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Attracting Customers Through Direct Search
By Anthony Mitchell
CRM Buyer
Part of the ECT News Network
In paid or organic search engine results, each paid or unpaid listing competes against all the other listings on a page. With a direct search, you have the customer all to yourself. Visitors arriving through direct navigation are more likely to drill down through a Web site to search out information or purchasing options that initially motivated them to arrive at the site. Direct search, or direct navigation, occurs when a potential customer guesses a domain name and types it into his or her browser address bar. The domain name often corresponds to the type of product or service being sought. Direct search is responsible for less than 20 percent of the online connections between potential customers and businesses. However, direct search is correlated with stronger customer purchasing behavior than traditional search engine referrals by at least a factor of two. Potential customers may not know whether such a domain name exists. However, if it does, shoppers are more likely to make a purchase or establish positive connections to the site's brand than if they had found the site through organic (unpaid) or paid search engine advertising Email Marketing Software - Free Demo results. As described earlier here in regard to Aristotle's theories of rhetoric, a customer who believes they are in control of a commercial interaction is more likely to initiate a purchase than a customer who experiences a lack of control. Getting Down to Business In paid or organic search engine results, each paid or unpaid listing competes against all the other listings on a page. With a direct search, you have the customer all to yourself. Visitors arriving through direct navigation are more likely to drill down through a Web site to search out information or purchasing options that initially motivated them to arrive at the site. You can reward customers who are smart enough to go directly to your Web site with helpful, topical information. Introduce your main portal's Web address, so customers can find their way back to you again. Direct search can be exponentially cheaper than paying for search engine advertising. A domain name used for direct navigation that receives eight hits per month can break even for the year in just one month, compared to paid search advertising that costs $1 per click-through. Compared to the cost of paid search engine ads at $4 per click-through, which is not uncommon, a domain name used for direct navigation that receives eight hits per month can pay for itself in just one week. Direct search and search engine optimization (SEO) are not entirely separate. They complement each other and should be used together (along with paid advertising) to build a well-rounded marketing program. The difference is that spending money on direct searching can be considered as an investment, versus the expenses incurred with other marketing methods. Finding the Way In A business needs to imagine itself as a building sitting in the middle of a chaotic urban environment. Instead of forcing all customers to navigate through crowded, noisy neighborhoods until they find the main entrance to the storefront, a business needs to open a variety of doors that customers can use to find their way inside. Direct search opens those doors. Rather than simply acquiring domain names to direct Internet searchers to a company's main Web page, dedicated landing sites can be put together to correspond to the idea expressed in a domain name used for direct search. Then customers can be steered towards the relevant pages of a company's Web site. Landing pages used for direct search can contribute to a company's search engine rankings and broaden the number of search engine keywords used to attract customers. Landing pages for direct search traffic can also be optimized for search engines. Consider hosting Reliable hosting solutions with 24x7x365 support – Visit HostMySite.com a chat feature on your landing pages to allow potential customers to immediately begin discussions with you. Meebo is a free Web-based chat service that InternationalStaff.net is currently testing on its Web sites. Meebo allows you to select different chat identities for individual landing pages. The Right Recipe Eight ingredients for successful direct search campaigns are: 1. Emphasize relevance 2. Prioritize dot-coms 3. Use country-code extensions for national markets 4. Combine locations and service offerings 5. Attract traffic directly with non-hyphenated domains 6. Support SEO with hyphens 7. Ignore keyword popularity 8. Budget and prioritize The ingredients of direct search are presented below. 1. Emphasize Relevance Domains should represent the types of services that your firm provides now or is considering providing in the future. Stay away from typo squatting on misspellings of competitors' trademarks. Instead, experiment with misspellings of your own service's offerings and brands. Generic domains should consist of commonly-understood words that potential clients are likely to enter into their browser address bars when seeking a specific type of service. Forward thinking about where your market is heading can help you anticipate new terms for your services. Add futuristic terms to your acquisition wish list. If it turns out that some domains are not attracting the right kind of traffic or any traffic at all, they can be sold off or allowed to expire. Whereas it is unethical to use a competitor's brands and trademarks in direct search, this is not the case for paid search advertising. Try some searches of the leading firms in your industry and see whether a competitor's ads appear alongside the organic results. Ad costs are lower for company names and trademarks than for corresponding generic keywords because there is less competition. Is anyone using your company's name as a keyword for paid search? 