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Free Domains - getting one

2009-12-31T14:08:00.000-08:00

Free Domains - getting one

Author: Domains Expert

Free stuff sites make up a very decent percentage of all sites
on the internet. You can get anything from free screensavers to
free software to free iPods to free vacations on the internet.
Obviously other than a very few select products none of them are
'truly' free. They are not even a 'shareware kind' of product.
Most of these schemes will expect a certain action to be
performed to claim the 'free stuff'.

Normally, signing up to an offer from an advertiser, referring
friends to a site or service or buying a related product all are
examples of the 'actions' expected. For example, the free iPod
offer that took over the internet by craze works on the premise
that each person will refer 5 of their friends to the scheme as
well as sign up to a few sponsor offers himself.

What is surprising is that out of all these offers, there are
very few that are webmaster-centric. You hardly find offers for
free domains, free webhosting or free traffic when you sign up
for an offer. This is probably because the cost of these
services or products are too low to warrant much interest. It
can also be that webmasters prefer more direct forms of rewards
like cash.

It is not that there are absolutely no free domain offers on the
net. There are a few but their 'action' expected is either to
buy hosting or to sign up and post at forums. The first scenario
is a little scary because most web hosting companies will
register the 'free' domain in their own name. So if want to
change the web host, you lose the domain name and with it all
the hard work you put in to develop the brand image. That leaves
the posting at forums option. Well, if you asked me to post, say
50 messages and all of reasonable length (atleast 10 - 15
words), it will take me a month. This assumes that I also have
something better to do! I cannot wait that long for a domain
even if it is free.

From experience, it is seen that a webmaster will never refuse a
free domain name. For that matter no one will will refuse a free
thing if there is no catch involved. A webmaster should be
willing to sign up for a free offer or two in exchange of a free
domain. If such a scheme were available it should be quite
sucessful. May be not as much as the free iPods schemes but
atleast 50% as effective as them. If the free offer does not
involve disclosure of credit card information, it will be the
icing on the cake!

This is exactly what I have been working out. You sign up for an
offer. If it is a valid sign up then I buy you a domain name. No
credit card information required and no obligation too. That
simple. The only condition is you must be from the US and must
fill up the information required (name, email, address etc)
honestly. As soon as I recieve confirmation of the signup
(usually 2-3 days) you get your domain name. And, yes these are
not pharmaceutical or gambling offers, you need to sign up to
recieve more information from an online education university.
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About the Author:
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things related to domains. I also provide personalized free
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domains when you sign up to a free offer on my site. Number of
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15 Ways to Become a Better Domainer

2009-12-31T14:07:00.001-08:00

15 Ways to Become a Better Domainer

Author: Rudy Hernandez

The competition in the domain industry is steadily increasing as more and more people are becoming aware of it's global impact in today's financial marketplace. Professional investors and huge corporations are staking their claim of this internet real estate and have turned this once primitive name exchange into a booming multi-billion dollar industry.

Today's domainers are needing take their domain investing to another level in order to have continued success and profitability. Below are 15 Ways To Become A Better Domainer.

Utilize the forums

As I've said in previous posts, the importance of domaining forums in the domain industry are vital and serve as a great resource for beginners and professional domainers alike. Whether you are looking for some honest appraisal opinions or asking questions that only another domainer would know the answer to, the domain forums are there to assist. 24 hours a day, 365 days a week, this constant stream of domain information has shaped many beginner domainers into today's greatest professional domainers. If you're not a member of a domain forum you should greatly consider joining one today.

Are you a domainer or a domain developer?

Are you buying domains for quick profit sales? Are you buying domains for the long-term traffic revenue? Are you buying domains to develop and birth new traffic? Whether you choose to do one or all three, you must come to terms and clarify a solid game plan when it comes to your domain investments. It's reasonably okay to have a few domains being developed but your overall strategy needs to take shape and be narrowed down to a specific objective. Developing a domain name takes time, effort and more time, but the possible payoffs are always huge. Buying domain names in bulk for quick sales is also profitable but relies more on a constant sales initiative to be successful. Either way, you need a tactical approach on how you want to market your domains.

Dissect your portfolio

I once spoke to a guy who boasted a domain portfolio of over 3000 names. After hearing how he was considering selling a few of his "best" domains, I offered to peruse the list and maybe assist with finding some end users that might be potential buyers. He agreed and the next day he sent me a list of about 1000 of his best domains that he was willing to sell. To my surprise over 90% of them were, in my humble opinion, not worth much more than the reg fee. I contacted him back and explained that I was only to find about 75-100 names that could possibly be decent sales. He was stunned. He declined and stated that my appraisal was not correct and thanked me for my time. 3 days laters, I received an email from the exact same guy asking for assistance in selling the 75-100 domain names I previously found in his list. Seems that during those 3 days, he spoke to a few other domainers and received the same appraisal and evaluation of his so called "best" domains. This guy thought since his domains contained popular words like gamble, casino, sex and technology that it automatically made his domains super valuable. What he didn't consider was the multiple hyphens and terrible combinations of typos and keywords. Don't be the domainer with a huge list of terrible domains just to brag about how large your portfolio is. Trim your "extra" domains and streamline by selling or trading and use the profit for investing in quality names that are earmarked for immediate revenue or immediate development. Be proud of the overall quality of your portfolio and not just the number of domains it contains.

Know your rep

I amazed on how many people I encounter that in the domain industry that have no idea who their representatives are for such companies as Sedo, Moniker, Go Daddy and other big domain powerhouses. The representatives of such companies exist to assist their members who utilize their services and are hands-down the quickest and easiest way to get something resolved if you feel a mistake has been made. If you have domains either parked or offered for sale with a domain company, I highly suggest sending a quick email to find out who your representative is and do you best to maintain a professional and courteous relationship with them. It's easier to ask assistance from someone whom you know and knows you than it is to ask a complete stranger. And don't forget to vote for your favorite domain rep at next years Domainers Choice Awards.

Stay clear of Trademark Infringements

This should be a no-brainer. Time and time again I see domainers struggle with the headaches caused by trademark infringements and bad faith domain registrations. Not only do most of the trademark claims filed at the WIPO result in the domain being transferred to the appropriate party, but it also indicates that your choice in domains is questionable and therefore proving that you are still purchasing non-quality domain names. Domains that infringe on trademarks are not quality. Ask any lawyer. Save your registration fee and steer clear of legal woes.

Auto-renew

Now that your portfolio is streamlined and contains only select domain names, you definitely don't want to lose or let any of them drop and take a chance of someone else buying you lovely internet real estate. Do yourself a favor and set your domains for auto-renew at your domain register where purchased. It's a terrible feeling to have someone else scoop up one of your prize domains just because you didn't or couldn't find the time to renew the registration. Visit this great article by the Daily Domainer that explains the life-cycle of a domain name and don't let accidental "drops" happen to you.

Limit the hand regs

Hand regs or hand registrations are domains that are purchased from a publicly available source at a regular registration fee and are either brand new (never been purchased) or have expired and no longer owned by the previous owner. Go Daddy is a domain registrar that is popular with domainers and consistently used for hand regs. The possibility of stumbling along a unregistered domain is always there and the opportunity for someone to register a new domain name that never existed and create value to it is also conceivable, but in essence, most domain names that are hand regged are simply non-researched, impulse purchases that pad a domain portfolio with non-value names. Distinguish yourself as a profitable domainer and limit the amount of hand regs you add to your portfolio. One good way is to wait 24 hours before registering a hand reg domain and then re-evaluating before buying. You may lose a registration every so often but in the long run you will save on unnecessary registration fees and useless domain name ownership.

Stay current with news and sales

To be successful is to be informed. The pulse of the domain industry is constantly evolving and therefore it is beneficial to a domainer to know exactly what is the next potential opportunity or trend being created within our industry. If you buy domain names, you are an investor. If you are an investor, you need to stay current with the news of your investments and other people's investments. You can do this by monitoring the recent domain sales and news offered by many websites that are specifically geared towards todays domainers. One of my favorite websites is Ron Jackson's DNJournal. You can find great articles, news and the popular Year To Date domain sales. You need to know what domains are selling, which domains are being bought and how much they are being bought for. Invest time in your investments and reap the rewards. Predicting the next big trend is priceless.

Blog around

Domaining blogs are sprouting up everywhere with domainers eager to share their experiences, setbacks, lessons learned and tips with anyone who wants to listen. We all need to take advantage of this free and useful information by visiting various domain blogs and getting another person's perspective on our industry. And don't forget to subscribe to their RSS feeds, if it is offered, and have all this new information sent directly to you to read at your convenience... for free. Subscribe to this blog here.

Diversify with other TLD extensions

While some domainers swear that .com is the only extension worth being bought, there are others, like me, who think it's absolutely insane to dismiss all other TLD's and only buy one flavor of domain name. The popularity of .TV and .Mobi and the ongoing success of ccTLD's has risen and is playing a prominent part in today's domain marketplace. Generic domains in any of these extensions are being recognized as a highly sought after commodity with no signs of slowing. Familiarize yourself with other TLD's beside .com, .net and .org and evaluate your domain purchases on a global niche scale the next time you go to buy a domain.

Consider fractional domain ownership

Fractional domain ownership is simply a group of people that own a domain name and share in it's profits, development and use. There is not one sole owner because it is owned by the entire group. Owning a portion of a high value domain is a great way for a newcomer to the domain industry to begin and understand the ins and outs of professional domaining and share in the profit growth associated with that certain domain. It also allows "regular" domainers to group funds together and own a very premier domain name without one person having to pay the entire purchase price. Look for this trend to boom in 2008.

Optimize your parked pages

Once you buy a domain name, it is up to you whether your domain will contain a fully-functional website that you can customize/adsense or whether you will "park" your domain and allow targeted content to automatically be placed and monetized per visitor. If you choose to park your domains, it's imperative that you understand how domain parking works and how it can be optimized to bring better results. Sedo is a popular place for domain parking and allows users to see detailed stats and account information for each domain parked on the Sedo network. Revenue is shared with Sedo each time someone clicks on content on one of your parked pages and relies on consistent traffic to be a steady stream of income. Brush up on your domain parking information here.

Update your WHOIS information

The WHOIS database is sort of like a directory of purchased domain names that contains the owner's contact information, purchase date and expiration of a certain domain. One use of this information is being able to contact a domain owner and inquire about purchasing the domain. Without the correct information in the WHOis database, a potential buyer may not be able to contact the current owner and allow an offer to be placed. Contact your domain registrars and make sure your WHOis information is current and correct. If you opt not to be contacted by potential buyers, you may consider using a service that purchases domains for it's clients and keeps their information private. There is also an option to pay an additional fee at some domain registrars for private domain registration.

Contact more end users

So you have a great domain name that is considered gold in a certain industry. Great job. Now, if you have decided not to develop it and simply want to profit from a sale, I highly suggest contacting an end user. What's and end user? An end user is someone who would use the domain name specifically for creating brand recognition in a certain industry. Here's an example: Adam owns organicdogfood.com and Bob owns an organic dog food company in Texas but uses the domain BobsSuperGoodOrganicDogFood.com. Adam contacts Bob and offers a shorter, brandable and easier to remember domain name that can increase Bob's exposure on the internet for people searching for organic dogfood. Adam has just contacted a possible end user. A domain name can usually be sold to an end user for more since it is valued more by the actual user of the domain instead of a regular domain buyer.

Change your views on the domain industry

Are there still opportunities to be successful in today's domain industry? Yes.

Is there still time to take advantage of the booming domain sales? Yes.

Is it still possible for a domain newbie to come in and thrive even with a small initial investment. Yes.

About the Author:

Rudy Hernandez is the chief domain blogger at LogistikLabs.com. Rudy has been an integral part of the domain industry since 1999.

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Favorable Name Rules or How to Select Appropriate Domain Singly

2009-12-31T14:06:00.001-08:00

Favorable Name Rules or How to Select Appropriate Domain Singly

Author: Roger Fry

Domain names are special, self-sufficient part of WWW and a profit-making kind of business in the Internet.

