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Select Proper Website Domain Name

2009-09-19T05:52:00.000-07:00

Choosing a domain name is an extremely important part of designing your web site, as that becomes the name of your web site. Your domain name is the first part of the Uniform Resource Locator, or "URL." There are many things to keep in mind while choosing a suitable domain name.

If you haven't already done so, give some thought as to what your domain name is going to be. For those who are new to the internet, the domain name, also known as a website address, is a word or phrase that a cheap website visitor has to type in to visit your site. It's preceded by http://www, although for modern-day browsers typing this portion in is optional. It ends with .com, .net, .biz, or a host of other extensions that you'll be exposed to when you're ready to sign up for your domain name.

Stuffing your domain name with keywords isn't going to help much, if at all, unless those keywords naturally make sense. For example, don't pick "peanutbutterandjelly.com" if you're planning to launch a site for fishing supplies. Also, avoid abbreviations. Using your whole site name will make your domain name easier to remember. Try to get a ".com" name, as those are the most popular and easiest for most users to remember. However, if this is impossible, don't use .com anywhere in the name if your site is under ".net". Doing so is tacky, and will only cause confusion to potential visitors. Remember to display your site name--prominently. Multiple domains can be a good idea but only when built as a complete strategy. Each domain also requires different content to avoid being penalized by search engines for duplicate content.

Buying a Domain Name
To buy a domain name, you can do so directly from your web hosting provider, or through a separate domain name service (a recommended option for those who are using their own servers). If you're using a separate domain name service for your server, make sure you choose one such as no-IP.com, which assigns you a static IP address, the numerical address that identifies your computer. If this address is ever-changing (as it is with some internet service providers), you won't be able to successfully assign a domain name to your server. I personally use register.com and godaddy.com. I like the independence that register.com or similar services provide. Another good strategy is to choose and register your domain in advance of building your site. You then have the comfort of knowing that the name belongs to you. When you register a domain without having a site, typing the name into the browser will bring up a page indicating that it's parked. This means the name is owned by someone but a website has not yet been launched.

The process for signing up for a domain name works the same way whether it's through a hosting provider or through a separate hosting domain name service. You'll be asked to enter into a text box the domain name you want to register. The service shows you the extensions you can choose. Generally, you always want to go with .com, since this is the most popular domain name extension. In terms of what domain name to use, this is where keyword optimization comes into play. That's right--even your domain name should be keyword optimized. Don't fall into the temptation that many webmasters do and use something catchy and creative for your website. It might be more memorable to potential visitors, especially if you use a lot of offline marketing, but it won't get your site ranked high in search engines. Ultimately, you will want to use keywords to create a domain name that is both memorable and likely to be ranked in the first 10 listings of search engine results.

However, keywords in the domain are useful for reasons outside of just ranking by its words. How people link to you and what the description reads in the incoming "backlink," or anchor text, plays a key role. So if you have realestate-mortgage-loans.com it's better than simply remloans.com. The latter is shorter, but the former yields a better link popularity strategy.

If your desired domain name is taken, the domain name service recommends other selections you could use. This can be helpful, since sometimes they can come up with suggestions that might rank better than your original choice. Or, they could be terrible, especially in terms of their length. Generally, the best domain names are short, contain no hyphens, and offer an excellent one-, two-, or three-word summary of what the site is about. An example of an excellent domain name could be cheapknives.com. It's short, contains no hyphens, and, if it's pointing to a website selling affordable knives, perfectly summarizes the main point of the site.

Another alternative when it comes to domain names is buying one that's already established or expiring. This is a popular tactic used by internet marketing to generate traffic for their websites. You can find these types of domain names anywhere, from eBay to specialized services selling them (they can be found through a general Google search). You could use snapnames.com to bid on a name that's already taken. On this site you enter your contact and billing information, the domain name of interest, and your bid price. When the name becomes available, snapnames.com will purchase it for you. This eliminates watching and waiting for the name. This is also helpful after you launch your business if you want to snap up similar domain names.

There are auctions specifically for expired domain names. To find the best deals on expired domain names, don't be afraid to use a shopping comparison site, such as froogle.com. I've purchased domains both on eBay and the SitePoint Marketplace. If you get an admin e-mail account and read on the membership site SitePoint--you can transfer a domain over without losing page rank and traffic.