2. Prioritize Dot-Coms Priority should be given for acquiring dot-com domains. In the United States, dot-com domains generally receive at least 10 times the amount of direct search traffic as equivalent dot-net names. If resources are limited, dot-net names can receive secondary priority, except for names with strong branding potential. Dot-org names may be appropriate in limited circumstances. You can also go after domains with country code extensions in international markets that you serve, with non-English words for non-English-speaking markets. 3. Use Country-Code Extensions For National Markets Country code domains can, and should, be acquired for your company's primary brands in every country where you may conduct business. Localized, linguistically and geographically targeted Web sites can then be constructed to appeal to local audiences. Examples of country codes are .cn for China, .ca for Canada and .de for Germany. In the United States, businesses have been slow to use the .us extension, preferring to focus on the .com extension instead. The Dubai-based international airline of the United Arab Emirates, Emirates Airlines, provides an example of a company that effectively uses country code domain names to attract business from the markets it serves across the globe. Emirates has registered numerous individual country code domain names such as Emirates.ae that draw in local customers from each of the countries it serves (in this case from the UAE) to be subsequently processed on the airline's main Web site, Emirates.com. 4. Combine Locations and Service Offerings Domains for direct navigation can include geographical terms that your clients or the clients of your competitors may be seeking, combined with the name of a product or service. Are your clients seeking (and can you provide) inbound call center services or outbound telemarketing in China? Then names such as ChinaInbound.com and ChinaTelemarketing.com can attract customers. Looking to build on the emerging brand momentum for Indian call centers and business process outsourcing Latest News about Outsourcing (BPO) facilities located in Bengaluru, the city formerly known as Bangalore? If so, then variations on BengaluruCallCenter.com, BengaluruBPO.com and BengaluruOutsourcing.com will start to draw high-quality traffic when the city's recent name change begins to take hold. Major investors in domain portfolios have placed significant emphasis not only on location-service combinations for the business-to-consumer market, but also on zip codes. Seattle-based Marchex, for example, has numerous zip code domains that it has turned into automated mini-portals, supported by a mix of consumer-generated content, agency-supplied ads and paid ads from Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) Latest News about Yahoo. On the landing page for the Marchex domain 90210.com, Yahoo ads appear on the right with imported content below. Building on the popularity of America's best known zip code, 90210.com connects consumers to businesses throughout the Los Angeles area, with an emphasis on tourists and business travelers. 5. Attract Traffic Directly With Non-Hyphenated Domains Domains consisting of two or more words connected by a hyphen receive 5 to 25 percent of the direct search traffic of the same number of words appearing together without a hyphen. In Africa and Asia, traffic rates are at the higher end of that range, whereas in the United States, traffic is usually at around 10 percent. Depending on where a direct search campaign is seeking to draw an audience and the funds available to it, an initial concentration on domains without hyphens may be in order. Where resources are limited and the value of each hit received is low, traffic rates from domains without dashes can be assessed before a decision is made on whether to register variants with dashes. Where relevant domains without hyphens are not available, you may have no choice except to invest in hyphenated ones. Even with minimal direct navigation traffic, however, hyphenated domains can still serve a purpose because they can receive favorable treatment by search engines. 6. Support SEO With Hyphens If you are seeking to build up subsidiary Web sites for SEO purposes, then hyphens in multi-word domains can be a good investment because search engines often rate Web pages higher if domains consist of keywords separated by hyphens. The domain Aids-Prevention.com, for example, would receive higher search engine rankings than the same domain without the hyphen, even if page contents were identical. A well funded program for SEO and direct search may seek to acquire both hyphenated and non-hyphenated variations of domain names. 