There is a huge number of IT companies that sale/purchase/estimate domain names. The times when You could

get an exclusive free domain name from Your hosting-provider had passed. Now, in order to purchase a good

domain You may visit some of the websites that specialize in domain names sale (for example Sedo.com) and

buy the domain You liked (of course, if You are ready to pay about $10.000 for it, though, many of domain names

are much more expensive). If You are not - You will have to select domain name from those, which are being

sold as vacant. Here is what You should take into consideration while choosing a domain name:

1. Domain level.

It's preferably to have a second-level domain name. For example, in "www.design.com" the "www" prefix means

World Wide Web; "design" is a domain basis (see below how to select it); "com" is a domain zone. Third-level

domain name is a little bit different - "www.logo.design.com", forth-level domain will look like

"www.pixel.logo.design.com" - the number of domain components increases depending on its level. Domain

components imply words that affiliate a domain name and are separated by dots. The more components are

in a domain name, the higher is its level and the less valuable it is. The third and higher level domains are often

being distributed cost free. When purchasing a domain name for Your company (or Yourself), make sure it is a

second-level domain.

2. Domain zone.

There is a huge amount of domain zones, each of them having its own meaning, and it is important to choose the

most appropriate one. There are Generic Domains and Country Code Domains. Among Generic Domains are:

"com" - commercial project; "net" - network, related to WWW; "org" - organization; "biz" - business project; "info" -

informational project; "TV" - television channel; and many others. Country Code Domains are domains that reveal

ownership of a particular domain (website) by a country. Each country (including those that don't already exist)

has its own domain zone. For example "us" means USA site; "de" is German; "co.uk" stands for Great Britain",

"ru" refers to Russia; "fr" denotes France. So, what domain zone would give the best fit for Your domain? If Your

Internet project is going to have regional restrictions (for example e-shop meant for sale in USA only) - do not

hesitate to choose the domain zone of Your region. If Your project isn't attached to a particular country, You will

have to choose from the "Great Five" of domain zones: com/net/org/biz/info. These zones are the most valuable

and popular in the Internet. "Com" is one of the best, being a universal domain zone. "Net" matches with IT

forums and sites related to domain names. "Org" suits perfectly to web directories. Almost all of the best great

directories have domains in "org" zone (dmoz.org; lii.org; vlib.org; botw.org). "Biz"- will be a brilliant solution for

e-shops and projects that have to do with online sale. "Info" is right for blogs and personal pages. But You don't

have to be consistent with these meanings - they are conventional. Though, there are domains which You can't

purchase without having a competent authority: "gov" - government establishment; "mil" - military department;

"edu" - educational establishment; "int" - international organization; "museum" - museums and so on.

3. Domain name basis.

Domain name basis is the most important domain component. Let's emphasize 2 completely different methods

of selecting a successful domain name basis:

1) As a basis for a domain they use euphonic, well-remembered word that isn't associated with company's

activity, products or services. Such domains are often being called by company's name. For example

Google.com and GoDaddy.com are remarkable, short domains that don't have terms characterizing their

activities, like "search", "host", "domain", "web". They are figured on exclusiveness, brevity and memorability.

2) The second method comprises that domain name will consist of a term/terms relating to company's (project)

activity. The terms here serve as keywords of a given site. For example "www.design.com"

design. It is counted on to promote a domain in search engines. Some search engines (e.g. Google.com) take

domain name into account while giving search results. Domains of this kind stick to the memory without being

unique and may be easily found by entering them in a browser's line. Such domain names are typical for purely

Internet projects.

4. Number of words in a domain.

The more words are in a domain name, the less valuable it is. And vice-versa - the less words it contains (ideally

one) the more value it represents. For example, "www.design.com" has one word - design. This word is

polysemantic to the maximum, because it can denote landscape design, interior design, web design, 3D design

and other notions relevant to design. Such domains are appreciated highly. "www.webdesign.com" consists of 2

words - web and design. The value of this domain is a little lower than that of the previous one, because it has

more narrow meaning that bounds its scope. "www.customwebdesign.com" includes 3 words - custom web

design, and is therefore still less valuable.

5. Brevity and memorability.

It doesn't make sense to include more than 3 words in a domain name - its value and ability to stick to the

memory will decrease owing to the length. The shorter is a domain, the more precious it is. Short domains are

easily remembered, You can dictate them by telephone without difficulty, have them displayed as an

advertisement in public transport and be sure they will be noticed, etc.

6. No hyphens and digits.

Hyphens and digits degrade domain's value. Exception to the rule are the cases when digits form an integral part

of a domain concept. For example "3D", "mp3", "formula1".

7. Logical abbreviations.

Sometimes, in order to insert multipartite expression into a domain, they use abbreviations. But as far as

domains are concerned, they often do this incorrectly. For example, it's necessary to apply "full flash web sites"

notion to a domain. To do this, they often abbreviate the expression, leaving only the initial letters of each word.

Based upon the received "ffws", it's impossible to understand what this domain means. It's not being "read" by

search engines and is poorly remembered in spite of its brevity. That is to say, the given domain has more

drawbacks than advantages.

How to correctly abbreviate the expression like this? We should define its main idea/concept, which will serve as

a keyword of the future site. In our case it will be "full flash". The rest of it -"web sites" is of minor importance, so

we can abbreviate it as "ws". As the result, we have "www.FullFlashWs.com" domain. This domain has obvious

advantages when being promoted in search engines at "full flash" query, reasonably long and is not hard to

remember.

8. Domain's first letter.

In itself the first letter of a domain name is of minor importance. But there are nuances that may have a beneficial

effect on popularization of a future site. The fact is that many of web directories have option to sort websites

alphabetically, and some of the directories have this option dissembled. Thus, the sites whose domain names

start with the first letters of alphabet are being visited much more frequently than the rest in a directory. This

factor should be taken into account when inventing a proper and brief domain name.

Finally, if You purchase a domain which is not new and has been in the Internet for some time, consideration

must be given to:

-Age of a domain name.

-Domain's history, its scope in the past.

-Make sure that this domain doesn't have punitive sanctions in search engines and its e-mail is not recognized as

a spam.

-Make sure that other companies/persons don't make claims on this domain.

-PR and Alexa statistics of this domain.

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I am a SEO marketer in Atix Media company that specializes in custom web design. I like devoting myself to promotion and popularization of our clients' sites, and thus ensuring remarkable and profitable IT presence for their businesses. Your website won't be of noticeable benefit without a competent SEO. And a correctly built promo- strategy means 60% success of Your IT project.

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Making Money Parking Domains

2009-12-31T14:05:00.001-08:00

Making Money Parking Domains

Author: Abdul Rahman Malik

The internet has been the great place for the profit and earning . The google boom and followed by yahoo , MSN and Adbrite . The publishers of the most trafficked and busy sites have been busy in pocketing dollars for the every traffic and pay per click Advertisements shown on their sites . But the poor site owners and the bloggers who have low traffic or visitors have to wait for months to collect their revenue which was earned from the site advertisements . But thanks to parking sites such as godaddy.com , Sedo.com , name drive and parked.com , the domainers have been able to earn the revenue from the ads shown on their domains . You do not need to purchase hosting or spend a lot on the web design and we developers when you can start earning simply from the purchasing the domains and parking them on the sites which are most visited .

There is no any superior skills of web design or programming required for this business . you can earn while you sleep and this goes on . Some sites also place the banner that the domains are for sale . Thus you save on advertisement costs as well as marketing costs . All is done by parking sites. No matter you have registered domain on any site , just point your domain Name Servers (DNS) to parked sites address . Just go to parking sites , write the tags or keywords matching the domains nature and functions select suitable template and the parked domain will start showing ads of google or yahoo according to the domain parking site’s ads partner and you start earning in minutes. Alternatively you can forward your domain to parking site such as www.sedoparking.com/yourdomain . To set up your domain for parking , just take a look at the following steps . Suppose you have purchased a domain from bravenet.com and you want to point the domain to Sedo parking the method will be as follows : go to bravent.com enter your username and password . click on the domain you purchased and then go to change name servers . The name servers will appear like this.

NS1.BRAVEHOST.COM and NS2.BRAVEHOST.COM. Its the place where you change the name servers and point it to the Sedo name Servers which are NS1.SEDOPARKING.COM and NS2.SEDOPARKING.COM. The easy step will be to change name servers to SEDO then press submit . The name servers are now changed and the ads will start showing on your domain default page . Remember that before adding your domains to parking sites , first change the current name servers to the parking site’s Name servers as parking sites have to validate the WHOIS information so as to know that you are the real owner of the domain .

If you are a beginner or running short of savings to this business then start from .info domains as these are very cheap . you will have .info domains from Godaddy.com in just $3.15 and its reseller ix-one.com sells the same .info domains in just $2.15 . The .info domains are much cheaper than .com , .org or .net domains which start from $6 dollars to 12 dollars and the .tv and .fm domains cost even more . I have registered 100 .info domains and parked. My average daily earnings are $6 to $8 dollars per day and you can earn $200 Plus Dollars in month while you sleep . The earnings will grow as the domains crawled by search engines and typed by users . after all you have nothing to lose but to earn whenever the default domains are shown to visitors or clicked . But be careful , never click on your domains ads yourself as you might be banned from parking domains and all earnings will seized . Always register those domains which are of very common nature such for freelance advertisements you can register www.freelancemania.info , for online hotel booking you can purchase a domain like www.ehotelbooking.info for any matrimonial sites just register www.bestmatrimony.com , for articles and content advertisements you can have domains such as www.articlesmob.info and www.contentmasters.info . if you have idea of showing ads of freelance writing sites then a domain like www.vectralance.info will be an added value . The educations searches are made on regular basis so you can register a domain like www.educationexpo.info . suppose that you want to register a domain which related to sports only then the domain like www.allsportsbuzz.info www.vectraclick.info. Hundreds of the jobseekers around the world search for online job sites to register themselves and applying for jobs be they full time , or part time or home based freelance jobs such as www.jobsbay.org . The jobs keyword can earn you more dollars. In today’s world every one wants a fast and secure system for online money transfer and payment . The online payment systems such Western union , google checkout etc are in continuous demand and subjects of the searches made over the search engines . Registering a domain like www.epaypal.info sounds similar to pay pal can show the ads of online payment systems . The you Tube , meta café , daily motion video sharing sites have been very popular in social networking . every day millions of videos are watched and submitted by users for viewers . The domain such as www.videoeden.info will be very useful for cash parking as its key words will videos and videos sharing , video submitting etc over the internet . several people enjoy online purchases through various credit cards and debit cards such VISA , Masters Card , American Express , JCB , Diner’s Club . The parking a domain such as www.electrocards.info will be high traffic domains for earning more revenue for cash parking . Parking domains for travel sites is also more yielding as it includes trips , air flights , hotels , booking and are based on high CPC and CPM based . My only domain www.globaltravelguide.info concerning traveling ,earns me the amount of 10 domains per month due to its high trafficked and costly keywords .The technology based online shopping sites are also popular a domain such as www.vectracity.com will be a great value to attract more visitors or more searches over the net. Some people are keen of watching and keeping the latest models of cars and luxury costly cars . The domain such as www.luxurycarsclub.info will make some to visits the site where information regarding the latest models of the cars is available .Everyday hundreds of the bloggers and blog advertisers hunt for the sites to advertise or monetize the blogs adding domain such as www.bloggermedia.info will earn you more revenue whoever searches the key word Blog advertising , blog hosting etc. The website and domain registrar sites are always visited by millions to start their business over the net . The domains such as www.Superflashsites.com , www.yoursdomain.info and www.xtrawebsol.com are worth mentioning. The affiliate marketing has been very lucrative business for online retailers . The domain as www.affiliatemarketingtm.info will add value to your cash parking business . The online matrimonial sites are like viral articles so every one tests his/ her luck for match hunt . The domain such as www.getmarriednow.biz will be very handy and earn you more revenue from the cash parking which needs only one time investment . The development jobs are also most wanted due to handsome and lucrative salaries . The domain such as www.developmentjobs.info may bring some charm and money in your pocket . Thanks to internet which has provided many sources of revenue to the online traders . The online trading business has been very profiting as compared to offline trading . The domain such as www.etradeonline.info will certainly boost your revenues at higher level.

