November 7th, 2008 at 01:57pm
Under Domain Names
What is an expired domain and how can it help you in your internet marketing endeavors?
It’s easy to explain, an expired domain is a domain that hasn’t been renewed.
There could be a number of different reasons for this – it’s possible the domain’s owner simply forgot to renew, possibly their domain registrar didn’t remind them (or used an out of date email address to tell them), possibly the domain owner bought the domain intending to do something with it and then changed focus. There are lots of different reasons that a domain has been allowed to expire.
So how can you make money from expired domains?
First off, it’s generally considered that the older a domain name is, the more “important” it is. By definition, a domain name that has expired has been around for a minimum of a year, so it’s older than buying a new domain.
Secondly, if the domain was used, there may be existing links to the site. There’s also a very good chance that the search engines will know about it and will have indexed it.
If you’re extra lucky, the domain may have had sufficient importance to gain some Google Page Rank.
Yup, that’s right! Some expired domains have a Page Rank and traffic.
The trouble is, you’re not the only person looking for expired domains. The best expired domains are purchased the very second that they are put on the market.
Which means that if you are thinking about buying one or more expired domains either for your own use or to quickly “flip” and resell to other people, you’ll need to work fast.
The best way to do this is to use a service that will allow you to search for domains that are soon to expire. This gives you a head start and allows you to snap up the domains you want as soon as they’re released back into the pool of available domains.
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October 6th, 2008 at 09:21pm
Under Domain Names
What’s the one make-it-or-break-it item that your online business needs to make it stand out and become a successful online venture?
The right domain name!
The domain name is what people enter into their browsers when they want to get to your site – it’s the part that comes after the http:// or the www. It’s your virtual real estate address. Having something they can remember without having to look it up each time or keeping it in their bookmarks, to be lost among the all the other addresses, is the best thing you can do to get visitors to return to your site and word-of-mouth free traffic.
People say that all the good names are gone, but that’s about as as incorrect as you can get. Here are some simple guidelines that will make your domain name — and your business — a memorable and popular online destination.
1. Choose a .com
The number one rule is, go for the dot-com ending, which is typed as .com. This is the Main Street of the virtual|online world, and the one that most people will enter into their browsers regardless of what your domain extension actually is. While .net and .org were popular for a while, and then .us, .biz,.info and .name took the stage, people always revert back to .com — no matter how many fancy country code top level domains are launched into the mainstream, like .cc, .ws, .to, .cn and others.
2. Choose A Memorable Name
You want your business name to be your domain name too, if possible. So if your flower shop is called Felicty’s Flowers, you want to get felicitysflowers.com, assuming it’s available. If it’s not, try adding a dash, like felicitys-flowers.com or a secondary descriptive word like felicitysflowersonline.com or prettyfelicitysflowers.com. If you’re creative, you’ll probably be able to come up with something that works with your business name and is one your customers will find memorable.
Don’t forget that if you use a dash in your domain name, which some Search Engine Optimization experts say attracts more free traffic to your site, you’ll need to say the dashes if you use your domain name in an audio product or commercial; so it would be “felicitys dash flowers dot com”.
Most people who enter your domain name into their browser later will not type the dashes.
3. Get Another Name Variation
If you’re fortunate enough to grab a great domain name without the dashes, then you might want to get the same name with dashes between the words as well. You can put both domain names up on your server as mirror sites to get the benefits of Search Engine Optimisation as well as the ease of typing without the dashes.
You should also consider getting the .net or .org variation or even other domain name extensions to use as sister sites for your main dot com site… maybe you could put your forum on the .net, or use your .com for your main product and .net for your business background information site.
Even if you’re looking for a domain name that you don’t really think will be available, using your creativity and trying a variety of word combinations ought to allow you to lock down an unforgettable domain name that will attract people to your website.
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