7. Ignore Keyword Popularity Keywords are terms that people enter into search engine queries. Web site meta tags and page content can be optimized to include keywords selected to attract site visitors arriving through organic search engine results. How can you find out which keywords are most in demand by both advertisers and search engine users? The major search engines provide free keyword tools that help advertisers and Web site publishers figure out what keywords people are using and the relative popularity of different keyword combinations. To find keyword tools, enter "keyword tool" into a search engine. Prices for advertisements that appear in search engine results are determined according to keyword popularity. Advertising customers bid against each other to purchase desired keywords. It is not necessary for domain names used for direct search to have a positive correlation with the popularity of keywords used in search engine queries. In fact, there is often a weak or even inverse relationship between direct search traffic and keyword popularity statistics from search engine queries. Little published data exists in regard to statistical correlations between keyword popularity and direct search traffic. It is clear, however, that popular keywords can make lousy brands and generate only marginal direct search traffic. For example, the keyword string "Southeast Asian Restaurant" was responsible for 46,932 search queries on Yahoo during November, dwarfing the 9,034 search queries on Yahoo for "Asian Food" during the same period. On the direct search side, however, SoutheastAsianRestaurant.com has been found to generate less than 10 hits per month (prior to the publication of this article) since December and would not be considered a strong brand name for a business because it is too long and too bland. 8. Budget and Prioritize Initial attempts at building up direct search capabilities can be accompanied by irrational exuberance. Starting small is often the best strategy Barracuda Spam Firewall Free Eval Unit - Click Here, except for those with the confidence and decisiveness to purchase a high-profile domain name on the secondary market. Domains purchased on the secondary market can become a company's primary identity. Establish budgets and use monitoring tools for cost control. Server logs can provide incoming traffic data on a domain-specific basis and produce first-level monitoring results. Tracking cookies can follow visitors around a site and attribute purchasing activity back to originating domain names. There are two phases in portfolio construction for direct search. The first phase is to decide on your priorities and determine what domain names might best suit your needs. The second phase consists of efforts to acquire domains that meet your criteria. Four methods for identifying and prioritizing opportunities for direct search: 1. Ask your customers what they think about before deciding to seek out your company or purchase its goods. 2. Brainstorm to come up with a list of keywords and domain ideas. 3. Consult an advertising agency or international brand consultant with experience in direct search. 4. Visit Web sites with domain name generator tools such as NameBoy.com, which provides synonyms and a list of available versus already registered names. There are several options for building up a portfolio of domains for direct search. First, take your high-priority shopping list and register domains that are not already registered. Avoid registrars designed for retail consumers. Both the top two registrars (eNom and GoDaddy) have bulk registrar services for businesses that maintain large portfolios of domain names. Many businesses maintain accounts on both registrars to minimize the transfer times for inbound names acquired from third parties. Domain names on your priority list that are already registered may be for sale on the secondary market, regardless of whether they are currently pointed towards fully operational commercial sites. Engage in direct search to verify the use and current status of these names. Look up the registration status of domain names on free sites such as BetterWhois.com. Pay attention to registration information and look for clues that a domain may be available for purchase. Check on secondary marketplaces such as Afternic and Sedo to see whether any of your priority names are being offered for sale through those sites. Those secondary marketplaces can give you additional ideas on similar domains that may be available. Also available are services that snap up expired domain names as soon as they are released for registration by new owners. Those services offer dropped domain names for sale on an auction basis. They are popular among owners of large existing portfolios. Existing portfolio owners can use their industry experience to conduct sophisticated economic analysis and decide on bid prices before dropped domains become available through auctions. It is often cheaper to acquire a popular domain directly (but anonymously) before it expires, rather than wait and compete with other customers on an auction site. Troubled competitors can be approached with offers to buy their domain names. In some cases, this could include their branded Web sites. The cheapest method for approaching competitors is through secondary marketplaces that can forward your offer anonymously. Otherwise you can expect inflated prices from sellers. Last but not least, direct search campaigns can be outsourced to an online ad agency or an international brand consultant. Because of the structure of online ad agencies' billing rates, be careful of agencies that may steer you in the direction of an excessive reliance on paid search and other recurrent expenditures. Some agencies are now segmenting their billing for creative work separately from other billing categories. As for finding an international brand consultant, most have been slow to recognize and explore the value of direct search or the power of the Internet in general. If not, InternationalBrandConsultant.com would have been registered before October 16, 2006. Anthony Mitchell , an ECT News Network columnist, has been involved with the Indian IT industry since 1987, specializing through InternationalStaff.net in offshore process migration, call center program management, turnkey software development and help desk management.