All the domains included in this article are the examples of cash parking . you must visit them in order to know how your parked domains will look like after parking them . I have visited many domain parking sites Go daddy , Sedo , Name drive , gold key , parking dots , parking panel , domain hop , parked , domain sponsor , active audience and trafficz But I will recommend you to concentrate on three parking leaders www.sedo.com . www.godaddy.com and www.namedrive.com . The Sedo and name drive are free parking sites where you can park un limited domains for free where as go daddy charges 3 to 4 US dollars for basic parking which includes 60% revenue share of the parked domains and 80% for the premium cash parking . suppose you earned 100 dollars in April , if you have Basic cash parking then you earned $60 and $40 dollars will go to go daddy share . If you have premium cash parking account with godaddy.com , then you will pocket $80 and $ 20 Dollars will go in Godaddy.com . The domain registration is the problem of all as all the customer need cheap and established registrar and web hosting . The godaddy.com and ix-one.com are the finest to start with .info domains by parking them on the sites . if you need hosting for any website then www.ehostingjunction.com is the best choice . so what are you waiting for ? just buy domains and park them on the sites and make money while you sleep . for further information please visit my blog at www.remoteworktips.co.cc

will be fine and attractive . The pay per click and cost per Million impressions websites are increasing day by day and many advertisers as well as publishers are keen to search the PPC and CPM based sites . Registering a domain similar to this keyword click could bring you more traffic such as

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How to Appraise a Domain Name's Value

2009-12-31T14:03:00.000-08:00

How to Appraise a Domain Name's Value

Author: Rudy Hernandez

Knowing the value of an internet domain name is crucial in today's business industry. Altough there is no exact formula to appraise a domain, there are a group of things to consider before putting a value to a domain. A majority of people will base their immediate appraisal on TLD extension, word length and keyword popularity but won't really consider backlinks, brandability or emerging trends part of the equation. There are a few factors that a person must be aware of before they can feel they have thoroughly assessed the domain and attach a valid appraisal amount. The first thing a person can do to is recognize that there are many subtle components that need to be assembled and viewed as a whole to get a comprehensive perspective on the domain. It seems every domainer has their own method used to appraise a domain so I've listed a few factors that I feel are necessary in being considered before a domain can be appraised.

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TLD Extension

TLD or Top-Level Domain is the ending extension attached to a domain such as .com, .net or .org. The .com extension is considered the most sought after even though there are other TLD's that are gaining huge popularity and acceptance. CC's or Country Codes are also seeing their fair share of registrations.

Name Length

Now that all the 2, 3 and 4 letter .com's have been registered, the letter count on a domain is fast becoming a huge factor in a domain's worth. The desire for a short domain is at an all time high and values are steadily climbing due to the limited supply of shorter length domains. Seems shorter names are easier to remember and with that a value increase.

Characters, Numbers and Hyphens

Hyphens integrated between letters are often viewed as separators between keywords. Although there is much dispute whether or not the hyphens negatively impact a domain's search engine optimization, there is considerable preference that a domain not include anything extra in it's name. Number digits are beginning to see their popularity rise and can be included with relevant keywords or letters to make a great domain.

Keyword Popularity

Marketable search terms and keyword popularity are extremely relevant in appraising a domain name. The frequency of a given search term helps to indicate the brandability or popularity of the keyword. Generic word domains, such as flowers.com or poker.com are the strongest in their keyword popularity genre.

Traffic and Revenue

Traffic or visitors to a particular domain is one of the most important factors to consider when appraising a domain. More traffic usually means more revenue due to pay-per-click income and possible advertising opportunities, therefore increasing the value of the domain.

Brandability and Trends

Any domain that is easily memorable, short and non-descript is considered brandable and therefore increases it's value. It would be easier for a person to remember TVrepair.com instead of the longer fix-my-broken-television.com . Not only is the first choice shorter and has better word flow but also there is less of a chance of someone incorrectly typing in the URL. Also keep tuned in to current trends that may seem to increase an otherwise meaningless domain into a treasure. An example is when Apple Computers began to incorporate the letter i into their products descriptions, such as iPhone, iPod and iLife.

Automated Domain Appraisals

This is a tricky one. Although I feel automated domain appraisal systems such as Estibot are helpful in assisting to appraise a domain, I don't feel they should be the "end all" decision used to obtain a domain's value. If used more as a reference tool, they can be one of the greatest resources that help determine an appraisal value. Any script/applications can have some bugs, especially ones with complex algorithms as Estibot. Make automated domain appraisals one of the tools to find an appraisal, not the only tool.

Future Potential Interest and Overall Appeal

As time goes by, new words, trends and fads explode onto the scene, and with each new word or trend created, a domain is born. Stay up with current events and become a regular visitor to news aggregate sites, such as Digg and domain industry specific DNHour to stay on the cusp of emerging potential interests.

Backlinks

I like to keep my eye on the number and quality of backlinks to evaluate an domain appraisal. While tons of irrelevant backlinks might negatively effect a domain's search engine optimization, it can still be a positive thing for a domain names' value. With more and more domains being "parked", the links tend to lean towards relevant backlinks and therefore less likely to be bogged down in the SEO nightmare of page rank. And, it's hard to argue that backlinks don't increase traffic.

Relevance, Region Specific and other Fuzzy Logic

As said earlier, there is no exact formula to appraise a domain name, and therefore the not-so-exact elements must come into play. An example would be that veteran domainers tend to skew their entire method of appraising when it comes to country specific or region specific domain names. Different factors are incorporated to determine non-English domain word values and domainers across the globe are becoming better in detecting future potential interests in foreign markets. Another example is the continuously growing popularity of "long-string domaining", or stringing multiple words or keywords to achieve a brandable and memorable domain name. TacoBell has ThinkOutsideTheBun.com and Amazon has the domain BuyABook.com. By definition, these would not be very valuable but that's when the fuzzy logic creeps in. A domain's value can be perceived in multiple ways.

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So keep in mind that even though there isn't one exact correct formula being used by the domain industry to appraise domains, a reasonable appraisal can be determined by anyone if they keep all the factors in mind and how they each interact with each other.

I'd suggest you monitor the pulse of current domain sales by frequently visiting

DNJournal's Domain Sales Chart. This will show you weekly and even yearly to-date domain sales for the industry. And don't forget to visit the front page of Sedo to view ongoing live auctions. Each of these great resources will help you in creating your own customized method of domain appraising by seeing what domains are selling and for what amount.

About the Author:

Rudy Hernandez is the chief domain industry blogger at LogistikLabs.com. Rudy has been an integral part of the domain industry since 1999. Visit Rudy's blog at LogistikLabs.com.

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Choosing Domain Names for Your Business

2009-12-31T14:02:00.000-08:00

Choosing Domain Names for Your Business

Author: John Pawlett

Let's say that you're creating a website for Barb's Specialty Pet Products. Should the domain name be barbsspecialtypetproducts.com?

Perhaps -- but don't stop there. Having the right domain name, or domain names, can bring more traffic to your site.

Why more than one domain name?

One domain is all you need to set up a website. But with more domains directing to your site, you can have these additional benefits:

- Bring site visitors who type variations of your domain name

- Acquire traffic that might otherwise go to your competition

- Harness the marketing power of keyword domains

Your primary domain name

If it's feasible, use your business or brand name in your primary domain. People will remember it and associate it with your business. Also consider the following factors when choosing your primary domain.

Domain name extensions

Should your primary domain end with .com, .net, or .biz, or with a country-specific extension such as .ca or .co.uk?

If your website is aimed at people in a specific country, having a country-specific domain can help:

- Site visitors will recognize right away that the business has a presence in the country of the extension. They may therefore be more comfortable buying from you.

- Some country-specific search results include sites with the relevant country-specific domain extension even if the site isn't hosted in that country.

On the other hand, if you're targeting an international audience, a country-specific domain could work against you. People from outside the country of the extension may be less inclined to buy if the business looks foreign to them.

If you want to attract both people within your country and those in other countries, have both. Each domain could direct to the same site, with each audience seeing the domain intended for them. For country-specific search results, the primary domain should be the country-specific one.

Chances are that the .com domain you want is already taken. If you use the .net or .biz version, you risk having potential site visitors go to your .com competition instead. Be sure to use the full domain name on all promotional material to reduce this risk.

Domain name length

A short domain is easier to remember, it has less risk of being mistyped, and it'll fit easily on your business cards and correspondence.

Conversely, if a short name doesn't represent your business, it's more difficult for people to remember. The short names you like may already be taken anyway.

If your business name is up to three easy-to-spell words, it'll probably work as a domain name. For a longer business name, the initials or just one or two words may be easier than remembering a combination of words.

Secondary domain names

Secondary domains directing to your site are for online use:

- For people who type your primary domain name incorrectly

- For people who search for your products or services online

Typing and spelling variations

How many ways can people spell and type your business name?

barbsspecialtypetproducts.com

barbs-specialty-pet-products.com

barbspecialtypetproducts.com

barbsspecialitypetproducts.com

barbsspecialitypetproducts.com

barbspecialtyproducts.com

barbspecialtyproduct.com

Hyphens aren't recommended for your primary domain. When people tell others about your site, they're likely to omit the hyphens. They may also forget to type them.

For secondary domains, hyphens make long domains easier to read. Each word stands out when people see your domain. However, domains such as buy-keyword-product-now.com make some people view hyphenated domains, especially those with more than one hyphen, as spam-like.

Having the words in domains separated may help some search engines recognize keywords. With Google, though, hyphens don't make any difference.

Consider all of these variations for secondary domain names:

- With and without hyphens

- Different ways of spelling some words

- Singular and plural versions of nouns

- Extensions with .com and .net as well as a country-specific extension if relevant

What people search for

If you want to find the website for Time magazine, you might do a search for it, or you might try typing in time.com. If you do the latter, you'll find yourself at the Time site.

This type of search behavior extends to generic words too. Searching for dog collars? Try dogcollar.com, for example, and you'll be redirected to dogidcollar.com. Do you want life insurance? Lifeinsurance.com redirects to nmfn.com (and so does northwesternmutualfinancialnetwork.com).

While having keyword domain names may not draw a lot of site visitors, using them is a technique to consider.

How to use more than one domain

Set up your website with your primary domain, and use that domain on your correspondence and with your customers.

Point secondary domains to your site using URL forwarding (also called domain forwarding, domain redirect, or URL redirect). To have the secondary domain appear in the browser, use domain masking. You can set up these features when you log in to your account with your domain registrar (if your registrar offers these services).

With domains that are simply variations of your primary domain, you can expect additional traffic just from having set up these domains. With domains that contain keywords, you can get more from them by using them to list your site in online directories. When these domains appear in search results, searchers will see the keywords.

The next step

Once you decide on the available domains that you want, register them immediately. They might not be available tomorrow.

If you don't already have a business name, you'll find it easier to market your business online if you choose a primary domain and a business name together. If your first choice for a business name doesn't work well with any available domains, consider a business name that you can easily market with an available domain. Once you've registered that domain name and your business name, register secondary domains and put them to use.

Is it worth registering multiple domains for one site? That depends on your site, but any variations that you don't register will be available for competitors to register and use. If a domain is valuable to a competitor, it's valuable to you.

About the Author:

Domain Names Unleashed is an informative Domain Name site that looks into all aspects of Domains from SEO to The Site Itself.
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The Domain Name Gold Rush

2009-12-31T14:01:00.000-08:00

The Domain Name Gold Rush

Author: Lois S.

All the good ones are taken. The really good ones, that is. But
they don't always stay taken.

