains without inheriting a penalty
A practical checklist for buying expired domains: reading the backlink profile, spotting spam history, and pricing a name before you register it.
1 min readBrowse today's expired domains - Expired domains
Drop catching and domain backorders explained
How the domain deletion cycle works, when a backorder is worth placing, and how to filter dropping domains down to the few that matter.
2 min readFilter dropping domains - SEO
The on-page SEO audit checklist that catches real problems
A short, practical on-page SEO audit checklist: titles, meta descriptions, headings, canonicals, Open Graph and structured data.
1 min readRun a free SEO audit - Domain valuation
How to compare domain names and pick the right one
A repeatable way to compare domain names side by side: length, pronunciation, keyword value, SEO signals and long-term brand fit.
1 min readCompare up to three domains - Domain research
Bulk domain search: screening hundreds of names at once
How to screen a large list of domains in one pass: what to score, what to discard immediately, and how to export the survivors.
1 min readRun a bulk domain search - Domain valuation
How to value a domain name: a repeatable appraisal method
A five-step method for valuing a domain name using length, extension, authority, comparable sales and end-user demand instead of guesswork.
3 min readAppraise a domain now - Domain valuation
Appraisal vs market price: why the two numbers disagree
Why an automated domain appraisal rarely matches the price a domain sells for, and how to use both numbers together when negotiating.
2 min readCompare two domains side by side - Expired domains
Which expired domain metrics actually predict results
Referring domains, anchor profile, topical relevance and indexation predict expired domain performance. Vanity scores mostly do not.
2 min readBrowse the expired domain market - Expired domains
How to spot a spammy backlink profile before you buy
The patterns that reveal a manipulated backlink profile on an expired domain, and the checks that take five minutes to run.
2 min readRun a domain intelligence check - Domain research
Building a domain watchlist that actually catches opportunities
How to structure a domain watchlist, which alert triggers are worth enabling, and how to act fast when a tracked name changes status.
2 min readOpen your watchlist - SEO
Technical SEO setup for a newly acquired domain
The technical checklist to run in the first week after acquiring a domain: hosting, HTTPS, canonicals, indexing controls and monitoring.
2 min readRun a technical SEO audit - SEO
An on-page SEO checklist you can run on any page
Title, meta description, headings, internal links, images and structured data — the on-page checks that move rankings, in priority order.
2 min readAudit a page now - SEO
Core Web Vitals on mobile: what to fix first
LCP, CLS and INP explained for mobile, with the specific fixes that move each metric and the order to apply them in.
2 min readCheck a page's technical health - Domain valuation
Choosing a domain extension: .com, country codes and new TLDs
When .com is worth the premium, when a country extension wins, and what changes if you build a brand on a newer TLD.
2 min readCompare extensions side by side - Domain valuation
Brandable or keyword domain? Choosing by business model
Keyword domains explain the category instantly; brandable names scale and defend. Which one fits your business, and how to decide fast.
2 min readRun a strategic name analysis - Domain research
Pronunciation, spelling and recall: the offline value of a name
Why a name that survives the radio test earns more direct traffic, and how to test pronunciation, spelling risk and recall before buying.
2 min readTest how a name is pronounced - Domain research
A bulk domain research workflow that scales to thousands
How to screen thousands of domains down to a shortlist: filter cheaply first, score in bulk, then research only the survivors by hand.
2 min readScreen a list in bulk - Expired domains
Domain flipping: the economics behind the business model
Acquisition cost, holding cost, sell-through rate and time to liquidity — the four numbers that decide whether domain flipping is profitable.
2 min readFind inventory in the market - SEO
Redirecting an expired domain without wasting its equity
301 redirects, relevance matching and the mistakes that turn an expired domain's link equity into nothing. A practical migration order.
2 min readVerify redirects and page health - Domain research
How to check a domain's history before you commit
Archived snapshots, registration records, indexation and link timing reveal what a domain was used for. Here is the order to check them in.
2 min readInvestigate a domain - Domain research
WHOIS lookup explained: what registration data still tells you
What a WHOIS record still reveals after privacy redaction: registrar, creation date, expiry, status codes and nameservers — and how to read each one.
3 min readLook up a domain's record - SEO
Domain age and SEO: what actually carries over
Domain age is a proxy, not a ranking factor. Learn which historical signals genuinely carry over to a new site and which ones reset the day you rebuild.
2 min readCheck a domain's authority - Expired domains
Buying domains at auction without overpaying
Set a maximum before the auction opens, learn how expiry, closeout and marketplace auctions differ, and avoid the bidding traps that destroy your margin.
2 min readScreen auction candidates - Domain valuation
Trademark risk: the check to run before you buy a domain
How to screen a domain for trademark conflict before you pay: name searches, class relevance, bad-faith signals and what happens in a UDRP dispute.
2 min readAnalyse a name strategically - SEO
Sitemaps and robots.txt: getting crawling right
How sitemap.xml and robots.txt divide the work, the mistakes that hide pages from Google, and how to keep both files in sync with a growing site.
2 min readAudit crawling and indexing - SEO
How to get new pages indexed in Google faster
A practical order of operations for indexing: fix crawlability first, then discovery, then quality signals — plus how to diagnose a page Google ignores.
2 min readCheck a page's indexability - Domain research
Managing a domain portfolio without losing names
Renewal calendars, registrar consolidation, cost per name and a yearly cull: the operating routine that keeps a domain portfolio profitable.
2 min readTrack your domains - Domain research
Automating domain research with an API
Move from manual lookups to a scheduled pipeline: batching, rate limits, caching, change detection and the alerts worth wiring into your workflow.
2 min readRead the API documentation - Domain valuation
Naming a startup: from shortlist to registered domain
A workable naming process: generate broadly, test pronunciation and recall, screen for legal risk, then choose the extension you can actually defend.
2 min readTest a name out loud - SEO
Measuring backlink quality instead of counting links
Relevance, placement, traffic and anchor patterns decide whether a link helps. A framework for judging a backlink profile before you buy or build on it.
2 min readAnalyse a link profile