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150 Highest Paying
Adsense Keywords Revealed!
So you want to make money with Adsense but the
first thing that you need to do is select the right keywords and phases to put
in the content of your pages. Knowing the right keywords to use is critical to
you making lots of money because that will determine how much you get paid for
every click. In this article, I will reveal to you the top 150 keywords that
can generate large sums of money for you. Now you can easily make money
online. The top paying keyword goes for around $75 per click, while the bottom
keyword go for around $21.62 per click. Use this information to your
advantage.
Rank Keyword 1 mesothelioma 2 cheap auto insurance 3 consolidate student loan 4 life insurance quote 5 cheap car insurance 6 refinance home 7 car insurance quote 8 refinancing 9 online car insurance 10 online insurance quotes 11 criminal defense lawyer 12 debt consolidation 13 refinance home mortgage 14 medical malpractice lawyer Michigan 15 bad credit home loan 16 loan refinance 17 tax attorney 18 online insurance quote 19 laptop data recovery 20 medical malpractice Michigan 21 car insurance rates 22 equity home loan 23 register domain name 24 data recovery service 25 life insurance rates 26 auto insurance rates 27 cheapest car insurance 28 domain register 29 dui attorney 30 lawyer medical malpractice 31 home loan 32 credit card consolidation 33 car accident lawyer 34 free debt consolidation 35 car insurance 36 term life insurance 37 second mortgage 38 hard drive data recovery 39 dui lawyer 40 refinance leads 41 raid data recovery 42 home loans 43 mortgage loan leads 44 refinance 45 mortgage internet leads 46 domain registration 47 credit card debt consolidation 48 low rate mortgage 49 mortgages 50 fitness franchise 51 debt consolidator 52 california home loan 53 medical malpractice new york 54 credit card machines 55 digital asset management 56 malpractice attorney 57 help desk software 58 criminal defense attorney 59 domain names 60 mortgage loan 61 accept credit cards 62 mortgage broker leads 63 best mortgage rate 64 online credit card processing 65 personal injury lawyer 66 mesothelioma attorney 67 fixed rate mortgage 68 accident attorney 69 conference calling 70 sub prime mortgage leads 71 home improvement loans 72 domain hosting 73 defense attorney 74 credit card 0 apr 75 data recovery 76 credit card merchant account 77 credit card acceptance 78 injury lawyer 79 currency trading 80 mortgage leads 81 merchant credit card 82 business intelligence 83 injury attorney 84 network marketing software 85 sales leads 86 online college degree 87 leads lists 88 mba online degree 89 debt counseling 90 malpractice attorneys 91 debt management 92 domain web hosting 93 crm software 94 edi software 95 credit card service 96 lawyers malpractice 97 cheap web hosting 98 web content management tool 99 Chicago medical malpractice 100 ecommerce web hosting 101 mortgage rate 102 subprime mortgage leads 103 mortgage rates 104 balance transfer credit card 105 safeco insurance 106 annuity leads 107 mortgage leads for sale 108 attorneys medical malpractice 109 debt consolidation leads 110 stock trading online 111 inexpensive web hosting 112 web content management software 113 virtual web hosting 114 credit card processor 115 life insurance 116 medigap insurance 117 web hosting reseller 118 hosting 119 california mortgage 120 orlando medical malpractice 121 online trading 122 crm online 123 special finance leads 124 direct mail lists 125 asbestos lung cancer 126 business sales leads 127 debt free 128 asset management software 129 debt solution 130 low interest credit card 131 card credit debt 132 exclusive mortgage leads 133 whole life insurance 134 mortgage interest rate 135 discount web hosting 136 debt relief 137 lawyer houston 138 online associate degree 139 web site content management 140 lawyers medical malpractice 141 credit card machine 142 orange county search engine optimization 143 wireless credit card 144 adjustable rate mortgage 145 asset management technology 146 debt help 147 online bachelor degree 148 duplication dvd 149 mortgage 150 automotive direct mail Congratulations, you now know the top 150 highest paying Adsense keywords. I guess now you think that all you need to do is insert some of these keywords into your website and you will start to make lots of money, right? Wrong, wrong, wrong. I hate to tell you this, but I must: the 150 keywords above will be worthless to 90% of Adsense users. Why do I say that? Well, facts show that 90% of webmasters that use Adsense barely make $180 per month. This is mainly due to the fact that they don’t know the secrets to making money with Adsense. Top Adsense earners know these Adsense money making secrets and are using them to earn around $15,500 per month just by having Adsense ads on their site. You must learn these powerful Adsense money making secrets if you want to earn thousands monthly with Adsense. 97% of Adsense top earners won’t reveal these secrets to you for fear of competition. The hardest task that you will face is finding out what are the Adsense money making secrets and how to implement them .
