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It’s Time To Build That Website

nekost — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:11:21 +0000

You can download the NVU software for FREE just go to www.nvu.com. Here is a tutorial on building and editing web pages using the opensource Nvu HTML editor.

Follow the prompts and download the software. You need to choose someone to host your site. All hosts are not created equal. You can get alot for you money if you are careful. Spending about $75.00 a year for a host is all you need to do. With this price you can have unlimited websites. I reccommend one of these three for value and service Bluehost, Hostgator, or Weycrest if you are in the UK. The domains will cost you $5.00-$10.00 a piece for the year depending on how many you pruchase at once, and yes you should have several domain names. In the beginning you really won’t know what name might be the best moneymaker.

Ok, you have your HTML editor, and your guide, and you have a domain name, and a host. Lets build a site! Open your software and check out. For the most part it works like most office software. It has font colors, styles and sizes. Just type what you want. Choose the size of your font and color and plan out a nice headline, sales text, opt-in form etc., simple and to the point. Don’t give the reader too much, just direct them into what you would like them to do. You can add images where you would like, pictures of the product or service you are offering. I usually make a table center page and then lay-out this area into more tables. For instance if you want links to other parts of your website use a table that has one row and three columns. Type Articles, Links, Guide, Gifts, or whatever you would like into these columns. Center the words and make them the size and text style you like. When you click on the table you are working within that table. Click outside the links table and you are working in the bigger table. Choose size, background, and color for each table. Once you have your link table set up you will make hyperlinks that link the words you have chosen to the page you want the reader to got to. Use the same software to make your article page. Make a page with the titles to each of the articles you have. Save each article you have on a separate page as article1, article2, or by name of article. For example your site is bestwebhost. You have an article called What Makes A Good Host. You save the article as “goodhost”. The hyperlink will be www.bestwebhost/goodhost.html. Load each named file using your file manager within your hosting site. The titles on your article page will be hyperlinked to the page set up with the article on it. The possibilities are endless!

Check out my orchid site gallery page at www.care-orchid-care.com/gallery.html. I am working on this site still adding and fixing as it grows in traffic. Notice the links at the top. This is a simple table. The pictures are loaded in either a table (if you want to ad text or color to the background) or you just ad the images side by side and choose the padding around each picture. This is a simple site with no expensive graphics but it looks nice and does the job. You can always purchase graphics and add them as you can afford it. The most important thing is to get started. Choose a subject, topic or product that you believe in and build your site. Get it up so the search engines can start crawling it. Get content and links added as you go and come on - build your empire!

Your domain name is the first place to begin search engine optimization. Let’s say you have a site for web hosting. When someone wants a host for their site they might search web host, web site host, hosting service, web site hosting……do you see what I mean? You need to choose your domain names as natural search words and phrases. What are people typing into the search box? What would you type into the search box? Now go to one of the suggested hosts and look for some domain names. Be creative but choose what people would naturally type as they are searching. You will get better traffic with less work this way.

Thinking Ahead with Domain Names

nekost — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 23:24:38 +0000

When you are selecting domain names for your site it may make sense to consider the future of your site. Is it conceivable that the site will be spit in the future to concentrate on a specific product line or products that meet a specific need?

With brick and mortar stores you try to find the best available property with an address that is familiar to your customers. If the site doesn’t work well, most businesses will move to a more visible location. This is the same scenario at work with domain names. A good domain name brings traffic - a bad domain name keeps people away. Work at keeping your domain short, on target and easy to remember.

In the development of an ecommerce site it is conceivable that there is a roll out plan for your features and product lines. More than likely your initial foray into ecommerce is a microcosm of where you want to be sometime in the future.

More than 24 domain extensions are available. Obviously .com and .net are to the two primary extensions, however other extensions were added to provide the opportunity for flexibility in domain name choices.

If you do decide to go with a unique domain name you should consider purchasing the domain name with your actual business name in it.

