Read OnEstibot.com, a site that values your domain based on 30+ characteristics of the domain name.  The valuation is based on comparing those characteristics with a database of previously reported domain sales.  The site clearly acknowledges that an automated valuation tool such as Estibot is never completely reliable, but that one should use the site as a starting point for researching and evaluating domain names…

More than anything, EstiBot is here to help you valuate your domain name. It will provide you with keyword data and domain registration information, and a ballpark valuation to give you a starting point for your own, critical appraisal of the domain name.

Indeed, the site provides a wealth of data and information in one place for a buyer or seller to use in evaluating the value of domains, including…

1) Keyword ID;
2) Frequency;
3) Anchor Text;
4) Title;
5) Backlinks;
6) Alex Rank;
7) Estimated Traffic/Day;
8) PPC Ads Score;
9) Exact Searches/Mo;
10) Estibot’s BETA Valuation of your domain.

These are measurements that you should be reviewing as part of your .tv strategy if you already do not do so.

To learn what each one of these means, head over to the site and input your favorite domain name.  This site has become the starting point for all of my domain name research (and no this is not a paid mention).  The site also tells you whether the .com, .net, .org, and .us keyword equivalents are taken.  Anybody wonder whether we can lobby the site’s owner to include .tv just after .com?