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It's time to "Google" yourself. Go to google.com
right now and type in your name. Click "Enter" on your keyboard or "Google
Search" on your screen. The result that is displayed is your online identity
or profile. You can search using my name for a comparison...tom domin.
If you don't believe some of your mortgage prospects are checking you out using Google...think again! Thanks to Google, it's become ridiculously easy for prospects and customers to find out more about you as a mortgage professional, just by typing your name into the Google search engine. Here's the thing...they're looking for search results of you on the internet, to see what third party references will reveal about your mortgage business. Essentially, they are "checking you out." They are looking to evaluate your "online identity or profile" which is a collection of all of the information about you on the Internet, and whether that information is mostly positive, or negative. Here's a quick review of what a prospect might find when they "Google" you, and what impact that information might have on their decision to do business with you. 1. Positive identity/profile - Your prospect finds numerous mentions of you online including the website you set up using your name.com as your mortgage site. They find articles you may have written about mortgage and credit issues. They may also find your name associated with the city they live in, local newspapers, as well as any professional associations you may be connected with. Congratulations, your prospect found you. This goes a long way in establishing credibility and trust in their eyes. I'm sure they won't hesitate contacting you and discussing their mortgage requirements with you. 2. Negative identity/profile - Your prospect found negative comments or testimonials about you from previous customers, or your name was found associated with a negative website or negative group or association. This one is trouble...your prospect can form a pre-conceived opinion of you and may then pass you by and contact another mortgage professional. 3. Neutral identity/profile - Your prospect can't find any information about you. Neutral is not good - Despite your attempt to make your mortgage business look successful, your prospects may decide that since they couldn't find any record of you...you are a very small cog in the big mortgage wheel...and may decide to go elsewhere. Warning...In the months and years ahead, your desire to remain anonymous on the internet will cost you and your mortgage business big bucks. The chances are good you need to establish and/or improve your online identity/profile. The best way to do this is to focus your efforts and some time on actually building that positive online identity/profile. Here are a few ways to do that... 1. Reserve a domain name for your personal mortgage website and use your personal name. The search engines will find you in short order. When someone does Google your name, your website will come up first in the findings. 2. Write a few good mortgage and credit articles for homebuyers and homeowners and submit them to article directories, local newspapers, and community websites. Use a reference box at the end of your article which identifies both you and your mortgage website. Google will find your articles and they will eventually be listed when someone does Google your name. 3. Sponsor or help with a community event. Ask the organization you are supporting if they post information about the event online, including the names of the sponsors. A Google search that associates you with a major local charity would be viewed very positively by your mortgage prospects. 4. Start a "blog" (short for web logs). This one requires some research and a little learning curve on your part...that's why we left it for last. However, once set-up, your investment of time each week is really minimal. Search engines like Google love blogs, readily index them, and then show the results, when someone Googles your name. OK, there you have it. Remember, it will become increasingly important for you to manage and control your online identity/profile. By increasing the positive search results of your name online, you'll give added confidence to your Google savvy prospects and customers and increase your mortgage business as a result. Your mortgage prospects and customers are definitely working smarter...so should you!
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Custom Mortgage Web
Site Design
Custom mortgage web site design is the right
solution for mortgage brokers and major lenders with hundreds of loan
officers, looking for an online identity and focusing on the extension of the
business. Specifically designed for customer care services, custom mortgage
web sites are ideal for fulfilling long term marketing goals. It is possible
to get a comprehensive, cost effective and easy-to-use mortgage web site
solution from a network of web solution companies.
The design and development of customized mortgage web sites begin with effective discussion between the client and the developer. This is the phase where the client reveals his long term business goals and expectations about the planned web site. There are many design techniques that help to achieve top ranking among the search services. A quality custom mortgage web site design service features user friendly navigation or interface, free web site design consultation, custom web graphics and contents, site design reconstruction facilities, optimization for quick loading pages, and free demo, support and training. Many design companies build an affordable custom web site. A simple custom mortgage web site costs less than hundred dollars. But the price of high quality web sites starts from $300 and have around $30 as hosting charge per month. Today, many design packages with custom graphics and layout, custom forms, domain name registration and web hosting services are available. The price varies according to the number of pages included. It will be around $1000 for up to 10 pages, $1500 for up to 20 pages, and $2500 for up to 40 pages. Each custom mortgage web site has search engine optimized link pages with a title, Meta tag and description. To get higher priority, designers submit the newly designed site to major search engines. The applications pages are set up on site, and all applications and questions come to your email box. A small percentage of designers set up the applications page on the designer's site.
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Domain Names For Sale
A domain name is a distinctive group of
characters or numbers that is assigned to an Internet website. If you want to
expand your business on the web, you have to buy a suitable domain name. Thus
you can develop a worldwide clientele. Potential customers will be able to
access you easily. Web visitors are the lifelines of the online businesses.
Domain names give them the power to attract more and more visitors. The demand
for domain names is always on a high. So is the popularity of domain
registration companies.
Whether you own an online shopping mart, mortgage lending service or insurance service, the domain registration companies will offer you relevant names. Those who are selling software and vacation packages can also earn greater exposure by opting for suitable domain names. If you search the Internet extensively, you will also find some domain names that are already listed on major search engines with plum positions. Those sites attract huge amount of traffic on a regular basis. So, it will be easier for you to spread your business on the web with them. You will find various domain names capable of taking your mission further by garnering more and more traffic. The first step to stay ahead on the web is to find out some exquisite domain names at affordable prices. After all, it’s all about making everyone aware of your online existence. In this era of cutthroat competition, you need to have a relevant and effective domain name to back you up. The domain names should match your objectives so as to flourish on the web. The job is challenging, no doubt. But with a powerful and effective domain name, you will be able to achieve your goal. The personal and business website owners should opt for the best domain names without any delay to seize the initiative.
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Secrets of Having a Good
Domain Name
All right, so you are creating your own website
and you need to pick a domain name. How to you pick a good domain name? Does
it even matter what your domain name is? Will you choose a .com, .net, .org,
.biz? Which one best suits you and your business?
How do other businesses choose a good domain name? Why do some domain names become so easily memorable while others just seem to not be there at all? What makes a domain name memorable? Why Does A Good Domain Name Matter? It is vital to your website and business to have a good domain name. Having a good domain name is just as important as your business name, logo, and possibly even more important. First you have the choice of the actual domain name, such as Yahoo, Google, or eBay, for example. Although these domain names do not seem to match the websites or businesses in any way, they work because of brand name. If you tell people to go look something up on Google they know to type in http://www.google.com or to simply type Google into their favorite search engine. People know Google is a great search engine. It has become a household name because of their choice of the domain name, and successful advertising and promotional campaigns. Your domain name needs to match your business well. You can choose a simple name that immediately lets people know what the website will be about before they even get there, such as Wikipedia. Since it sounds like encyclopaedia, people assume it is just that before they even get to the website, and it is. You also have the choice of creating or making up your own name. It could be anything, and does not have to be a real word. However, as a general online business rule, your domain name should be the same as your business name. Sometimes it is best to search available domain names on a web hosting website so you can see what is out there that is up for the taking. Think about whether you want your website domain name to end with a .com, .net, and the other many available endings. Secrets Of A Catchy Domain Name – Your domain name has to be catchy. People need to be able to remember it, pronounce it and write it with ease. The shorter your domain name, the better. People will have a difficult time remembering longer domain names. Yahoo is easy to remember. It has only five letters in it. It is like yelling Yahoo!. That’s why people remember it so easily. Catchy domain names are straight forward, to the point and short. Some are humorous. Some remind people of something else. Some are controversial. Some are just plain silly and make people laugh, but they remember it. The more catchy your domain name is the more likely it is that you will have more website visitors. Think carefully about what you want for your domain name before you choose it. It's goodbye from me That's it folks Barry
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Building Your First Website
Anyone can build a website. But you might as well open a store in the
middle of the desert if you stop there !