Domain names often come back onto the market. Even before they
do, domain name prospectors are sifting through them to find the
gold domains among them.

Why domain names become available again

Thousands of domain names expire every day. Other domains are
offered for sale. The reasons are varied:

Carelessness

The webmaster forgets to renew the domain by the expiry date.

The email address that the domain is registered with becomes
invalid, and the domain name registrant doesn't receive the
renewal notices.

- Lack of need or funds

- The company that had registered the domain goes out of
business.

- The website owner loses interest in or doesn't have time for
the website.

- The website owner doesn't have funding to continue the website
venture.

- The domain name registrant registered numerous domains on
speculation and couldn't afford to continue renewing unused
domains.

Profit

- The domain name registrant may realize how much a domain is
worth and decide to sell it.

- The domain name registrant may have registered the domain
because of its potential worth, with the aim of selling it later.

What makes a previously registered domain name valuable?

In July 2005, the domain name website.com sold for $750,000, the
highest-valued domain name sale this year. Why would anyone pay
so much for a domain when they could register a new domain for
under $10?

- Instant traffic

If the domain name previously pointed to a website, search
engines have already indexed that domain name. Other websites
probably still have links to that domain. If the domain is
listed in directories, these links bring in even more traffic.
You register the domain, and the work getting incoming links has
already been done for you.

- Surf value

Sometimes web surfers search by typing generic words followed by
dot com (or other extensions) into their browsers, for example,
dogs.com. This particular domain name redirects to the website
for a company that sells pet products and services. A domain
name like this constantly brings visitors to the website without
the cost and effort of advertising and marketing.

- Easy to remember

Your company name may not be memorable, but domains such as
dogs.com and website.com are. People are more likely to return
to a site or pass on the name to their friends when they can
easily remember it.

How to find domains pending expiration

You decide to join the gold rush for valuable pre-registered
domains. Finding expiring domains is the first step, but you
also need to research domains that are about to come back on the
market.

Lists of domains pending expiration

At these websites, among others, you can search for domains
containing keywords you enter. At expireddomains.com, the
results contain domains that are currently available, soon to
expire, on hold, in the Redemption Grace Period (RGP), or for
sale by their registrants. Extensions searched: .com, .net, and
..org.

The domainsbot.com database searches .com, .net, .org, .info,
and .biz extensions for domains that are available, for sale, or
expiring.

Domain research

You can find some (but not all) incoming links to a domain by
entering "link:siteURL" (replace "siteURL" with the domain name)
into Google or Yahoo. When you find the links, follow them to
see what types of sites link to the domain. How would you feel
about having these particular sites linking to your site?

Also look into any possible problems associated with the domain.
Search engines may have banned the domain if the previous site
had controversial search engine optimization techniques
employed, such as the use of hidden text or links. Check the
history of the site at a domain name via the WayBack Machine. If
the domain previously pointed to a site with gambling or adult
content or a lot of affiliate links, or if it employed
questionable search engine optimization techniques, search
engines may have banned the domain. Aside from the possibility
of a domain being banned, you may not want incoming links from
sites associated with these types of content.

How to register domains pending deletion

You've decided on a domain that you want. How do you maximize
your chances on getting it?

At eNom.com's Club Drop, you can bid on expiring .com and .net
domains the day before they're available to the public. You can
also be notified when domains matching your search criteria
become available.

The NameWinner system places bids on .com, .net, .org, and .info
domains for you. It bids only as high as is necessary to
maintain your high bid position up to your maximum bid.

How to profit from your domains

- Selling domains

If you have a domain that may be valuable and that you aren't
using, consider selling it at a domain auction. If you already
have a buyer for a domain, you can transfer it securely through
Escrow.com.

- Paid parking for domains

With paid domain parking programs, also called "domain
monetization" or "monetize domains," you can earn pay-per-click
revenue via targeted advertisements. These sites offer domain
monetization services:

- DomainSponsor

- Park Quick

- Domain Spa

- Google Adsense for domains

With the right knowledge, timing, and a bit of luck, you have a
chance as a domain name prospector to hit pay dirt.

About the Author:
Lois S. is a Technical Executive Writer for http://www.websitesource.com and http://www.lowpricedomains.com with
experience in the website hosting industry.

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Choosing Domain Names for Your Business

2009-12-31T13:59:00.000-08:00

Choosing Domain Names for Your Business

Author: John Pawlett

About the Author:

Domain Names Unleashed is an informative Domain Name site that looks into all aspects of Domains from SEO to The Site Itself.
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How to Make Money With Domains..

2009-12-31T13:58:00.000-08:00

How to Make Money With Domains

Author: Ajisafe Mayowa
Many times you have gone online i.e. on the internet, type the name of a website in your web browser address bar. Have you ever check your emails or signup for something on the internet? if so, then you have come about an internet real estate. Website names like www.yahoo.com,www.google.com and so on are referred to as Domain name. They are also called Internet Real Estate because they offer a high returns on investment.
Three things make a website such as www.yahoo.com; those three things are the Domain Name, Web Hosting and the Content that you see on the website.
The Web Hosting is the land, the Content is the building on the land while the Domain Name is the name given to the house. Whenever you typed a website name say www.hotmail.com on you web browser’s address bar, the Domain Name links with the Web Host to bring out the Content on the Website.
Therefore, generally speaking, Domain Names are the Backbone of everything you see and do online.

WHY INTERNET REAL ESTATE?

You may be wondering why Internet Real Estate. Can I make money and how can I make money with it. it too ask the same question long ago. Do you also wonder the essence of these Domain Names?
Domain Names are also branded like www.toyota.com, and then imagine the worth of this name to Toyota Company. Ask yourself if you own www.microsoft.com or www.computers.com, how much would Bill Gate, the owner of Microsoft pay to you to own www.microsoft.com by buying it from you.

When anyone wants to set up a website, the first thing is to get a Domain Name. It is the means of Identity and branding online. It is a goldmine that is just been digged into by internet savvy.
Domain Name are just like the address of a business. You can let it appreciate in value. You can build it and sell at a high profit. Sometimes you can decide to earn a cash flow from it by parking it.

This eBook is written to open up your eyes and imagination to the potential money making opportunity in Internet Real Estate. How to get a Domain name and how to make the money from it.

GETTING STARTED WITH INTERNET REAL ESTATE (DOMAINING)

There are over millions of Domain name on the internet but only a fraction will ever be worth anything while others make a fortune. You can be smart and make a fortune, or be not-so-smart and lose it in an instant.
In the Inception

In the 90’s, when Sex.com was registered, there was not really such a thing as a “domainer.” Some people knew some domain names were better than others, but the whole idea of buying and selling domains was not a huge concept. But years have passed and some domain names are now worth more than anyone could have ever imagined. In hindsight you may think, “Oh, I wish I would have registered some names back then and now I would be rich.” Well, the domain name game is not over and it will not be for a while. It will be a continuing trend until humanity dies or the Internet evolves into a place where domains are replaced by another form of navigation to Internet sites.
The Market Now
It is true that most of the good domains are taken at this point. Many, many names are already owned by domainers or are being used for websites; therefore, there are less good domains in the “wild” (left unregistered). However, you notice that I said “most” are taken. You still have a good chance at landing some great domains. You will never register another Sex.com-like domain, but you still can make thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, if you play your cards right.
On the open market, you still have the ability to buy high-quality, premium domains. Domains like Sex.com are not unattainable, but it will take a lot of work if you want to start from nothing and build an empire. Rome was not built in a day, and your domain/web-property portfolio won’t be either.
A good domainer will take names that are left unregistered and have the ability to identify their worth. Are they worth the $8 or so (the ballpark registration cost) a year they cost to keep? Identifying a domain that is worth money is a tricky business, unless the name has obvious characteristics that normal, everyday people would want to buy. And since most names that have that kind of intrinsic value, such as Cars.com or Chocolate.com are long gone, we have to use our brains to stay ahead of the curve and find ways to identify which domains will have current or future intrinsic value.

After going through the Introduction to Domain Name and the business in general, then you may wonder how can you own a Domain Name
Owning a Domain Name
You can own a domain Name by buying one as you would with a Building. The process of registering a new domain is relatively standardized, with a registrar acting as your intermediary to the central registry. Domain registrar is the ones who sell Domain Name online. By opening accounts with the most common registrars, you’ll be prepared to buy and sell domains from other domainers, allowing for an easy and painless change of ownership.
If you’re in this to make money, you have to have the foresight to select good domains and be able to turn them into a profit-center. With a little business sense, it is possible to take a small amount of capital and an understanding of the domain market and generate a substantial amount of money from your domain portfolio by putting your money to work for you.
By selecting domains with natural traffic or the likeliness for future growth, you can create a recurring fortune from your domains.
About the Author:

Ajisafe Mayowa is an online money making expert who owns various online money making website.

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Free Domains-getting one

2009-12-13T13:49:00.000-08:00

Free Domains - getting one

Author: Domains Expert

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15 Ways to Become a Better Domainer

2009-12-13T13:48:00.001-08:00

15 Ways to Become a Better Domainer

Author: Rudy Hernandez

About the Author:

Rudy Hernandez is the chief domain blogger at LogistikLabs.com. Rudy has been an integral part of the domain industry since 1999.

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Domain Parking Vs Domain Development

2009-12-13T13:47:00.001-08:00

Domain Parking Vs Domain Development

Author: Chris Mcelroy Aka Namecritic

The "Should I park my domain name and monetize it that way or should I develop a website?" is a pretty old debate among domainers. And I believe it's proof that laziness will always win over sensibility.

There are a variety of ways to monetize a domain name. Most domainers who deal with a lot of domain names like to park their domains at Sedo, GoDaddy, or other services that help them monetize the name.

Others build made-for-adsense websites that have little real value, intending to get visitors to click the adsense ads. This is not much different from parking the domain names.

Very few domain name sellers or speculators develop real websites or blogs on their domain names. Why?

Even though they intend to sell their domain names, they know that this usually takes a lot of time. Finding a buyer isn't an overnight process in most cases. Most domains that are finally sold have been owned by the speculator for years.

Parking those domain names is the way they try to cover their costs of registering the names year after year. Most of their domain names will never sell because they want way more than they are worth. Most domain speculators are hoping for that one big sale, kind of like playing the lottery.

During all that time they are holding onto their domain names, they could be building websites, doing affiliate marketing, blogging, and more. The problem is that those things require work. And we all know how much people like work.

Most people who join MLM programs, get involved in domain speculation, or fall for get rich quick schemes do not want to work. They are hoping to fall into thousands of dollars without having to do any real work.

This article won't win me any popularity contests among domainers. But if the truth hurts, too bad. It is not ALL domainers who are lazy. There are many who work very hard at their profession. They learn to master the traffic their domain name brings in and make a business out of it.

This article is more about those who just go out and register a bunch of domain names they believe are creative, hoping that someone is going to come along someday and give them a bunch of money for what they consider to be creativity.

For some it is their second job or hobby. For others it is a habit. I've known domainers who mortgaged their house to buy a lot of domain names they will likely never sell for enough to cover the loan.

In my opinion, the smart move is to develop those domain names into real online businesses. If you own one-word generic domain names that have type-in traffic, this doesn't apply to you. But if you are like most domainers and you own a bunch of made up domain names, two and three word domain names, etc., then you should think about developing those domain names into a business.

A domain name's real value is in the traffic it generates and what that traffic may or may not buy based on the keywords that helped them find that domain or website in the first place.

Let me rephrase it again. Your domain name is not worth anything more than you registered it for when you first register the name. Once you analyze the traffic that domain gets, it may or may not increase in value.

If just parking the domain name gets very few clickthrus for the ads placed on it, then your domain name is not worth but a few pennies over the price of registration.

All it proves is that a few people who end up on that domain name will click an adsense ad. To a business, that means nothing. It doesn't even prove that any of the traffic generated by that domain name will actually buy something.

However, if you create a business plan that matches the domain name, and you develop a website based on that business plan, and people do actually buy products, services, subscribe, join, or click through to your affiliates, you show that the domain name you own has business potential.

