What do you think is the most important factor that makes a website valuable? Is it the design? Is it the features? In the past, whenever i see websites that are well-designed, and look professional i will have this mindset ” Wow! This website Must worth damn lot!”. After that, i learnt that most people value websites through the amount of revenue the website generates monthly, the amount of traffic that the website had, the business model etc. A typical example will be Youtube, which sold for 1.65 billion, if i am not wrong. And for your information, youtube is lossing millions for expenses to pay for their servers and why did google purchased it? I believe its due to its traffic and exposure that youtube has. Its been estimated that in America, every one of the americans watch at least one video from youtube everyday.

See the screenshot below that i had taken from craiglist.com

Looking at the site, it look simples, it look plain, basically its just a site with hyperlinks. Guess how much it worth? It is estimated that it is worth 2.4 billion USD! So the what i am trying to protray with this post is “Do not guide the book by its cover” Sames apply to people as well