So what to do ? You would not build a store in the middle of the desert. Why would you build a website where no one can find it ? You may have a nice looking website but who cares. Your website must be designed and built properly so that search engines can find it. Further, it must be designed and built so that people who are actively searching for your product, service or organization can readily find you. Designing and building a website is comparable to getting a single base hit in baseball. Your hit does not count for anything and you are stuck there unless someone else brings you home. An experienced professional web master who is not only well versed in all aspects of website optimization but who has a depth of experience in search engine optimization SEO can turn this base hit into a home run. "Web master" is a misnomer. It is comparable to calling anyone with keys to a boat "captain". I am referring to a genuine "master" who is knowledgeable, experienced and wise in the many subtleties of design, optimizing and development. The methods used are enough to fill numerous books as well as college classes. But now at least you know the general ideas necessary to creating a real working web site. Just be careful which captain has the keys to your boat. - JungulJim
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Every Web Site Should Include
Having a Website is no problem, but possessing a quality website with respect
to search engine crawlers is most important. When ever you want have website
consider following tips:
About Us page The About Us page is a important place for visitors of your site to find out who you are, what your comapny does, what you sell, why they should read your content or buy your products, how valuable your site can be. From this page they can be know about you, your company and your products.On this page it will be worth to have contact information of you or your company, or at least should have link to your contact us page. Contact Us page Visitors of your site and target traffic need an easy way to get in touch with you or your company. Have a clearly marked link for contact information and include every avenue you receive communication through, like Telephone and fax numbers, e-mail addresses, physical addresses, etc. all should appear on this page. A Site Map This page has very high importance as far as SEO is concerned, because this page contains all of your site page links and their mapping. So when any search engine crawls your site URL can crawl every page if it sees the well formulated site map. A News, Press Release, Blog, and/or Articles Page These are information pages, which helps providing useful information to your customers about the current events, products, endorsements, and other company happenings all in one place. Make sure to maintain these pages with fresh content that is reader friendly so your target traffic is more likely to come back, bookmark your page, and they may even provide word-of-mouth advertising. Free advertising! Believe me, search engines love these types of pages. New, fresh, relevant content is the stuff of search engines. Each time, a search engine's spider crawl your site and find new content it ups your chances of ranking higher in the organic search listings. More free organic visitors to your site! A Relevant Page Title Many people have no idea that your page title holds a lot of weight. Search engines displays the title of your page on their searches, therefore, the catchier and more accurate your title the better the chance you will hit target traffic. Page titles should be different for every page in your site. They should clearly and accurately describe your page, it is very good idea to use keywords in the page title. The page name are also important and might be selected same as the page title, but, these should be smaller in length and readable for your users and search engines. A Balanced text contents For example, Good Grammar, Correct Spelling, Sentence Structure and readable text, Not only should your site have relevant content, the more the better, people should be able to read your content. Choppy or run-on sentences that seem to go nowhere cannot provide the type of readership concise, correct sentences can.You do not want to distract your readers, Misspellings, wrong word usage, bad grammar are all distractions. You want to captivate them. If your site is a business site avoid slang and offensive language all together, just don't confuse readers more than necessary. If you are not good on writing, don't do yourself ask some one who can do it for you. Professional Design, Colors, and Images Design should be implemented with usability in mind. Create easy navigation and links to all your pages. A search bar for your site is also a good idea. Colors should be inviting, not blinding. Use colors to emphasize your brand, product or content. Don't overpower the visitor with colors. Use colors to make text pop without being distracting or hard to read. Images should be friendly and relevant to your site. Make sure your images can load within a reasonable amount of time, you don't want to lose visitors because a single image caused an incredible amount of load time, or worse froze the visitors browser. Make Sure ALL Links Are Working Links The site with broken links, is against credibility of your website. You avoid this mistake and check, recheck, and check your links again, to avoid bad impression about your company
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Lucrative Web Site Design - Latest Methods for
Succeeding in Web Site Design
In web site creation, the standard rule is to create a site that people will
actually want to visit and check out. Remember that web site creation is all
about quality rather than quantity. This is why it is always better to
concentrate and manage one or two high quality sites than go crazy and put up
several sites that really do not have much to offer. Now that is what you call
a big waste of time, effort and resources.