A business owner is much more likely to buy your domain name if it has a proven profit potential than if they just think you have a cute catchy short domain name.

It can be as easy as installing free wordpress software and picking a free theme for your blog and writing to it daily with original content.

The bonus is that it may also rank well for your keywords if you do it right and know a little about seo and social bookmarking.

If you develop a business model that is just moderately successful and you add that it has a good ranking for some key phrases, the value of your domain name is quantifiable and much more appealing to anyone that may consider buying it from you.

My opinion is based on having developed hundreds of websites and blogs and having bought and sold over 500 domain names.

There are a few people around who have bought and sold more than I have.

There are domainers who have made a lot more money than I have by monetizing their domain names or by directing the traffic from their domain names directly to websites that are owned by businesses.

But, again, they have the right domains and tools to do that with. Making up domain names or owning a bunch of 2-3 word domain names does not mean you will be one of these. You won't be. Those I referred to in this article should begin thinking about developing their domain names if they want them to have any actual value.

About the Author:
You can read more about domain selling, domain buying, and domain name development at Chris McElroy aka NameCritic's Personal Blog or at the SEO Service Provider Blog

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Making Money Parking Domains

2009-12-13T13:46:00.001-08:00

Making Money Parking Domains

Author: Abdul Rahman Malik

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Top Web Hostings

2009-09-03T12:22:00.000-07:00

WebHostingPad :

www.Webhostingpad.com is a canadian based company (Torrance, CA), was formed in 2005 with a team of very successful and proven industry veterans, intent on delivering the best value in web hosting. With the growing need of affordable hosting, the company set out to deliver the best web hosting at a price where everyone can afford to have their piece of the world wide web. Web Hosting Pad will remain committed to delivering the best value in Internet hosting by providing a safe, reliable and efficient process to create an Internet presence. All with a price structure driven by value.

Advantages: Very low price…

Price : $1.99/month

HostGator :

www.Hostgator.com, LLC is a world leading provider of shared, reseller, and dedicated web hosting. Privately held and based in Houston, Texas, the company was founded in 2002 by current President and CEO Brent Oxley, who started the company from his dorm room at Florida Atlantic University. Since then, HostGator has grown from a small hosting company with just three servers into a world leading and industry recognized hosting provider with more than 5,000 servers under management. The over one million domains hosted by HostGator make up approximately 1% of the world’s Internet traffic.

As a technology and product innovator, HostGator is able to provide its more than 150,000 customers with innovative products and services designed to complement their existing businesses. HostGator serves customers ranging from individual freelancers to Fortune 500 companies in more than 170 countries.

Because of the nature of reseller hosting, HostGator customers are frequently web designers and or developers who have chosen to provide hosting services to their clients. Businesses of all sizes and shapes frequently make use of HostGator’s affordable, but still powerful shared, reseller, and dedicated hosting services. Customers range from complete novices to computer and technology experts.

In 2008, HostGator was recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in America. According to Inc. Magazine, HostGator is the 21st fastest growing private company in America, the second fastest growing private company in the “business services” sector, and the fastest growing private company in Texas.

In order to keep up with the company’s rapid growth, HostGator moved from its original office in Boca Raton, Florida into a new 20,000 square foot office building in Houston, Texas. Since moving to Houston in January 2007, the company has added more than 200 employees. The company is growing rapidly and expects to add roughly 200 employees within the next two years.

In a June 2008 customer satisfaction survey, approximately 90% of HostGator customers reported being satisfied with HostGator and the services it provides. Industry-leading customer service and support is at the forefront of what HostGator does on a day-to-day basis. The company is constantly working to improve and refine that service and support and achieve its goal of becoming the world leader in the global web hosting market.

In addition to President and CEO Brent Oxley, HostGator’s management team consists of web hosting and technology veterans working together to ensure HostGator continues to grow and progress…

Advantages: Include professional web site online creating software. Hosting over 18000000 domains worldwide…

Price : $4.95/month

Register

www.Register.com – is most well known for its domain name registration service. However, this company also provides provides all the essential tools a business needs to build and manage their online presence. Leveraging ten years of experience in the domain business with over two and a half million domain names under management, Register.com has built an expanding, broad selection of website design and management solutions, Register.comenables businesses and organizations to create a web presence without the need for extensive technical knowledge or resources.
Offers three different hosting plans to customers. The first, a basic plan, provides sixty-five Dreamweaver templates, is FTP supported, and can handle Microsoft FrontPage extensions, PHP, CGI and Perl.

The second offering supplies a shopping cart (EasyStoreMaker Professional) along with everything supplied in the basic plan. This plan also provides password-protected pages.

The final offering is the eCommerce site, a tool that offers all that the previous two solutions offer, but you can add Microsoft ASP, XML, coldFusion, and MsSQL database, streaming audio and video and SSL (Secure Server) management. None of the offerings include domain names.
Beyond these offerings, Register.com also provides a “Do It Myself” option that provides one email account and an extra option for an eCommerce package. Users also can work with Web development professionals to build a site with domain name, branded email and Web hosting along with a sideline for eCommerce.

If you’re really interested in online retail management, however, you might check outRegister.com’s various “ProStore” solutions. Most of these options are geared price-wise to medium to large businesses.

Finally, users can take advantage of email hosting solutions, including the Hosted Microsoft Exchange. This service allows enterprise-class messaging, calendar, and file-sharing tools. This is the ultimate business webmail solution, where you can create email addresses that use your domain, plus add additional mailboxes at any time and gain access to your mail anytime from any computer or other email device.

Although Register.com provides a variety of services, the more advanced Web developer may feel stifled with the limits on opportunities provided here. This company’s Web hosting solutions are geared toward the business owner who seeks an easy solution for a complicated project such as eCommerce, SSL and constantly updated Web sites.

For this reason, perhaps, Register.com does not provide information about its servers, location or other information that would provide clues as to what the Web developer could expect from this company’s hosting solutions.

Register.com offers customers quick and user-friendly registration and a wide array of web site design services from do-it-yourself tools to fully customized offerings; all backed by expert 24 x 7 online and toll-free phone customer support.

For businesses operating a single website who want unsurpassed reliability and state-of-the-art features that other basic hosting packages don’t offer.

Advantages: 100% Uptime Guarantee, because 99.9% doesn’t cut it. Site Restore- automatically saves your web files in case you make a mistake and need to revert to an earlier version. Dedicated IP Address- helps to improve search engine rankings and make it easier to add security certificates.

Price : $4.95/month

Godaddy:

www.Godaddy.com is founded by Bob Parsons in 1997, Go Daddy grown to include more than 35 million domains under management. We offer a complete product line, including comprehensive hosting solutions, Web site creation tools, Secure SSL certificates, personalized email with spam and anti-phishing filtering, e-commerce tools and more.

Go Daddy is widely recognized for its success, having been ranked #8 on the 2004 Inc. 500 list of the nation’s fastest-growing privately held companies; #20 on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 (growing 8,274 percent!); and having won the CNET Editor’s Choice award in 2001, the Name Intelligence Largest Net Gain Award in 2002, 2003 and 2005; the Name Intelligence Users’ Choice Award in 2005 as well as the #1 Best Overall Registrar in 2003. Go Daddy also won the Arizona Corporate Excellence Award for fastest growing privately-held company in 2003 and Most Innovative Large Company in 2004.

Go Daddy has become the world’s #1 choice for domains by providing innovative, competitively-priced products, delivering the highest quality customer service, and by always appreciating and listening to its customers!

Go Daddy is rated the World’s largest Hosting Provider according to Netcraft. Whether you choose Windows Hosting or Linux Hosting, our world-class Shared Hosting services also include email, databases, FREE applications, FREE access to the exclusive Go Daddy Hosting Connection community and much more.

Unlike many competing Web Hosting Companies, GoDaddy own, operate and support his hosting services and pass the savings on to you. Go Daddy’s Affordable Web Hosting is fine for most personal and small business sites. They also offer Business Hosting packages that offer discounted bundles with all the products you need to build, optimize and promote your Web site.

While our hosting plans are ideal for most individuals and small businesses, Go Daddy Dedicated Servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers are perfect for hosting multiple traffic-intensive Web sites on one server, running enterprise or gaming applications, or operating development environments. You always have the option of purchasing a preconfigured dedicated or virtual dedicated server plan or the flexibility to build your own server.

And if conventional hosting plans can’t keep up with your demands, Grid Hosting from Go Daddy puts the power of multiple servers to work for you. With elastic scalability, 99.9% uptime and no need for site migration during growth spurts, Grid Hosting is always at the ready.

Advantages: Over 50 Top Hosting Applications Available!

Price : $4.95/month

PowerWeb:

www.powerweb.com is one of the larger hosting companies out there and they offer a ton of extras as they develop all their tools in house. They offer spam and virus protection and a long long list of scripts and so on.

PowWeb is one of the few web hosting companies that stands on our own two feet. We develop our own custom web hosting software and automation tailored directly to our customers’ needs. Our entire infrastructure was built and developed in-house by our programmers and developers to cater to our satisfied customers. We manage, own, and operate our entire network and all of our equipment.

Today, PowWeb remains unbeatable in terms of reliability, quality, and performance in the Web hosting industry. By continuing to listen to our customers, we continue to learn, grow and evolve our business into the #1 choice for Web hosting!

Advantages: Load-Balanced Hosting Technology – ensures unique reliability…

Price : $4.88/month

--Domain Names As investment Hedge in Financial Crisis--

2009-07-23T23:27:00.000-07:00

I just read an excellent article by Mike Foil that depicts perfectly why you should be investing in domain names right now.

The article amongst other things list several reasons why domain names are a safe bet at the moment:
1. Domains are a global commodity. The Internet is not a singular institution, country or entity that can fail. It has a growing yet solidified place in a globalized future.
2. Domain names are not based in debt and actually benefit from economic downturns and instability.
3. Unlike Lehman Brothers or Mac and Mae, the Internet is not going anywhere but up – especially with the next item as consideration.
4. Energy issues/prices and depleted discretionary income will drive more usage of the Internet as entertainment, news source, global connective, savings source.
5. The normal ‘hedge’ in these times is ‘gold’ but at nearly $900 per ounce, it is a prohibitive investment vehicle. And note, during the Great Depression, the government seized precious metals from its citizenry.

To read the rest of the article, go here

INFORMATION TAKEN FROM http://www.dnxpert.com/

--Turns Your Domain Into Commission Earnig machine--

2009-07-23T23:19:00.000-07:00

If, like myself, you have a lot of domain names with a lot of potential simply not making what you think they should be making in parking revenue perhaps you should think hard about diversifying your monetization schemes?

I am not talking about just premium domain names – obviously we are not all Rick Schwartz with his Candy.com’s and his Property.com’s – I am talking about your run of the mill, keyword rich domain names too.

I rarely get excited about online products with huge sales letters simply because they are usually a lot of fluff with very little end result. This is why you don’t see me promoting too many products on here – I don’t want to promote something that I haven’t tried and that I can’t vouch for.

This is why I thought I would take the time and write about Brian Johnson’s new product – it’s simply too good not to talk about – and it gets guaranteed results – it will improve your domains’ revenue stream!

If you don’t know about Brian Johnson – he is a guy making thousands of dollars weekly in affiliate sales and commissions, week in, week out – and he has been doing it for years. He has successfully promoted everything from pet food to domain parking products, from website hosting packages to food recipes.

Many people – and a lot of domainers – are guilty of being too narrow-minded when it comes to revenue streams for their domain names. I’ll admit it, up until recently I was the same, I only trusted domain parking revenue and complete website development. This is starting to change though, thanks to Brian in part. There is a whole boatload of potential behind affiliate marketing that I can’t believe more domainers are not taking an advantage of.

So what m i Talking about:

Brian has just released his Commission Ritual his entire blueprint to how he makes money with his keyword rich domain names selling affiliate products and making commissions along the way. He tells it all, step by step in a simple and easy to follow system.

This is not one of those products that promises much and delivers squat – it is a system guaranteed to work that takes you step by step from a keyword rich domain name in any niche you choose, to continuous, weekly revenue.

The package includes a 130 page core training manual, over 90 tutorial videos and a whole host of bonus stuff that you can use to improve your domain name’s revenue stream.

By following his step by step system, you will go from an underutilized domain name with unsatisfactory revenue to a valuable commodity with weekly, continuous revenue.

So, what’s the catch? There is no catch, but you have to hurry as the crazy guy is letting folks try the system out for just $4.95 for a 7 day period with a 60 day money back guaranteed.

Go try it here

INFORMATION TAKEN FROM http://www.dnxpert.com

Good domain name Grow

2009-07-23T23:09:00.000-07:00

Good Domain Name Grow Scarcs.:

Most of the good,short words you would for marketing a great domain anme are already taken Eli Mltman has been naming things for most of his life. At age 6, he helped his father, Danyy Altman , the founder of the named 400 companies and brands since andd joined his dad's business in 2002.
With the rise of the internet, names made of words that mean something like apple computer, went out of favor.
Eceryone wants these shorts , catchy names, "says Altman
Web addresses are cheap== less than 10 $ a year in most cases-- and trillion of them are still available . The problems is that short , prounceable names ending with the popular.com extension are increasingly rare. All the normal words in spoken english are taken ,:Altman says.

To read the article in full visit:
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20090701/good-domain-names-grow-scarce.html

Information taken from WWW.DOMAINNEWS.COM

10 good tips before u buy an Expired Domain

2009-07-15T18:10:00.000-07:00

So friends, Here are a couple of tips befor to buy an expired domain, maybe it can help you.

No 1:
firstly check out the real backline, for example if you make a Google Link ; Thedomain.com, May be Google shoot 43434 backlink, you will say great.But before saying something.. I high recommend visit some backlinks to check if the domain is. As you know Google does not update daily the backlinks. To make it easy open Firefox browser go to --edit- See source code, then search the domain --in forex Ctrl+f--, This process save time..f the domain name is not more in the backlinks website, in the next google Pr update the domain will lose the power

No 2-
Check out if the domain is in yahoo, this can help a lot. If the domain is in yahoo directory than you are saving money USD 300/yearly.

No3-
Check out if the domain is in Dmoz directory, here you will save time.

No 4-
You can use Internet Archive to check the old design, content etc.

No 5-
Rmember, if the domain keep the backlinks, the domain will keep the Pr, --Seep Step 10--

No 6-
Remember the process to buy an expired domain can take time, maybe one month or more.This is time to build your next webste with a god design. No more directories, Lol Joke..

No 7-
Check out if the domain has gov, edu backlinks.Help a lot..

No 8-
Before buy a domain,check out the hstory, I saw many good Pr, but really i did not like the domain history, for example personal Gov domains, etc really we wonn't to have problem in the future, right? use internet archive.

No 9-
If you find a travel related domain, try to create a travel related site, as i can saw there are many people building websites with expired domain not related the old content, for example, domain wth name savemytree with new content with travel related. The best way for savemytree is create a website talking about trees, flowers, etc..

No 10-
Keep working in your expired domains as a new domain. adding content , link building, etc etc, check out a resource list to promote a website.

Bonus:
If you find out an expired domain with traffic you can use t to redirect traffic to your new domain.

Employment Domain for sale

2009-07-14T19:38:00.000-07:00

Contact robsequin@gmail.com for more information

AdvancedManufacturingJobs.com FOR SALE Advanced Manufacturing Jobs

DerivativesTradingJobs.com FOR SALE Derivatives Trading Jobs

EntryLevelEngineerJobs.com FOR SALE Entry Level Engineer Jobs

FindAGovernmentJob.com FOR SALE Find a Government Job

GovernmentEmployers.com FOR SALE Government Employers

GovernmentEmploymentAgencies.com FOR SALE Government Employment Agencies

GovernmentEmploymentAgency.com FOR SALE Government Employment Agency

GovernmentEmploymentCenter.com FOR SALE Government Employment Center

GovernmentEmploymentCenters.com FOR SALE Government Employment Centers

GovernmentJobFairs.com FOR SALE Government Job Fairs

GovernmentJobForum.com FOR SALE Government Job Forum

GovernmentResumeWriters.com FOR SALE Government Resume Writers

GovernmentResumeWriting.com FOR SALE Government Resume Writing

JobRetrainingCenter.com FOR SALE Job Retraining Center

JobRetrainingCenters.com FOR SALE Job Retraining Centers

JobRetrainingProgram.com FOR SALE Job Retraining Program

JobRetrainingPrograms.com FOR SALE JoJob Retraining Programs

JobRetrainingSeminar.com FOR SALE Job Retraining Seminar

JobRetrainingSeminars.com FOR SALE Job Retraining Seminars

JobTrainingLoans.com FOR SALE Job Training Loans

JobTrainingSeminar.com FOR SALE Job Training Seminar

JobTrainingSeminars.com FOR SALE Job Training Seminars

KnowledgeBasedJobs.com FOR SALE Knowledge Based Jobs

LowVoltageElectrician.com FOR SALE Low Voltage Electrician

LowVoltageElectricianJobs.com FOR SALE Low Voltage Electrician Jobs

LowVoltageElectricians.com FOR SALE Low Voltage Electricians

MallGuard.com FOR SALE Mall Guard

MallGuards.com FOR SALE Mall Guards

MallSecurityGuard.com FOR SALE Mall Security Guard

MallSecurityGuards.com FOR SALE Mall Security Guards

MallSecurityJobs.com FOR SALE Mall Security Jobs

RetrainingCenters.com FOR SALE Retraining Centers

RetrainingProgram.com FOR SALE Retraining Program

RetrainingPrograms.com FOR SALE Retraining Programs

RetrainingSeminar.com FOR SALE Retraining Seminar

RetrainingSeminars.com FOR SALE Retraining Seminars

WorkTrainingCenter.com FOR SALE Work Training Center

WorkTrainingCenters.com FOR SALE Work Training Centers

WorkTrainingProgram.com FOR SALE Work Training Program

WorkTrainingPrograms.com FOR SALE Work Training Programs

List of traffic domain for sale

2009-07-14T19:33:00.000-07:00

www.Trafficdomainsforsale.com

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AntiCollisionRadar.com $4995 Anti Collision Radar

AutoSelfStorage.com $1995 Auto Self Storage

AvoidAccidents.com $2995 Avoid Accidents Who wants these names? BMW? Volvo? Lexus?

BourneTraffic.com $495 Bourne Traffic

CapeTraffic.com $995 Cape Traffic

Caradar.com $2995 Caradar Collision Avoidance Radar, Car Radar, CAnada Radar or CAlifornia Radar

CanadaTraffic.com $1995 Canada Traffic

Figure8Race.com FOR SALE Figure 8 Race

Figure8Races.com FOR SALE Figure 8 Races

FigureEightRace.com FOR SALE Figure Eight Race

FigureEightRaces.com FOR SALE Figure Eight Races

FigureEightRacing.com FOR SALE Figure Eight Racin

LandTraffic.com $995 Land Traffic

MexicoTraffic.com $995 Mexico Traffic

MicroCompactCars.com FOR SALE Micro Compact Cars

MicroCompacts.com FOR SALE Microcompacts

MiniCompactCars.com FOR SALE Mini Compact Cars

Quietrac.com FOR SALE Quietrac - Potential brand name for location tracking or automotive feature.

Quietrax.com FOR SALE Quietrax - Buy both. Use one and protect the other.

QuietTrack.com FOR SALE Quiet Track

SagamoreFlyover.com $995 Sagamore Flyover - Most comprehensive Flyover site available

Securide.com FOR SALE Securide Secure Ride

Silentrac.com FOR SALE Silentrac - Another great brand name for tracking or automotive use

Silentrack.com FOR SALE Silentrack - Buy all three. Use one and protect the others.

Silentrax.com FOR SALE Silentrax - VERY catchy!

SmartDash.com $4995 Smart Dash

SmartDashboard.com $4995 Smart Dashboard

Supercompacts.com $2995 Supercompacts

UltraCompactCars.com $1995 Ultra Compact Cars

Ultracompacts.com $2995 Ultracompacts

---CREATIVE DOMAIN MARKETING---

2009-07-13T19:05:00.000-07:00

Now a days the reach of the domain industry has been getting broader, quietly.As you will see below, i have been making a list of Major international corporations buying, developing and aggressively marketing domain names that do not mention their brand name. These domains are owend by the corporations or the marketing agencies that they utilize for their advertising campaigns or the marketing agencies that they utilize for their advertising campaigns.

I find this development to be very intresting and especially encouraging for domain entrepreneurs holding a large and diverse portfolio of domains.

The purchase, development and marketing of non-brand domain names to promote an existing, nationally known brand names is a cutting edge marketing idea. This method gives ad agencies and brands the ability to monitor traffic to the non branded website allowing them to better track their campagns. Als develpers and marketing agencies do not need access to the corporate or main brand site for development and statistics.

These are the list of recent national marketing featuring CREATIVE DOMAIN MARKETNG.

1- 21st century insurance- www.21st.com
2- A&E -www.suitecaseofcash.com
3- ABC -www.abettercommunity.com
4- ABC -www.beugly07.com
5- ABC -www.onlytheyknow.com
6- AD council -www.thetvboss.org
7- AD council -www.dontalmostgive.org
8- AD council -www.getgoodkarma.org
9- Amercan Egg Board -www.naturesmiraclefood.com
10-American Hear Asociation -www.beatyourrisk.com( superbowl ad)
11-American Express -www.800thecard.com
12-American Express -www.apply4bluesky.com
13-American Express -www.applyclear.com
14-American Express -www.ilovemiamispice.com
15-American Express -www.inchicago.com
16-American Express -www.mylifemycard.com
17-American Express -www.stoppong.com
18-American Express -www.asthmacontrol.com
19-Anheuser-Busch -www.beeresponsible.com
20-Anheuser-Busch -www.budtv.com
21-Anheuser-Busch -www.designateddriver.com
22-Aol -www.totaltalk.com
23-AstraZeneca -www.gettingitright.com
24-Atari -www.tesdriveunlimited.com
25-Aubuchon Hardware -www.hardwarestore.com
26-Audi -www.neverfollow.com
27-Audi -www.truthinengineering.com
28-Ballparkfranks.com -www.myhunger.com
29-Banana republic -www.findtheartintheeveryday.com
30-Bayer -www.nofleas.com
31- Bayer -www.wonderdrug.com
32-Bames and noble -www.books.com
33-Bellsouth -www.fastacess.com
34-Bestbuy -www.ceooo.com
35-Boeing -www.newairplane.com
36-Bowflex -www.buytc.com
37-Bp -www.alittlebettergasstation.com
38-Bridge stone -www.findtobu.com
39-Bridge stone -www.tiresafety.com
40-Bt -www.betterthinking.com
41-Calvin klein -www.bras.com
42-Campbell's soup -www.mysoup.com
43-Comcast -www.theslowskys.com
44-Daimler Chrysler-www.askdrz.com
45-Descovery channel- www.planet-Earth.com
46-Dish network -www.suckfreetv.com
47-Dunkin donuts -www.mylcedcoffe.com
48-Durex -www.proposethering.com
49-Folgers -www.wakeupspecial.com
50-Ford -www.genuineservice.com
51-General Electric -www.onesecondtheater.com
52-General mills -www.myhometownhelper.com
53-General motors -www.keytovictory.com
54-Georgia pacific -www.stopfeedingmold.com
55-Glad -www.1000uses.com
56-Glaxo smithkline -www.restlesslegs.com
57-H&R block -www.taxcut.com
58-Hilton hotels -www.behospitable.com
59-History channel -www.history.com
60-Honda -www.elementandfriends.com
61-HYundi -www.thinkaboutit.com
62-In demand -www.gethockey.com
63-Jack in the box -www.breakfastservedallday.com
64-Jc penny -www.gift.com
65-Jhonson and jhonson -www.baby.com
66-Kellogg's -www.childhoodlscalling.com
67-Kraft -www.creamcheese.com
68-Kohi's -www.transformatonnation.com
69-Land rover -www.thenewrush.com
70-Lexus -www.allnewls.com
71-Macneil Automative -www.mats.com
72-Mastercard -www.priceless.com
73-Merck -www.tell-someone.com
74-Microsoft -www.investor.com
75-Milk -www.2424milk.com
76-Miller Beer -www.manlaws.com
77-Mission pharmacal -www.standstrong.com
78-Mutual of america -www.yourretirementcompany.com
79-Nestle -www.followthefinger.com
80-Nitendo -www.touchgenerations.com
81-Nissan -www.showusyourx.com
82-Nora -www.intelligentwarmth.com
83-Novartis -www.takecure.com
84-Office depot -www.officesupplies.com
85-Pepsi -www.brownandbubbly.com
86-Peta -www.circuses.com
87-Pfizer -www.justasktoday.com
88-Phillip morris -www.smokerservice.com
89-Progressive Insurance-www.driverinsurance.com
90-Qwest -www.q.com
91-Rinnai -www.foreverhotwater.com
92-Sprint -www.moreyours.com
93-Storm -www.noyolks.com
94-Taco bell -www.fourthmeal.com
95-Tmobile -www.myfaves.com
96-Toshiba -www.Endthestealing.com
97-Unilever -www.lifecantwait.com
98-USPS -www.shipltwinlt.com
99-Wendys -www.bbv99.com
100-Xerox- -www.frugalcolor.com

Overcome the Nightmare of Godaddy Domain Registraton Process

2009-07-10T13:47:00.000-07:00

HOW TO OVERCOME THE NIGHTMARE OF GODADDY DOMAIN REGISTRATION PROCESS:

The other day, I had to put my computer on drips after a nightmare domain registration process on Godaddy.com. By the way, the registration was not for me, but for a friend of mine. I personally would never consider Godaddy for any of my transactions. Anyone ever buying something from the Godaddy website would recall wading through half an hour of “knee deep promotional sh*t” just to buy a simple product. And yeah, don’t be surprised by their cover girls; Godaddy’s motto “Supermodels over service” sums it all up.

It may take a genius to figure out how Godaddy works, therefore, I came up with this blog post to guide newbies on how to go about registering a domain name at Godaddy.com, without the extras that come with the promotion on every page of the registration and checkout process.

The registration process

Firstly,

go to the registration page. Fill in the details, taking notice not to opt for their email promotions, unless you wanna be bombarded with loads of junk in your inbox.

Next click on the home link, and start a domain name search. Next page will display whether your name choice is available and in what extensions. Godaddy is lame in its choice of domain extensions they offer, nevertheless, you can choose domain names from any of the major TLDs.

Unless you want to buy more products, such as multiple TLD registrations and web hosting, you should avoid all the pages upon pages of promotion. Just click “Proceed to Checkout”. You can still expect some advertising here too, just ignore them by clicking “No thanks. Continue to checkout”.

The next page, “Registration and Checkout Options” is a bit tricky…of course, its their way to victimize unsuspecting individuals. Just don’t click “Continue” on this page; the default selections are often set at maximum values. Select your registration length, certified or un-certified seal options, hosting/email options and the type of registration here. Scroll to the bottom of the page, and in the select checkout preference section, select “customize my order”, or “No thanks. I’m ready to checkout” if you are satisfied with the default settings. Click “Continue”.

Ignore the hosting and storage plan options on the next page, and make sure you click “Skip this offer” button. Finally you land on a page where you can enter your coupon codes (Google for Godaddy coupon codes…there are plenty of them). Click “Apply Code”.

Next select your payment method. I strongly advise against credit card method as Godaddy is notorious for holding onto this information and anyone with unauthorized access to your account can make purchases on your credit card. Agree to their Universal Terms of Service and click “Checkout Now”. The next page will prompt you to enter your billing details and confirm the order. This is the final step in your domain registration process at Godaddy.

And yes, don’t forget to put your computer on drips too

Godaddy Promo Codes:

This is actually a filler post, since I cannot think of anything to write at the moment :p

Anybody with an interest in the domaining world ought to know Godaddy Without any boring background information about them, here is a list of current Godaddy promo codes for my dear readers. This post serves as a centralized source of the promo codes, so you do not need to go around hunting for them all over the internet.

promo10 – 10% off any order
cjcsave – $5 off orders of $30 or more
cjctenoff – $10 off orders of $50 or more
cjcdeal – 15% off orders of $75 or more
cjcdeal17 – $20 off orders $100 or more
goaorg01a – .org Reg or Renewal $7.69
promo749 – .com $7.49 registrations, transfers and renewals
cjctld749 – .net $7.49 for any new registration
gdp1243a – Transfer your domain to Go Daddy for just $4.99/yr
$4.99 – Transfer for .COM, .NET, .ORG, .INFO, .BIZ, .US or .MOBI
gdbb776 – generic code; can be used alternative to most codes above; also works for TDNAM auctions.

ENJOY

JULY Godaddy Coupon Codes:

If you are looking to purchase domain names in the month of July (2009) you might want to use a Godaddy coupon code to save on registration fees.

Here are some good ones:

gdr0623be - Register or renew any available .com, .net, .org or .biz for 30% off regular renewal price! (This code becomes void Saturday, July 11).

gdr0630r - Save 20% on new .com and 30% on new .net registrations.

emma30 or emma35 - Get any .com domain for $7.49 (works on new registrations and renewals).

cjc20host - Save 20% on Shared Hosting Plans.

cjcdeal77 - Save 20$ if you order $100 or more.

199BUYCOM - $1.99 Register or transfer a .com domain name (limit one per account )

Enjoy your purchases!

How Do I Get a Domain Indexed?

2009-07-09T11:30:00.000-07:00

I have some unused domains that I added to Google Adsense for Domains for parking, but I’m wondering how one gets indexed when all you have is a park page like that. For small sites is it better to put a custom park page with some content to get indexed?

First of all making sure that your unused domains get indexed by Google is a good idea indeed. Why? Because indexed domains are like wine, they get better as they get older. Basically the longer your domain has been included in Google’s index (without getting penalized obviously), the higher the trust that Google will have on it.

Should you decide to create a website on that domain in the future, it will be easier to get good search rankings. Similarly, if you decide to sell the domain in the future, you will probably be able to charge a bonus for the age of the domain.

Now back to the central question: how do I get a domain indexed?

It is very simple: you just need to
1) put some content there, and
2) let Google know about it.
You don’t need any special type of content to get your domain indexed. Even a simple message stating that your domain is for sale would be enough.

The second part is about letting Google know about your domain (which is now practically a website). How does Google discovers websites?
By crawling the links on the web. If you want to get your site discovered and subsequently indexed, therefore, all you need is a backlink from a site that is routinely crawled by Google.

Here are some ideas to get that backlink:
link to it from your established website
post a comment on a do-follow blog
use forum signatures
submit an article to a directory
get the domain listed on a marketplace

That is it. Once you are done, wait a couple of days and search in Google for your domain name with its extension (e.g., yourdomain.org). You should be able to find it in the first page of results.

Most Expensive Domain Name Ever:

You probably know that top domain names sell for big bucks, right? But exactly how much money are we talking about, and what are those top domains? Well, I just came across a list that has over 50 of the most expensive domains ever sold.
Here are the top 10:

Fund.com - $9,999,950 - Sold in 2008

Business.com - Sold for $7,500,000 in 1999 (Remember: This was pretty much a “business” sale with a developed name)

Diamonds.com - Sold for $7,500,000

AsSeenOnTV.com - Sold for $5,100,000 in January of 2000

Korea.com - $5,000,000 - Sold in January of 2000

Casino.com - $5,500,000 - Sold to a private company in 2003

YP.com - $3,850,000 - Sold to YellowPages.com

Shop.com - Sold for $3,500,000 in 2001

12 Rules For Choosing Domains Name:

1. Brainstorm 5 Top Keywords
2. Make the Domain Unique
3. Only Choose Dot-Com Available Domains
4. Make it Easy to Type
5. Make it Easy to Remember
6. Keep the Name as Short as Possible
7. Create and Fulfill Expectations
8. Avoid Copyright Infringement
9. Set Yourself Apart with a Brand
10. Reject Hyphens and Numbers
11. Don’t Follow the Latest Trends
12. Use an Ajax Domain Selection Tool

The 7 Characteristics of Good Domain Names

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Domain names are the real estate of the Internet. Just as a good location is vital for a bricks and mortar business, a good domain name will be the corner stone of your website’s success. But how to identify them? Below you will find the 7 characteristics of good domain names.

1. They are short

Good domain names are short. It is not a coincidence that all the three-letter and four-letter .com domains are already gone, and that the five-letter ones are going fast as well.
There is no definite number of characters that you should aim for, just remember that the shorter the better. If you really need some guidance, try to go below 10 characters, and never exceed 20.
As for the number of words, one-word domains are gold, two-word ones are good, three-word domains are average, and above that it is usually a bad idea.
Example: Quotes.com is a superb domain and probably worth millions of dollars. ProQuotes.com is a good two-word domain worth thousands of dollars. ProQuotesNow.com is an average domain and could be used for a website. YourProQuotesNow.com is plain worthless.

2. They are easy to remember

Many Internet users do not use bookmarks. They just memorize the domains of their favorite websites and type them whenever they wan to visit one. Guess what, if your domain is complex and not easy to remember you will lose these visitors along the way.
Example: Brcwr.com is a short domain name, but is not easy to remember at all, so it would be a bad idea to use it for your website (unless the initials represent the name of the website or a memorable message).

3. They are easy to spell

The last thing you want is visitors misspelling your domain and ending up somewhere else.
Avoid unusual foreign words, words that have complex pronunciation, strange combinations of letters and anything else that might cause someone to misspell your address.
Example: CappuccinoBar.com might be problematic for English speaking visitors. Cappuccino is an Italian word, and not everyone is aware where the doubles are placed.

4. They have a .com extension

Organizations might prefer to register a .org domain, and companies targeting very specific geographical regions might want to register a local domain (e.g. .it, .co.uk, .cn and so on). Apart from these cases, however, a .com domain is always the best way to go. This extension is the most popular around the around, and it is already stuck in people’s mind.
Visitors coming to your site via search engines or organic links will pay attention mostly to the name and not to the URL. The next time they want to visit your site it is very likely that they will just type its name followed by a .com. Guess what, if you are not there when they hit enter they will just go somewhere else.
Example: Darren Rowse created his popular blog on Problogger.net. Despite having a strong brand, some visitors were still going to Problogger.com. After a couple of years Darren decided to buy the .com version for $5,000 and redirect it to his site, so that no more visitors would leak.

5. They are descriptive

Many visitors will come to your site through the search engines and via direct links on other websites. That is, they will come if the domain that they will see will be appealing.
Having a descriptive domain name will give visitors an idea of what your site is about even before they enter it. If related keywords are present in the domain it might also help your search engine rankings.
Example: You would be able to guess what TelevisionGuides.com is about even before visiting it right?
Put it in another way. Suppose you are searching for a movie review. You make a quick search in Google. The first result comes from MikesLair.com. The second result comes from MoviesCentral.com. Which one would you rather click?

6. Or brandable

A brandable domain will have a nice pronunciation, an interesting combination of letters or simply an appealing visual effect. Sometimes they will not be descriptive, but they can be equally efficient.
Brandable domains will make your visitors associate the name with your website and its content. (Notice that brandable domains can be descriptive at the same time, but that is not always the case.)
Example: Kotaku.com is one of the most popular gaming blogs on the Internet. The domain is not descriptive at all, but the brand is so strong that gamers immediately recognize it across the web.

7. They don’t contain hyphens or numbers

Domain names containing hyphens and numbers are cheaper for a reason. They suffer the same problem of domains not using a .com extension or with complex spelling.
Consider Tech-World.com. The names that will stick in people’s mind are “tech” and “world.” Many visitors will just forget the hyphen along the way. Eventually they will try to access your site by typing TechWorld.com, in vain.
Numbers, on the other hand, will confuse people with the spelling. Suppose you registered Tech5.com. Visitors might mix it with TechFive.com, if they manage to remember the number in the first place!
Example: Coolest-Gadgets.com is an extremely popular gadget blog, with over 70,000 RSS subscribers. With such a huge readership you get people often typing the domain directly on the address bar. Needless to say that many of them would just forget to add the hyphen. The owner of the site bought CoolestGadgets.com afterwards to fix the problem.
Final remark
Do not get discouraged if your current domain doesn’t have all these characteristics; or if you can’t find one that does. These are just factors that you should consider when evaluating domain names.
There are plenty of examples of popular websites with domain names that lack in one or two points covered on the list. Just make sure that your domain has most of the characteristics and you should be fine.

Information About Domain

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Domain Name Basics:

what's in a domain name?
A lot more than you might think.your domain name can be your first impression,your face to the outside world,and your new marketing plan.Learn more about domain names are,why you should take the time to choose a good one for yourself,and how to go about it.

What is Domain Name:
A domain name is an adress for the internet .it helps people ti find your website.Just as home and businesses have street adresses,all websites have domain name.Like google Domain name is google.com

A domain name is made up of two parts typically preceded by www. let's use google.com as an example:
The first part,google,is a unque name that represent the website.
The second part,com , is the extension,and stands for "commercial"there are many extensions available though.com, .net , .biz , .info , and .us are the most popular extension in the United States

Why is a Good Domain Name Important:
a good domain name helps you in numerous ways.

For Businesses:
Add your domain name to your business card,email signature, and other advertisments
Build credibility:
Show your customers that you have an established Business.
Improve Your marketing :
Provide customers an easy way to remember and contact you.
Protect Your Brand:
Secure the domain name that best represents your business name and keep it out of the hand os your competitores.

For Consumers:

Describe your site as best you can with your domain name.for Example,A pair of amateur magicians might use theri stage names,some combination of word including magic,or the name of their most famous trick.

How do i Chose Domain Name:

Keep these tips in mind as you select your domain name
Your domain name should reflect your business name or the topic your site will cover.
It should be a unique and concise name that is easy to say,remember , and spell.
You can use only letters , numbers , and hyphens in your domain name.Spaces or other abbreviation or locations to come up with a unique alternative.

Have you ever wondered? how many domain naemes google owns? currently google owns 520 domains names.their domain collection has been growing over the last couple years because of all of the companies they started and have bought.some of these domain names are not in google's name, but in the company's name that they purchased.if you see any domains missing or inaccuracies,feel free and leave a comment.

Google"s Growing List Of Domains:

21150.com
3576.net
38389438.com
466453.com
7sou.com
95539.com
adsbygoogle.com
adsense.net
adwords.com
adwords.net
adwords.org
adwordselect.com
adwordsexample.com
akwan.com
allevil.org
altos.us
android.com
answergoogle.com
answer-google.com
answersgoogle.com
answersgoogle.com
appliedsemantics.com
appsem.com
apsem.com
arabgoogle.com
arabicgoogle.com
askgoogle.com
atlantis9.org
averitablebevy.com
bakuhatsu.net
bigcitysmallbank.com
blogger.com
blogspot.com
bon-vivant.netbook300.com
adwordsgoogle.com
adwordsselect.com
adwords-select.com
adwordsselect.net
adwordsselect.org
canalportugal.info
cashexperiment.com
catalogsgoogle.com
chinagoogle.com
clinilab.net
cobrasearch.com
conversionuniversity.com
crotales.com
dbanks.org
deja.com
deja.net
dejadiscussion.com
dejadiscussions.com
dejadiscussions.com
dejanews.com
dejanews.net
dejanews.org
dejastinks.com
dejastinks.net
dejasucks.net
dejatracker.com
deja-tracker.com
delsolpm.net
divesfl.com
dmarc.net
dodgeball.com
dontswitch.com
e17.org
earthender.com
earthender.net
earthrender.com
earthrender.net
earthstream.com
earthviewer.com
earthviewer.net
earthviewer.org
elgoog.come
lgoog.net
elgoog.org
eperfumez.com
e-perfumez.com
expire.ws
firehunt.com
floralartbyamy.com
foofle.com
fourth-party.com
fourthparty.net
fourth-party.net
fourthparty.org
fourth-party.org
fridata.net
froogel.com
froogle.com
froogol.com
frooogle.com
g00gle.com
gbrowser.com
gbrowser.net
gbrowser.org
gcalendar.com
gchat.bizgchat.us
gdrive.com
gethealed.org
gewgle.com
gewgol.com
ggcenter.net
ggoogle.com
ggooglers.net
ggooglers.org
ghut.org
gigagoogle.com
gigagoogle.net
gigagoogle.org
globalgamerscenter.net
globalgamers-center.net
globalgames-center.net
gmail.com
gmmgjd.net
gmmgjd.org
gmmgjdwap.com
gmodule.com
gmodules.com
gngjd.com
gogle.com
gogole.com
googel.com
googil.com
google.bizgoogle.com
google.infogoogle.net
google.org
google.us
google.ws
google1.com
google2.com
google3.com
googleaccelerator.com
googleaccess.com
googleaccess.com
googleadsense.com
googleadservices.com
googleadult.com
googleadvancedsearch.com
googleanalytic.com
googleanalyticas.com
googleanalytics.com
google-analytics.com
googleanswer.com
google-answer.com
googleanswers.com
googleanswers.com
googlearabic.com
googlearchive.com
googlearchives.com
googlearth.com
googlebase.com
googlebay.com
googleblog.biz
googleblog.com
googleblog.info
googleblog.net
googleblog.org
googleblows.com
googleblows.net
googleblows.org
googlebot.com
googlebox.biz
googlebox.com
googlebox.info
googlebox.net
googlebox.org
googlebrowserbutton.com
googlebrowserbuttons.com
googlebucks.com
googlebutton.com
googlebutton.net
googlebutton.org
googlebuttons.com
googlebuy.com
googlebuy.info
googlebuy.net
googlebuy.org
googlebuyers.com
googlecache.com
googlecalendar.net
googlecatalog.com
googlecatalogs.com
googlecom.com
googlecompute.com
googlecompute.com
googlecompute.net
googlecompute.org
googlecomputers.com
googlecomputing.com
google-computing.com
googledesktop.com
googledesktop.com
googledigital.info
googledigital.net
googledigital.org
googledirectory.com
googledirectory.net
googledirectory.org
googledoodle.com
googledoodle.net
googledoodle.org
googlee.com
googleearth.com
googleearth.info
googleearth.net
googleearth.org
googlefoundation.com
googlefoundation.net
googlefoundation.org
googlegear.com
googlegear.net
googlegear.org
googlegoods.com
googlegroups.com
googleguy.com
googleimageads.com
googleimages.com
googleimagesearch.com
googleinc.com
googleinstantmessenger.com
googleit.com
googleit.net
googleit.org
googlejobs.com
googlejobs.net
googlejournals.com
googlelabs.info
googlelabs.net
googlelabs.org
googlelecture.com
googlelibrary.com
googlelibrary.info
googlelibrary.net
googlelibrary.org
googlelocal.net
googlelocal.org
googlemagazines.com
googlemagazines.info
googlemagazines.net
googlemagazines.org
googlemail.bizgooglemail.com
googlemail.info
googlemail.org
googlemail.us
googlemaps.com
googlemaps.org
googlemastercard.com
googleme.com
googlemicrofilm.com
googlemicrofilm.info
googlemicrofilm.net
googlemicrofilm.org
googlenews.org
googlenum.com
googleoogle.com
googleoogle.net
googleoogle.org
googlepage.org
googlepapers.com
googlepapers.info
googlepapers.net
googlepapers.org
googleplex.com
googleplex.org
googleplus.com
googleporn.com
googleprint.biz
googleprint.com
googleprint.info
googleprint.net
googleprint.org
googleprint.us
googleproxy.com
googlequiz.com
googlequiz.net
googlequiz.org
googlereader.com
google-reader.com
googlereader.info
google-reader.info
googlereader.net
google-reader.net
googlereader.org
googlereader.org
googleregistrar.com
googlesatellite.com
googlesatellite.info
googlesatellite.net
googlesatellite.org
googlescholar.com
googlesearch.com
googlesearch.net
googleseek.com
googleshopping.net
googleshopping.org
googlesidebar.com
googlesidebar.net
googlesidebar.org
googlesms.info
googlesms.net
googlesms.org
googlesms.us
googlesponsoredlinks.com
googlestore.com
googlestuff.com
googlestuff.com
googlesucks.com
googlesucks.net
googlesucks.org
googlesyndication.com
googletalk.info
googletalk.net
googletalk.org
googletoolbar.com
googletv.com
googletv.net
googletv.org
googlevideo.biz
googlevillage.com
googlewifi.info
googlewifi.net
googlewifi.org
googlewireless.info
googlewireless.net
googlewireless.org
googleworld.org
googli.com
googlie.com
googlr.com
goolge.com
gooogle.com
gotgoogle.com
gppgle.com
gppglr.com
groupsgoogle.com
gtalkr.com
guugle.com
guugle.org
habsplanet.com
ho.org
howtobuyaweddingring.com
igoogle.com
igoogle.net
igoogle.org
infrareddesigns.com
issamghanwi.com
jamesallen.org
janinaordmann.com
janina-ordmann.com
jenniferwanderer.com
jennifer-wanderer.com
jinjilake.net
keyhole.com
keyholecorp.com
keyholecorp.net
keyholecorp.org
latiff.biz
lifescapeinc.com
loizzos.com
lorcanmurray.com
lrgx.com
measuremap.com
measuremap.net
measuremap.org
minzhu.org
mobilegoogle.info
mobilegoogle.net
mobilegoogle.org
my-deja.commydeja.net
my-deja.ne
tmydejanews.com
my-dejanews.com
mygoogle.com
nncc.info
non-org.net
numgoogle.com
nwiz.biz
ogogle.com
oingo.com
orcit.com
orcut.com
orkat.com
pageadgooglesyndication.com
philipdryan.com
picasa.compicasa.net
q8planet.com
rapidrefocus.com
renquan.org
requesttimeoff.com
richardsbrain.com
seeabc.com
seedandsaplings.com
sellwood.net
sergeybrin.com
sergeybrin.net
sumutpos.com
support-reverse-smileys.com
syncraconstruction.com
talageo.com
talkcentral.org
tampe.info
tapata.net
team7365.com
telageo.com
testgmacrfc.com
thecarbonneaus.net
urchin.com
urching.com
urchinstats.com
utlemming.org
veritablebevy.com
wapgmmgjd.com
wapgoogle.com
wappdapag.com
webservicehost.com
wherewas.com
writely.com
xjpop.com
yourmailhost.net
zipdash.comziqing.net

What is Fraudulent involving for Domains?

I want to help you prevent your domain name registration from being moved to another company by being tricked into renewing witha another provider.if you receive mail that appears to be an invoice, which is in fact a solicitation for business, you may be the target of a fraudulent or false invoicing scheme.

Which Company are making these Solicitations:

There are a number of domain registration companies looking to grow ther businesses by stealingbusiness from other companies.While we welcome fair competition in the market place, some companies believe the best way to win business is to solocit existng domain name registrants and trick then into moving their domain regstration business.Some companies recently reported to have been nvolved n this type of activity are:
Domain Registry of America --DROA--
Internet Registry of Canada --IROC--
Internet Registry of America --ROA--
Verisign/Network Solution

check out http://www.Domainscams.com for the latest information

What should i do to avoid being tricked into transferring my domain away from my current provider?

The best way to combat this is to simply ignore all communications regarding your domain name that do not come from your current provider.