Most folks who sell a website/domain will show you traffic charts and money charts (example: AdSense). Make sure that it's not inflated, and that you can look at it over time. One month is simply not good enough. Make sure you also ask about how traffic has been coming to the site, and ask to see server logs.

Get It Registered
Once you've selected your domain name, you need to register it. Be careful of whom you select to handle your domain registrations, as losing your domain name could put you out of business. You may want to choose a hosting company before registering your domain name. Many hosting company will register the name for you when you set up your hosting account.

A little over a decade ago, Network Solutions dominated the domain registration field, charging $100 annually for service. Today, hundreds of registrars exist, which can cause difficulty in choosing one. Use a tool such as RegSelect, which can help you compare prices and options of domain registration companies. All registrars require the name of the company or individual who owns the domain (the registrant), the individual authorized to handle daily matters (the administrative contact), and the person who handles all things technical (the technical contact).

Most registrars have rules against using false names, and you'll run the risk of not receiving important notices if you do so. Whoever possesses the registrar username and password is essentially in control of the domain, despite the fact that the legal owner is the registrant, so be careful. Choose a complex password, as this could protect you from being hacked. Hackers could have the opportunity to change ownership or servers associated with your account. Try to find a registrar that allows you to "lock" your accounts. Finally, avoid registering your domain name with your web hosting service. This could complicate a domain transfer, should you decide to change hosting companies later.

Source : News.alibaba.com (Author: Jon Rognerud)

Link Building with Search Engine Optimization Services

2009-08-14T08:11:00.000-07:00

Spam is probably the most hated spawns of the internet. With the huge inflow of advertisements, the web has been filled with such fillers and annoyances that just seem like white noise. The irrelevant text and content have long been filtered by webmasters from their sites as well as some search engine optimization services, well, at least to a certain extent. This situation, however, has made link building a more challenging task for SEO services.

The aim of promoting your site is to increase its popularity that is measured via site or traffic rank. The more people that visit your blog, the higher your traffic rises which then affects your rank on search engines. Your site rank increases as traffic from other sites go to your site or page that is how major search engines measure relevancy or expertise. There are many ways to generate such kind of traffic but there are only two reasons why you want to build links: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Direct Click-Through Traffic.

First things first: link building refers to any process that involves building links that go to a website. The effect of this is twofold: generate site traffic and boost ranking in search engines. Through this process, you are making your blog or your business web site more visible and popular. To get your effect there are many sources from where you can complete your task. You could choose to submit your website's link to related directories, which strengthens your hold on your topic or keyword. You could also use keywords and have them as links that go to your site to build relevancy and have search engines notice this. You could also try using text link ads that sell your blog or product.

Through link building and web marketing, you get to promote your website by attaching certain keywords to it to make it viewable by those searching for content related to what you have. This task, however, can be cumbersome. This task has a certain art to it; one needs to create strong content or links so as not to be labeled as spam but at the same time, has to be a bit aggressive to beat out the competition. One also has to choose the directory submission sites that will help generate traffic to help with the rankings and readership.

Another link building trick you can try out is exchanging links with blogs that have the same or similar topics as yours. You can agree to post a link of someone else's blog or site on yours while he or she places a link of yours on their site. This particular method is preferred mostly by blog owners since it does not cost anything and it is as easy as asking a friend to show your site some love. This way, you do not have to shell out money for advertising. Aside from this, it will save you valuable time that you use to wait around and look for online site directories. Building links, however, is not as easy as it sounds.

Link building is especially tricky when the content or sites that you submit are considered as spam. This happens when you give out links on sites that are not really related your own website. If you are posting in a directory for flower when your site is about spark plugs, then your submission will be turned down and labeled as spam.

Google Search Relevant For Users

2009-08-12T02:27:00.000-07:00

Google is at work upgrading its leading search engine program, and the company announced that it is opening up an online preview to let web developers give feedback on the nascent program. Not content to let Microsoft dominate search engine news with Bing's impressive consumer-focused additions and the big Yahoo search partnership, Google has unveiled a new search engine development program it is calling "Caffeine," which it hopes will make Google search even faster and more relevant and useful for users.

