Categorization Tool Hits a Home Run — Sedo’s Auto

Categorization tools saves time and increases odds of sale.

Sedo disclosed its fresh auto categorization tool the prior week. The most painful part of adding domains to Sedo (or Afternic, for that matter) is taking the time to categorize them. But since categorized domains are more likely to sell, this is an notable step. Sedo’s expansion to over 2,000 categories means more targeted searches, but more of a headache submitting domains — if it weren’t for it’s nifty fresh tool.

I decided to give it for a spin today and added four domain names to my Sedo account:

1. GalleryAlbum.com – a good name for an online photo gallery, art galleries, etc.
2. MarbleLake.com – an 800 acre lake in Michigan
3. TinDoll.com – collectible tin dolls
4. TrueAudience.com – a generic with so many uses…audience measurement, social networking etc.

I submitted all four domains to Sedo using its auto categorization tool to see if it worked well. Here are the results:

GalleryAlbum.com – Arts > Visual Arts > Galleries
MarbleLake.com – Recreation > Outdoors > Other
TinDoll.com – Recreation > Collecting > Toys
TrueAudience.com – Society > Crime

All of these seem like good categorizations. TrueAudience.com is tricky as it is a brandable name.

If you aren’t satisfied with any of the categories the tool picks for you, it’s really easy to change them. Just click the category to open up a picker table: