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		<title>.ORG Expired Domains &#8211; Understanding Their Merits</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does an .org expired domain mean to you? How can it help your expired domain business? Simply speaking, an .org type of expired domain can form a viable and safe substitute for a .com type of expired domain extension at least in some areas.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Everyone prefers to own a .com type of domain extension and .com continues to lead the domain pack for its perceived benefits and advantages. Though, .com continues to dominate the domain names, .org types of domain names are increasingly becoming well known for their better and cleaner image. This could be due to their non-profit and charitable origins and their altruistic nature. Furthermore, a domain extension that ends with .org tends to be seen by many people as something good and honorable. In fact, people can easily identify a charity or non-profit owned web portal ending with .org extension better than an ordinary .com web portal. Of late, .org expired domain names are making news as more and more expired domain traders are buying an .org top level domain name.</p>
<p>What does an .org expired domain means to you? How can it help your expired domain business? Simply speaking, an .org type of expired domain can form a viable and safe substitute for a .com type of expired domain extension at least in some areas. Several types of .org expired domains are available these days and some of them relate or belong to following categories of activities:</p>
<p>1. Charitable activities</p>
<p>2. NGOs</p>
<p>3. Non-profits</p>
<p>4. News or blog sites</p>
<p>5. General and useful info related web portals 6. Directories</p>
<p>7. Review sites</p>
<p>8. Free utilities</p>
<p>Tip: Though, an .org domain is meant for non profit and organizational activities, people are using this type of domains are other activities that non business in nature. Just some time back, people used to think that .com type of extensions were the exclusive properties of businesses and corporate houses. But, people do use a .com extension for other purposes as well.</p>
<p>There are no restrictions on how you can use a, .org type of expired domain name. There are many entrepreneurs who use .org type of name to sell products and services that belong to advertizing sectors. It means that the image of an .org being a non profit type of domain extension is just an image and nothing else. An .org type of expired domain could lead to a hefty profit, because there are many organizations that keep looking for a good .org top level domain (tld).</p>
<p>Today, non profits and organizations are becoming corporate like entities with very strict public image consciousness and awareness. If you feel that you have very good .org type of expired domain name, go out and grab it immediately. But, ensure that the .org expired domain that you wish to buy has no established trademarks associated with it. .Org type of expired domains must elicit a good response from people who keep looking for relevant information on non-profit and grant making.</p>
<p>John Khu is an author and also a seasoned professional with vast experience in expired domain name business. He is the owner of the path breaking web site called <a target="_new" href="http://www.expireddomainsecret.com">http://www.expireddomainsecret.com</a> which provides complete and up-to-date information on expired domains and their eternal secrets.</p>
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		<title>Knowing The Potentialities and Prospects Of Your Expired Domain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jun 2010 07:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a feeling of skepticism and remorse for expired domain names and this is true when you consider the low probability of selling it for a decent price. However, the fact remains that some of the good expired domain names do possess very good value, while a number of others can bring you unexpected riches and dividends as well!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a feeling of skepticism and remorse for expired domain names and this is true when you consider the low probability of selling it for a decent price. However, the fact remains that some of the good expired domain names do possess very good value, while a number of others can bring you unexpected riches and dividends as well!</p>
<p>Here are a few guidelines and suggestions that can help you understand know the immense potentialities of owing your expired domain:</p>
<p>a) Increasing frequency of unsolicited offers to buy an expired domain: If you receive a number of unsolicited offers, then you have a great opportunity to sell one of your domains. It also clearly shows and exhibits that someone is really looking for your name! It is also the right time to fix a good price for the domain on request and sell it off immediately, when you perceive that the selling price is just right.</p>
<p>b) The nature of the domain name extension: Do you have a dotcom extension name with you? Generally, a dotcom will have a higher asking price, when compared to other extensions. A good dotcom expired domain name will have a good prospect of selling at a very high price.</p>
<p>c) The length of the domain name: Shorter is always the better! Shorter name the better will be your chances of selling it to prospective buyers. If you have a shorter expired domain at your disposal, you can always bargain for a better price.</p>
<p>d) Do you have a hyphenated expired domain at your disposal? Hyphens may help you retain the clarity of the domain name. However, they can seriously reduce the real market value. If you own one with a hyphen in between the letters or words, then the perceived market value will be much lower.</p>
<p>e) If your expired domain name contains any misspellings or syntax errors, then you may find it very tedious to sell that domain. Above all, there are chances that you may get into trademark and copyright violation and infringement issues.</p>
<p>f) If you have an expired domain contain a singular word, then the prospects of selling that domain becomes very brighter. On the other hand, an expired domain name with plural words will have little commercial value.</p>
<p>g) Prefixes and suffixes will hurt the real selling value. Never ever attempt to buy one that comes with a prefix or a suffix.</p>
<p>If you are thinking of collecting or selling an existing expired domain names, then ensure that you are learning more about the real potentialities and prospects of them.</p>
<p>John Khu is an author and also a seasoned professional with vast experience in expired domain name business. He is the owner of the path breaking web site called <a target="_new" href="http://www.expireddomainsecret.com/">http://www.expireddomainsecret.com/</a> which provides complete and up-to-date information on expired domains and their eternal secrets.</p>
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		<title>3 Tips for Choosing the Right Domain Name</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 05:26:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Selecting the right domain name is one of the most important business decisions you can make. When you have a business online, you are competing in a global economy with millions of other websites.</p>
<p>The latest information from Internet World Stats counted over 1 billion Internet users in 2007. According to Rich Miller of Netcraft, an Internet monitoring company that has tracked Web growth since 1995, &#8220;There are now 100 million Web sites with domain names and content on them.&#8221; Of the 100 million websites, about 47 million of them are active sites and competing for visitors.</p>
<p>Here are some tips to follow in choosing a domain name that makes it easy to find your business on the Internet:</p>
<p>(1) Choose an easy to spell domain name.</p>
<p>It does no good to have a website, if no one can find you because your domain name is too difficult to spell.</p>
<p>Last week I was talking to someone and asked her who the company was that designed her website.  She told me the name of the company, and it was some very strange name that didn&#8217;t make sense to me. I had to ask her twice what the name was and I then asked her to spell it for me. Unfortunately, she couldn&#8217;t even spell the name because she said the company had a strange spelling, and she could never remember it.  I then asked her for the website address, and she couldn&#8217;t remember how to spell that either. I ended up trying to guess a couple different spellings for the website and never did find the company.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t get cute with your website name or for that matter, the name of your business. You may think it&#8217;s clever to spell fenikz instead of Phoenix, but don&#8217;t expect anyone to find your website.</p>
<p>I speak from experience on this topic.  When I first started my business I was completely ignorant about choosing a business name.  I thought it would be fun to have a business name that was a play on words.  So I chose &#8220;Howe Write You Are Business Communications.&#8221;  My last name is Howe, and I am a writer.  So I chose the domain name howewriteyouare.com.</p>
<p>When I would tell people my domain name, this is what they heard: howrightyouare.com. They spelled the domain name exactly as they heard it and the only way they would get the correct spelling is by looking at my business card.  I soon figured out what a dumb mistake I made and changed my business name after the first year.</p>
<p>(2) Choose the right extension for your domain name.</p>
<p>When you go to register a domain name you have a choice of .com, .net, .org, .biz, and some other rarely used extensions. Unless you are a nonprofit, only choose a .com extension for your domain name.</p>
<p>The reasons for this are very simple.  When people go to search for a website, they assume it is a .com. If you have any other extension, they will end up at the wrong website.</p>
<p>The other reason to have a .com extension is that search engines will search first for a .com website. For example, a browser will look for quiltingtips.com before, it looks for quiltingtips.net.</p>
<p>Let me talk a moment about strategy when it comes to choosing a domain name extension.  If you don&#8217;t want a competitor to have your domain name, then purchase all the extensions of your domain name.  In other words, if my domain name was going to be quiltingtips.com, I might also purchase quiltingtips.net, quiltingtips.org, and quiltingtips.biz. This way, I insure that my business domain name will not have competition from a nearly identical domain name.</p>
<p>(3) Choose misspelled domain names.</p>
<p>If you have a business name that you know is easy to misspell, consider purchasing the domain name with the common misspelling.  Both names can be set up to point to your website, so it doesn&#8217;t matter if your domain name is misspelled, people will still find you.</p>
<p>In my previous example, I talked about my original business name and the problems that I had with the unusual spelling of my business name.  If I had not wanted to change my business name, a simple solution for me would have been to purchase the domain name howrightyouare.com and have that point to my website.</p>
<p>An example of a well-known business that is using this technique is Verisign. If you type in verasign.com or verisign.com you will get to the correct website.</p>
<p>Conclusion <br />Your domain name is your Internet identity. Make sure your domain name selection is not an afterthought.  Take the time to thoroughly analyze your options and choose a domain name that promotes your business or product online.</p>
<p>Michelle Howe, MBA, president of Internet Word Magic, specializes in writing irresistible copy for websites. Transform the way you do business. Visit her website at <a target="_new" href="http://www.InternetWordMagic.com">http://www.InternetWordMagic.com</a> for a FR^EE chapter download of her new book Turn Browsers into Buyers and FR^EE report, The Five-Step Plan to Article Success.</p>
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		<title>Domain Name Extension Tips &#8211; Which is Best?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 02:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are many domain name extensions, some are &#8216;primary domain extensions&#8217; some are &#8216;secondary or country extensions&#8217;. Which is best? That depends upon your point of view, but there are some simple guidelines to follow.</p>
<p>As I said, which of the myriad of domain name extensions is best depends largely upon your point of view, but in general, the.com extension should be your first acquisition followed by.net,.biz and your country of origin extension.</p>
<p><b>Why buy multiple extensions?</b></p>
<p>Well, when you start making gazillions of dollars your competitors can quite easily buy your domain with all those alternate extensions!</p>
<p>For example, let say you buy the domain name, fantastic-site.com, your competitors can buy the domains, fantastic-site.org,.biz, and.net, etc.</p>
<p><b>Why would they do that? Won&#8217;t they confuse their customers?</b></p>
<p>They will not be confusing their customers because they will have a totally different primary domain for their website, this is a domain name trick. A trick designed to steal your customers by automatically redirecting any customer who enters the alternate domain names to their primary domain.</p>
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<li>Avoid this common mistake and buy all the necessary domains you need to protect your interests then redirect these domain to your primary domain site.</li>
</ul>
<p><b>Tips for Your Domain Name</b></p>
<p>The following are just a few, hints and tips on choosing and creating your own domain name:</p>
<ul>
<li>You don&#8217;t need a website to register a domain name, you can simply &#8220;park&#8221; your domain name for possible future usage. Many people and companies do this simply to protect the name from the competition or because the intend to use the name at some future date.</li>
<li>You can register domain names that are a single word, a name or a phrase using almost any combination of ASCII characters.</li>
<li>Your cannot include spaces.</li>
<li>Your must only use letters, numbers and hyphens ( dashes &#8221; &#8220;).</li>
<li>Your name must not begin or end with a hyphen.</li>
<li>Domain names are not case sensitive, so don&#8217;t use capital letters.</li>
<li>Your domain name must be unique. You cannot have more than one web site with the same address.</li>
<li>When you tell people your domain name use capital letters to make it easier to read, i.e. MyExample.com and not myexample.com.</li>
<li>Register as many extensions of your domain name as possible (within reason). Definitely register.com,.net..biz and your country extension.</li>
<li>Make sure you know when your domain&#8217;s renewal fees are due. You don&#8217;t want to loose your domain name because you forgot the renewal date.</li>
</ul>
<p>You can research your domain name choices at any of the registrars listed in my article, &#8216;Where to Register Domain Names &#8216;. Most of these registrars provide registration, hosting, free search facilities and some even give you a FREE domain name if you accept their hosting package.</p>
<p>You can find this information on my website, so visit, <a target="_new" href="http://kingsolutions.org.uk">http://kingsolutions.org.uk</a> where you can find FREE information, including audio, video and PDF files, to help you with your online business and ecommerce website.</p>
<p>Primarily aimed at Small Business users, the King Solutions website concentrates on existing Small Businesses and Small Business start-ups, technologies relating to the Internet, eCommerce, affiliate marketing and WordPress development as a CMS platform.</p>
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		<title>Tips For Choosing a Profitable eCommerce Domain Name</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Domains &#8211; Most customers who look for a website want to remember something that is associated with the product or service you are offering. Unless you have a lot of money to spend on advertising like eBay or Amazon your best bet is to choose a domain name that represents your products and services. Use simple and easy to remember words that are spoken often by your customers. For example, your eCommerce business might be selling racing bikes so consider the domain names: racingbikes.com or roadracingbikes.com. Try to avoid names like joesracingbikes.com or smithsracingbikes.com even if your company is called that. We want to make sure your domain name is easy to remember and captures the widest scope of customers.</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t Be Fancy <br />Try to make sure you choose domain names with the correct spelling and to use short hand words. I have seen some domain names like racingbiks.com or rcingbikes.com. These are words we may know when we are sending a text via SMS but when it comes to marketing your eCommerce business it is not worth shortening your domain name for people to try to remember.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s very common to see onlinebusiness.com get shortened to onlinebiz.com, which is not very good for search engine optimization and other keyword link strategies that I will discuss about.</p>
<p>Choosing Dot Com Or Another Extension? <br />According to Verisign, over 45% of total domain registrations have a .com extension. Keep in mind that shoppers will more than likely remember a.COM extension while shopping online and this will have an impact on how successful your business will be. In any business I set up the first extension I look for is a .com, which allows me to expand and market my business globally even if I am not a business located in the United States.</p>
<p>Domain Name Friendly For Search Engines <br />You may have realised my emphasis on choosing a domain name that is related to your products and services and also my encouragement to keep it simple. The reason why I recommend you look at choosing a domain name related to your products and services is to allow for search engines to easily find your website. Having the right keywords that relate to your eCommerce business in your domain name can play a vital role. For example if my domain name was racingbikes.com and I went online to search for &#8220;racing bikes&#8221;, more than likely your website will come up at the top because it is the most relevant to the key words searched. This has already conquered half of your battle. If you had chosen rcingbikes.com, then you would be spending a great amount of time and resources trying to optimize your website.</p>
<p>A question I get asked quite a lot is what happens if the domain name I want for my eCommerce business is taken?  Since there are billions of websites on the Internet, it would be common for single and double word domain names to be already taken. Though don&#8217;t sweat, because you can still create a domain name from other keywords in niche markets. Let&#8217;s take for example the keywords &#8220;racing bikes&#8221; again. Since racingbikes.com is taken, let us dig further and choose a brand of bikes you want to focus on. Shimano is a popular and reputable brand: so let us choose shimanoracingbikes.com. You could repeat this with many other brands and use that to create a lot of domain names that would be directed to your website. Alternatively being more generic you can choose topracingbikes.com or leadingracingbikes.com. Which ever keywords are dominate in your market, try to find out which ones would be profitable for your eCommerce business and search to see if the domain name is available.</p>
<p>Checking If Your Domain Name Is Available <br />There are many domain name registers in the market but I don&#8217;t recommend you buy domain names from them as they don&#8217;t provide good support.</p>
<p>How To Register Your Domain Name <br />The company that I use to register my domains is Namecheap and I can highly recommend them. They are very affordable and provide 1 year of private registration as of writing this. It also allows me to keep my business address and phone details private at no additional cost. A lot of top Internet marketers use them because they provide good support and also they refer any spam complaints to the web host.</p>
<p>The process in registering your domain is a very simple process. Once you have decided on a domain name, check to see if it is available and then register it through Namecheap. Once that is completed, you will receive a couple of notification emails with your registration certificate and you will be the owner of the domain. In the next few posts I will explain to you how to setup your hosting services and link them to your domain name.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Before you think of lunching any website, the very first question that comes is what the site would be called. Many have different ways of coming up with the domain names they use for their businesses but there are some ways that are quite unique. You may think up some unique names based on what you are planning to do with the website, you can ask your friends, partners or relatives if such domain name would be great for a website, on agreement, you go online and register such domain but if it isn&#8217;t available any longer, you repeat the process till you get the name you want.</p>
<p>There are great amount of successes on the inter today and it is becoming much easier for anybody to register any domain name for either personal use, business extension or sometimes, some people register a domain name they wouldn&#8217;t use immediately but keep it for the future. Most of the time, you may want to register a domain name for business online only to discover that such domain name has been registered earlier by some other person who doesn&#8217;t need it either but registered it so that he or she can trade it to anyone that needs it later. Some people take this serious and use it as business strategy to register domain names that people may need in the near future so that they would sell such at bigger amounts of money.</p>
<p>This gives problem to genuine domain name buyers who may be in need of such domain but would discover that the names had been registered and waiting to be resold at exorbitant prices. Remember that ordinarily, domain name costs less than $10 per year but the ones you are going to buy from a reseller would no longer be that cheap. This is where really have to be creative is the exact domain name you want isn&#8217;t available and you don&#8217;t have the money to purchase it at the going cost.</p>
<p>While majority would tell you to stick with domain with.com extension but when you don&#8217;t find it available any longer and still desires to use the exact name, you can use the relevant country extension if the business you are planning to do is regional in nature or you can use.biz extension for a business website domain name and so on. This would simply solve your problem, let you have the domain name you need at the regular price.</p>
<p>If the above doesn&#8217;t work out too for you, you can consider adding a hyphen to your domain name. Many frowns at this but it is better you have the names you want combined with a hyphen than choosing an entirely different name that wouldn&#8217;t identify your business or brand online. You can also use two or at most three words to get a good domain name since most of the single names domains are no longer available.</p>
<p>Just be creative and effectively combine two or three names to get a unique domain name that would be excellent for your business.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many internet marketing opportunities will tell you that you need no IT knowledge to set up your business, however unless you have a mentor who will hold your hand right through the set up process then read on to discover how you successfully buy your domain name. Firstly you may know about domain names. If not then they are like the postal address of your home.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many internet marketing opportunities will tell you that you need no IT knowledge to set up your business, however unless you have a mentor who will hold your hand right through the set up process then read on to discover how you successfully buy your domain name.</p>
<p>Firstly you may know about domain names. If not then they are like the postal address of your home. Your postal address tells the postman where to deliver your email. A domain name is the address that the internet uses to enable people to visit your website, very important for an Internet Marketing business. A domain name looks like xxxxx.yyy. There are three letters at the front of the domain name (www) but you do not need to worry about this. You want to pick a domain name that reflects your business. Where above I have put xxxxx in, replace this with the name that you want to use.</p>
<p>How do you know the domain name is available? Simply visit a domain registration company (just type domain name registration into Google and you will find the link to many domain registration companies). Select a registration company and then when you enter their site there will be a box usually labelled domain search. Type in the domain name you are looking for and the system will check if the name is available.</p>
<p>If the domain name is not available then the system will give you alternative selections. Select the domain name you require and then the system will offer a list of extension options e.g..com.biz.org.me.info at the end of the domain name. If you are setting up a business then I would suggest you go for.com, if this is not available then select a.net or.biz. These are the best names for a company. You can also select country specific domain names e.g..co.uk for the United Kingdom. The.org extension is used for government and charitable organisations so do not use this extension type unless you are a charitable organisation.</p>
<p>Once you have selected your domain name then proceed to checkout. Unless you have a burning need to buy other services that they will offer you then only buy the domain name. When you get to the checkout the system will have automatically priced this for 2 years, if you do not need it that long then you can select in the drop down box how long you want to buy the domain for. Remember you will have the first option to renew so you do not need to buy up front for multiple years. Once you have selected the timescale required follow the checkout process and you will be the proud owner of a domain name on the Internet.</p>
<p>It is worth thinking about the domain name you have selected and review if it is worth buying the same domain name but with different.extensions. If you think a competitor could buy your domain name but with a different.extension and take business from you then you should think about buying the domain with multiple.extensions to protect your business.</p>
<p>Although it may seem complicated, once you have bought one domain name and understand how easy it is then your next problem will be to stop yourself buying them.</p>
<p>Brian E McClelland<br /> <a target="_new" href="http://www.whoisbrianemcclelland.biz">http://www.whoisbrianemcclelland.biz</a> <br /> The author has spent over 20 years in the IT industry, he currently works from home running his on-line store and coaching and mentoring people wishing to enter the on-line marketing business. For further information on Internet Marketing please visit <a target="_new" href="http://www.scottemcclelland.info">http://www.scottemcclelland.info</a></p>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re in the process of completing a domain registration and purchasing web hosting, you may have already come upon a few stumbling blocks. Unfortunately, there are many instances when the domain name you are most interested in is already taken. If this is the case, what are you supposed to do with your domain registration in order to ensure that you still see success? The good news is that you have many options at your disposal in this phase of the web hosting process.</p>
<p>The truth is that we will all come across this problem at some point or another. There is just far too many people out there, with far too many interests and goals, that we will always be able to get the domain name we are most interested in. As mentioned though, there are plenty of options that you have to help you still find a domain name that you are interested in. Here are a few different paths that you can take.</p>
<p>One of the first options you have is to change the extension of the domain name you are interested in. For domain registration services and acquisitions, a.com name is by far the most popular. More of these names will be taken up than anything else. If your ideal domain name is already taken up with a.com, consider switching to a.net,.info,.org or.biz.</p>
<p>There are other extension options as well, and each will fit into certain niches better than others. You should find that even when your ideal.com name is already taken, you should still be able to acquire the name with a different extension.</p>
<p>Another option that you have if your domain name is already taken is to consider adding dashes into the domain name. If you were looking for domain registration and web hosting for the name mykeywordphrase.com, but that is already taken, you can switch it to my-keyword-phrase.com, or mykeyword-phrase.com.</p>
<p>The most important rule here is that you should not use more than 1 or 2 dashes in any domain name before it gets excessive. Additionally, you should never use underscores and should only use dashes, as underscores can hurt your rankings as well as the visual value of the domain name itself. For web hosting, you can actually achieve benefits by using dashes because for some people it will make your name clearer as well as more memorable. Just be sure to remember the two guidelines above to avoid running into SEO and other domain registration problems.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re not interested in dashes or other domain extensions, you can also consider switching to a new keyword phrase or a new name altogether. While having your number 1 choice of domain registration is always great, you don&#8217;t need the perfect match in order to see results. Synonyms of your best keyword, a slightly different variation of the phrase or a new keyword to target altogether are all viable solutions. Don&#8217;t be afraid to get creative or to switch up your choice a little bit, you really won&#8217;t be hindering your results at all.</p>
<p>Finally, keep in mind that if you&#8217;re name has already been purchased for web hosting by somebody, that you may have a chance to purchase the name at a premium value. Many people purchase domains only to resell them later. So you have to determine if having your number 1 choice of domain name is worth the added cost. Some premium domain names can cost a few hundred or a few thousand dollars, and some extremely rare and exclusive names can be quite a bit more than that. So evaluate how much the domain registration of a particular name is worth to you, and see if it&#8217;s available on the premium domain name market.</p>
<p>As you can see, you really do have a lot of different choices at your disposal if your ideal domain name is already taken. Domain registration and web hosting are competitive fields, so you won&#8217;t always get your number 1 choice. However, there are lots of ways that you can still end up with a great name that will help lead to success for your online business.</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A marketable domain name is the foundation of a successful Internet business and as a result should be chosen with great consideration. So, before you rush out and buy a domain name, here are some tips to aid you through the process:</p>
<p>1. A good domain name should be short <br />You should keep in mind that the shorter a domain name is the better. Although there is no definite number of characters, all three-word and four-word .com domains have already been taken and five-word domains are running out fast. As result you should aim for a domain name below 10 characters and never exceeding 20. As far as the number of words goes, in the Internet industry one-word domains are considered the best, followed by two- and three-word domains. Anything above three words is simply considered a bad idea.</p>
<p>2. A good domain name should be easy to remember <br />Forget extravagant and complex names! The simpler your domain name is, the easier it will be for visitors to remember it and to re-visit your website. It is a known fact that most Internet users do not use bookmarks and simply memorize the domain name of their favorite websites.</p>
<p>It is wiser to refrain from using words with a complex pronunciation, foreign words and anything that might lead visitors to misspell your domain name and end up entering a different website.</p>
<p>4. A good domain name has a .com extension <br />Let&#8217;s face it: .com is the most popular extension and hence the best choice for a domain name. Internet users usually visit websites through search engines and tend to pay attention to the website name and not the URL. So the next time that they want to visit your website, they will simply type the name followed by the extension .com.</p>
<p>5.  A good domain name is descriptive <br />People often visit a website because the domain name was appealing to them. A descriptive domain name can inform visitors about the content of your website before they even visit it.</p>
<p>6. A good domain name is brandable <br />An equally efficient domain name is one that is brandable thus giving your visitors the possibility to associate the brand name with your website. Brandable domains have a nice pronunciation, appealing visual effects or simply an interesting word combination.</p>
<p>7. A good domain name does not contain hyphens or numbers <br />A domain name containing numbers or a hyphen will suffer the same fate as domain s with complex spelling or an extension other than .com. Visitors will most likely forget the hyphen and the use of numbers will only confuse them if they manage to remember them in the first place!</p>
<p>This does not necessarily mean that your domain name must possess all of the above characteristics in order to be marketable. Just keep in mind that a memorable, catchy domain name can go a long way to launching a successful Internet business.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have the desire to secure your own location on the Internet? Are you trying to determine what to name your little piece of the web? This step in the planning process is a very critical step.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you have the desire to secure your own location on the Internet? Are you trying to determine what to name your little piece of the web? This step in the planning process is a very critical step. It is right now that you are choosing how you and/or your products are known on the World Wide Web. After you have chosen your domain name and registered that name, you are on your way to setting up residence on the web. Here is a list of things to consider when trying to figure out the best address for your web place.</p>
<p><b>Use Business or Product Name in the Domain Name</b></p>
<p>Using your business or product name in the domain name helps to get the word out about your endeavors. It also makes finding your website easier for the general public and potential customers. If for example, your business is called Samples Hickory Mill and you are selling hickory wood products, you would want to try to use a domain name that includes specific information about your website in the name. Using sampleshickorymill.com would be a better choice than using something like hickorymill.com. By including the name of your business, you will set your website apart from all the other hickory product websites.</p>
<p><b>Short Domain Names</b></p>
<p>It is always a good idea to use the shortest domain name that will still allow a good description of what your website is about. A long drawn out web address can be hard for people to remember and the longer the name, the better chance that people will enter the address incorrectly.</p>
<p><b>Get.COM If You Can</b></p>
<p>What is the first website extension that you think of, when you are trying to figure out the web address of your favorite product? Most people automatically think of.COM. If you can find a good domain name that has not been taken with a.COM extension, buy it. If the.COM address for your chosen domain is not available, try another domain name. If you just cannot make the domain name work with.COM, the next choice in my opinion is to use.NET.</p>
<p><b>Brainstorm About Possible Names</b></p>
<p>If you want your own website, but just don&#8217;t know which way to go with it, brainstorm about your interests and possible topics that you may include on your site. Try to narrow down your possible domain names to topics that you have the most information and expertise about. The more that you know about a certain topic, the easier it will be to create content and keep the website going with fresh information.</p>
<p><b>Memorable, Easy To Spell and Not Easily Confused</b></p>
<p>A huge goal in choosing the proper domain name for you website, is to make sure that people will be able to find it and then recommend it to others. Your domain name needs to be a name that is memorable so that people can remember the name and recommend it to their friends and family. The name also needs to be easy to spell and not easily confused. If you have a website named youneedtocheckthisout.com, when people try to refer others by word of mouth, is the receiving party going to interpret it as uneed2checkthisout.com or possibly ukneedtoochequethisout.com? You want a domain name that is easy to convey through everyday language as well as in written form.</p>
<p><b>Use As Many Extensions As Possible</b></p>
<p>If you find that your domain name is available with other extensions along with.COM or.NET, buy them up. You can always redirect multiple domain names to your main site. If you are lucky enough to get a domain name like, freemoney.com you would potentially benefit from buying up freemoney.org, freemoney.net, freemoney.info and any other possibly combinations. By having all possible extensions, it will keep someone else from buying them up and getting mistaken traffic if someone uses the wrong extension when they type it into the address bar. Also, if your website become popular, your have kept others from buying up the name with another extension and possibly reaping financial gain from your brand name.</p>
<p><b>Avoid Using Trademarked Names</b></p>
<p>Avoid using trademarked names as your own domain names. The chances that you are able to find a domain name available that is an exact trademarked name is slim, but even incorporating a trademarked name in your own domain name is not a positive move to make. If you start a business and make a name for yourself, you don&#8217;t want someone coming along and intentionally trying to benefit from your hard work by using your brand name to bring in visitors to their websites. If it is not a legal issue, it is definitely an ethical issue.</p>
<p>In summary, examine what you intend to use your website for and chose a domain name that caters to that purpose. Use as short a domain name as possible and try to use a name that will allow you to secure the.COM extension. Make the domain name easy to spell, remember and avoid possible trademark infringement.</p>
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