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Being in the domain game, I frequently test domain analysis tools to study age, directory inclusion, backlinks, etc. Expired Traffic was one of the first I tested a few years back, so I thought it should be the first I reviewed here.

ExpiredTraffic.com
In comparison to a majority of other domain analysis tools available on the market, Expired Traffic is entirely web based, and requires no downloads - which attracted me in the beginning. Their app is pretty straightforward and simple, allowing users to cut-and-paste rows of domain names into their submission boxes for analysis. The two main sections I used were ‘directory inclusion check’ and ‘backlink check’. I don’t recommend using the # of backlinks tool to check thousands of domains at a time, though, as I found the system to crawl, and in a majority of cases, crash. I tended to only check around 100 at a time for that section.

The system served me well over several months, and I was happy to pony up a monthly fee to use the service. But as the months wore on, the app’s reliability began a slow nose-dive. Certain days the system would present a blank page of data after I attempted to run an analysis. Other days, it would refuse to check specific directories for inclusion. I bit my tongue, though, during these periods, cause - at the time - it was the only tool I was familiar with, and I was afraid to try another tool for fear it wouldn’t provide as in-depth information (to which I later found other tools did this better and cheaper than ExpiredTraffic.com).

My biggest gripe with Expired Traffic? I used two forms of billing from them, month-to-month, and 3-months billed at once. Each time re-upped my subscription, the system would assign me a new username and password, rather than simply use my old account info. That’s not the bad part though. Each time I re-upped, and was assigned new account info, the new account info would fail when I attempted to login and deny me access to the system. So, each time, I had to email their account service team for help. Each time I did email, I never received a response, but after 3 or 4 days (for the first 2 or 3 times this happened), my account would magically fix itself and allow me to login. The final time I re-subscribed, like before, my login info failed, I emailed the account team, never heard back, and I was *never* able to log-in. So I emailed Paypal and they gave me a refund. That was the last I dealt with Expired Traffic. I’m glad they drove me away though, cause I was able to find other downloadable systems that cost about 90% less.

What am I using now? I’ve been testing Mozzle now for the past several months, and have been very happy. I’ll try to write a review for them in the coming weeks.

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