Domain Name Information

Before You Register a Domain Name for Your New Online Business...


Recently I made a mistake that may cost a great deal of traffic to my new web site.

Let me explain...

I studied so many books about Internet marketing over the last couple of years that I decided to start a new web site, and share my knowladge and experience with other fellow Internet marketers.

Since I read lots of information about search engine optimization (SEO), I intended to optimize all of my web pages for search engines from the beginning on, expecting Google to be my number one source of traffic in the near future.

I did an extensive keyword research using WordTraker, made a blueprint for my product and article pages, and the time has come to choose a great domain name for my new project.

I went to GoDaddy, the famous domain name registar, tried this and that, and finally came up with a beautiful domain name related to Internet marketing - netmarketingstrategies.com

You probably know that Internet marketing is a very competitive niche, so I was glad that this domain name was still available. I registered it immediately.

My site was up and running in 48 hours. Now I needed some fresh web content, and to get indexed by major search engines as soon as possible.

So, I spent a week or two writing search engine optimized content for my new online business.

I usually don't submit my new web sites to search engines for indexing. I prefer when my sites are found on other web sites and get spidered automatically.

One of the easiest ways to have a link to a web site from other sites is by writing and distributing high quality articles. So, I wrote an article about two-tier affiliate programs and submited it to major article directories.

Within a couple of days I searched for my article title in Google and noticed that it did great. Publishers liked my article and they were publishing it on their web sites and newsletters.

I expected my home page to get indexed very fast.

Time went.

Each week I searched Google to see if my site has already got indexed. It didn't.

I decided to see if my domain has been spidered by other major search engines. Yes, both Yahoo and MSN got it. So, what went wrong? Why Google won't index my home page?

Here's what I think went wrong: my further investigation showed that the domain name had already been used by another webmaster and had been expired half a year ago when I registered it. It seems that the previous domain name owner was using unfair search engine optimization strategies and his web site was banned by Google.

I sent a request to Google explaining the situation and asking to lift the ban from my web site. I am not sure if they will listen and help me.

I am ready to register a new domain name in a few weeks time if I still cannot get my site indexed by Google.

So, don't make the same mistake I did... If you intend to optimize your new web site in order to receive traffic from Google and other search engines, make sure to check out if a domain name you've selected for your online business is not banned by Google before registering it.

Gerardas Norkus has been marketing online since 1997. Take advantage of his battle tested Internet marketing strategies that could quietly make you huge profits every single month. Take 7-part e-mail course at: http://www.netmarketingstrategies.com


MORE RESOURCES:

Boosting numbers in .ke domain names
Business Daily Africa, Kenya - Aug 19, 2008
August 20, 2008: Internet domain names have increasingly become part of our daily lives, but the uptake of the .ke (dot ke) is still lagging behind. ...


VeriSign to Extend SSL Security to Web Sites With ...
CNNMoney.com - Aug 18, 2008
VeriSign today announced that its SSL Certificates will now support Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs). IDNs display Web site addresses in local language ...
Go Daddy SSL Market Share Hits All-Time High Ad-Hoc-News (Pressemitteilung)
all 21 news articles


Try Domain Names Before You Buy
AddPR.com (press release), TX - Aug 19, 2008
Up until now the high asking price of premium domain names has been a show stopper for entrepreneurs and business owners but if the experts at ...


Registered .CN Domain names on the Rise
RedlineChina, CA - Aug 19, 2008
According to government researcher CNNIC’s newly released figures, as of July, registered .CN domains reached 12.36 million, up 94.6% from the previous year ...


Its All About .ME And Me Now, Reports NG Intermarketing
Eworldwire (press release), NJ - 8 hours ago
21, 2008 --- In the June rush for .me domain names, some people found themselves applying for the same .me domains and are now gunning for a second chance ...


Ban on golden domain names
China Daily, China - Aug 20, 2008
China's sports authorities have banned the issuance of Internet domain names based on the country's Olympic gold medal-winning athletes. ...


Trademark services launched by Harrison Clark
The Birmingham Post, UK - 7 hours ago
Websites are another area where businesses can fall victim to copycats and it is important that they protect their website domain names and are aware of ...


China's Internet chiefs ban names of the Games
Xinhua, China - Aug 19, 2008
20 (Xinhua) -- China's sport authorities have banned the issuing of Internet domain names based on the country's Olympic gold medal-winning athletes to ...


Name.com Selects NameMedia's AfternicDLS Domain Sales Platform as ...
MarketWatch - Aug 20, 2008
Under the terms of the agreement, NameMedia's AfternicDLS global domain sales platform will be the exclusive provider of aftermarket domain names for ...


PagesJaunes blocks pagesjaunes.com, .net, .biz domain names
Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands - Aug 13, 2008
In 2000, PagesJaunes' former owner, France Telecom, tried in vain to block or recover the .com and .net domain names before the world IP organisation. ...

Domain-Names - Google News

home | site map
© 2006