If, in the planning stages of your site, you have determined there may be a multiplication of webs sites you may want to purchase a suitable domain name now. The cost for the domain in minimal and may provide the assurance you need the site name will be available for you when you are ready to implement the next phase of your marketing plan.

Once you are ready to launch your new website be sure to distribute a press release using PRWeb announcing the debut of your site. This is a key in online marketing. You decide what you will sell, you plan your strategy, you implement the design and then you do the hard work of marketing the site through every reputable means possible.

Domain Name Do’s and Don’ts

nekost — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:45:42 +0000

Domain names are classed as the building blocks of the internet. Having the right domain name is key to your site. It is also important to name your site the same as your domain name. The simple reason behind this is that people will remember your site by its domain name, not by its URL.

Another aspect that has to be taken into consideration when deciding on your domain name is whether you are going to have a dot com or a dot co dot UK. The answer to this really lies with whether you want international business branding or just UK business branding. If you want to focus your business internationally then a dot com domain will work best for you as you can appeal to a global market. However if you want UK business branding then a dot co dot UK will work best.

However it is proving more difficult to get short domain names now as most have already been taken. As well as avoiding long domain names you should also avoid the use of hyphenated names. There are several reasons why hyphenated names should be avoided as domain names that are hyphenated are difficult to remember and hard to type. If someone recommends your site to another person they will only remember the words used, not the fact it is hyphenated so that person would then search for your site based on the words and end up at another site, which could possibly be your competitor.

As well as featuring your keyword in your domain name it is important to remember that the more your keyword appears in the text on your site, the more of a chance your site has of being listed in search engine results. Being listed in search engine results means that your site has more of a chance of people choosing to buy off you as oppose to your competitors.

Domain names can be of any length up to 67 characters, however the shorter the domain name the easier it is for your site to be remembered and the less susceptible it will be to people making mistakes when typing it in to their internet browser.

If you are in the business of selling pens you can rest assure that the domain name pens.com has already been taken. You have to be imaginative when it comes to choosing your domain name. If you are selling pens why not try the domain name pensworld.com or worldofpens.com. You should always make sure that your key word, i.e. the item you are selling is featured in your domain name this way if someone search’s for your site via a search engine, such as Google, msn or yahoo, your site has more of a chance of showing up.

If your website is focused on providing an accident claim service then the keywords that you need to include throughout the text on your site are things such as accidents, claims, personal injury, no win no fee and compensation. By including a range of keywords throughout your site you are increasing your search engine ranking and your site will have more of a chance of appearing on several different search engine results.

The Domain Name Parking Game

nekost — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:43:37 +0000

Here you can make yourself known and advertise. The drawback is that others will be seeking bargain deals, so they can trade on. A more reliable approach is to “park” your names with a company such as Sedo or Namedrive. Here, without a fee, each name is given its own webpage together with adverts, from which you earn a little money. The most lucrative, but not at all easy is to sell the name directly to a suitable business. This could be a new-start or one requiring a web presence and so a good name.

A good source of information, support, and even a possible sale, can be found at domain name forums such as dnforum.com.

If you do not know the person to whom you are selling a name, it is wise to use an escrow service. It will hold the money involved until the transaction has been completed.

I recently spent a year endeavouring to earn some extra cash by dealing in domain names. This is an idea that was touted as a good business to be in.
The heyday of the sale of domain name was in fact before the burst of the dotcom bubble in 2000. The “dotcom” has always been the domain to hold for prestige and worth. The most valuable to be sold pre-bubble was business.com exchanging hands for a mere $7.5 million!

There are quite a few things to learn about, such as how to acquire tradeable domain names. Also the rights,legalities and registering, which must be for one year minimum. Although you don’t actually own the name, you do feel just a little important to see your name in the “whois” register! This gives all current information for all domain names.