I'm not exactly sure why Google needs to be faster (those 0.2 seconds of search time don't really slow down my day) and it's unclear exactly how the engine will change. For now Google website designers say that regular users won't be able to know the difference if they give Caffeine a taste. CEO Eric Schmidt says he's not too concerned about Bing's rising market share.

Microsoft climbed from 8.2 percent in June to 9.4 percent in July, just as it announced its Yahoo deal, which will let Microsoft power Yahoo search and skim some of their advertisement revenue, in exchange for Yahoo taking over sales for premium advertisers.

If I could give Google one piece of advice for future search iteration, I would say: Don't be afraid to copy some parts of Bing! I've had a couple discussions (on and off-line) with James Fallows about the two programs, and we've come to the preliminary conclusion that while Google web sites remains the faster, more relevant engine for searching news-related items and emerging issues and arguments in public policy, Bing is more consumer focused.

It anticipates second-searches with suggested key words next to the results and it elegantly promotes pictures and specs of searched products. Google web sites is still my default search (and I don't know that I'll ever hear myself say "Bing that for me"), but it could afford to offer a few additional features in the plentiful white space by the results.

Sorces : business.theatlantic.com

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Get a free domain name and hosting from Microsoft

2009-02-17T23:23:00.000-08:00

The words "free" and "Microsoft" don't often appear in the same sentence, so imagine my surprise at discovering this deal: a free custom domain name, free Web hosting, free e-mail accounts, and more.

As you might expect from the name, Microsoft Office Live Small Business has a decidedly business focus--but that doesn't mean you can't use it for a personal site.

The freebie account includes not only the domain (any available .com, .net, .org, or .info address), but also site-building tools, reporting tools, project and document managers, 100 e-mail addresses, and collaboration-minded online workspaces. You get 500MB of storage, too.

So what's the catch? There really isn't one, though the free domain hosting expires after one year. After that, it'll run you a very reasonable $14.95 annually.

Needless to say, this is a pretty nice offer for anyone looking to start a small business or just carve out a private corner of the Web.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10160295-2.html

Some Popular Web Hosting Service Provider

2008-04-08T22:03:00.000-07:00

Web hosting is bigger word then we think. More and more companies getting involved in business. Because this business gives them more benefit then ant other. You think in every ten minutes, 20,000 websites are created and the number getting higher day by day. So those website have to be host on the internet.

In the market there are many hosting provider who serve you. The cost of the hosting a website is very nominal you easily afford it. Yet the companies who are in this business earn much more. If you know the basics about the domain hosting event you can try this business.

It is simple thought that if someone making websites then for them you have some software professional who can know php programming, asp programming and Knowledge of latest technology like .NET development.

But before that first step is website designing and for it you have website designers. After this you have to promote your site by website promotion. Through those chain lots of jobs opportunities are available. Creating a web site you need some designer like flash designing, multimedia design etc…

For website marketing you have to go seo service and then seo experts. Through that many of IT graduates will have jobs in that region.

Here are some domains prices for web hosting, and this is for .info domain:

Registrar Yearly price

Namecheap $2.88

IDotz.net $2.95

Registerfly $2.99

Moniker $3.99

Web Hosting Service : Cheap Domain Hosting

2008-04-03T04:13:00.000-07:00

There is lot of web sites available on World Wide Web. It is a junction of sites. Those sites are hosted on servers (computers), IT field called them web servers. It contains the web site’s web pages, files, and graphics etc. known as web hosting. Clients can upload their web sites on the shared webserver (it also called dedicated server), where the ISP look after the fast connection and constant connection on the internet.

Those company who provide you some space on their own webserver that is accessible by all the Internet surfers is called web hosting provider. The company charged for the service it will give you and take a charge for hosting.

There are some conditions for the fees payment, some of then described below, it is not perfect but it should same as mentioned here(this is some example only):

Fees

Setup fee: Client must pay full amount which is mentioned in company’s book. The payment is not refundable at any cases. It surrounds all the services from the company like, installation charge, server space, and equipment acquisition by company.

Recurring fee: Client has to make sure that he should pay free as a recurring fee, whenever the year ends.

Network Transfer overage fee: Client will change the network on his wish, so what is the network transfer rate for the same. Client has to pay for this and this payment should be done quickly. The charges would be available on the company’s website or in document for all types of hosting like domain hosting.