Protect Yourself from Internet Scam Operations Using The Whois Tool

nekost — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:16:51 +0000

In some cases, you may not get any information from WHOIS domain name search if the domain name is protected by domain name protection service. You can find out how long a website has been around, who owns it, and where that company or individual is actually located by doing a WHOIS domain name search. You will be able to spot a scam operation by comparing the information you find from the search with the information that is shown on the website. For example, if a website claims that it has been in operation for many years but your findings show that the domain name they use has just been created a week ago, you may not want to trust this website.

Have you ever tried looking for a domain name with the use of the WHOIS domain name search? If yes, then great for you! But for those who have not heard about the WHOIS domain name search, then you should read on for you to discover the wonder of this particular thing.

Check Your Own Domain Name: Many experts said that it is necessary when you do a WHOIS domain name search on your own domain name, you should verify that your contact details are accurate. If you encounter errors in the domain name details, you could fix errors on your domain names by contacting your web hosting company.

So, when we perform a WHOIS domain name search, we are using a WHOIS tool to look up contact information for a domain name from one of these WHOIS databases on the Internet. The WHOIS database will return the registration information that is intended for domain names. The name and the contact details for the domain name holder and the domain name administrator will be presented. It is important to know that the contact information for domain names under the hands of the WHOIS domain name database may vary depending on the registrar.

WHOIS Tool:

Protect Yourself from Internet Scam Operations Using This Tool

Some web hosting companies provide domain name protection service that will help a website owner to protect his or her privacy. Domain name protection service protects website owner’s identity from domain-related spams. With this service, only the domain name protection service contact information will be shown in the WHOIS domain name search. Website owner’s contact information is kept completely private. The website owner still owns the domain name. He or she can cancel, sell, renew or transfer the domain.

Top Level Domain Names For Sale

nekost — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:28:46 +0000

Although acquiring a domain name seems to be a small part of any web promotional strategy, it has a bigger effect. Domain is the online identity of any individual and business. So, it needs to fulfill the requirements it is supposed to carry out. Successful domain name registration is the key to flourishing web ventures. Domain registration firms will offer you numerous names. You have to carefully choose the names that best suit your business. The basic objective behind choosing the most fitting domain name is to garner maximum amount of traffic and stay ahead of business rivals.

Top-level domain names will offer you superior web exposure in the form of better search engine rankings. There is no denying of the fact that top web visitors get to their desired web sites through search engines. Search engines in a way generate massive web traffic. If you want to redirect that vast flow traffic to your website, you need to have a search engine-friendly domain name. The domain names figure prominently in the leading engine listings. If you grab those names, your job of gaining terrific web exposure will get simpler.

Value Your Domain Names Equal To Your Trade Marks

nekost — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 03:58:17 +0000

The registration and hosting of domains are now well controlled in South Africa and the ownership of registered domains should be regarded as of equal importance to business. As an Internet marketing and hosting company, Fresh Lemon Media wish to call on all business owners to seek expert advice on this issue and protect their rights in a world where Internet marketing and web business increase on a daily basis.

Maybe business and their legal advisers still regard Internet business of lesser importance and therefore regard domain names as a minor issue. As a business owner, you should also protect the value of your internet domain - protecting it by registering and maintaining protective domains in addition to your main domain. As illustrated lately in court cases like Mr Plastic versus Mr Plastic & Mining Promotional Goods (PMPG), the protection of your trademarks should also include relevant domain names on the internet. If neglected, it can be costly to your business in future. Some legal companies now recognize this important issue and started advising their customers in this regard. Many smaller businesses do however not realize these facts and should wake up to reality. Many of our smaller businesses will grow into bigger enterprises over time and may end up spending huge amounts on legal costs to protect their interests.

Most businesses still regard their domain names as of lesser value than their trademarks and trade names. The protection of trademarks is big business and also a very specialized field managed by attorneys specializing in the registration and protection of trademarks and trade names. They use special techniques in protecting the valuable trademarks of their clients by registering protective trademarks in addition to the main trademarks and names. Why is it then, that the value of domain names is neglected by businesses and these specialists?