Of course, with enough guidance you surely won't see that happening to your site. For one, you should know that you would need to strive to make your site informative. You need to fill your site with the latest information that almost everyone would like to check out. This also means you need to do your research and learn all about current events in order to have something worthy to write about. Always supplying your readers with the latest breaking information will really keep them hooked on your site and anticipate your work. And with quality definitely comes a sense of maturity - which is why most seasoned website owners know that you ought to stay away from blinking text, neon splashes of color and irrelevant graphics. These are what you call audience distracters which take attention away from what you really want to present to them. And to really help your readers, you need to get straight to the point - which is why you need to remember that all 'clickables' on your site will have to be on the front page. This way, they don't waste so much time going around looking for hyperlinks to stuff they actually want to see. Sometimes, in their frustration, they end up clicking that big red 'X' mark on the upper right part of their screen - which is the last thing you, as a website owner, want to happen.
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How to Create Your Own Website in Eight Easy Steps
When I first decided to learn how to create my own website I had no
clue on how to go about it. After floundering around for many years I finally
came up with these 8 steps that I use each and every time I design a website,
whether for myself or a client.
1. Brainstorm Ideas I found that just a plain piece of paper, a pen (or pencil if you prefer), and searching the Internet through places such as Google Hot Trends, Digg or StumbleUpon is the best way to gather ideas. When I first tried this technique I was quite amazed at just how many ideas I came up with after a half hour of browsing. Now if you already know your website's purpose, then just move on to the next step. 2. Which Pages? Once you know your website's purpose, the next step is to decide if it's purpose warrants pages or not. If your website is going to be for your business then you'll definitely need a certain amount of pages to start with. If your website is a personal one you might want to consider setting up a weblog instead of a website. All website's should include a home page, an about page, and a sitemap. Weblogs are different as they're more of a time line into your life and/or your thoughts. If you go the route of a weblog you might only want to include an about page to tell people more about you. 3. Brainstorm & Create Layout A layout constitutes of how your content of your website going to be presented to your visitors. A great place to get ideas for layouts (also referred to as templates) is Open Source Design, or do a search in your favorite Internet search engine for free templates or open source templates. There are litterly thousands of great websites that offer layouts for you to use. Just be sure to read the fine print before you use any template, as some template creators will allow you to use their template if you keep their copyright information intact. 4. Write Content for Pages Once you know which pages your website will include, the next step is to write the content for those pages. I find that doing one of two things works best for me; writing an outline and then writing the content, or just writing the content as it flows through me. Choose what works best for you. Always remember to proofread your content, bad grammar and/or spelling can turn some visitors into "never to return visitors". This isn't so important if it's a personal website, though if it's a business website this is extremely important. I would go far as to say it's mandatory to proofread your business website content. 5. Add Content to Website Now that your website content is written it's time to add it to your template. If you have never created a website or edited source code before, your best bet would be to open the template you chose in Step 3 within a WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor. This will allow you to see where all your page elements (menu, graphics, etc) are located, and where you need to place your content. When I first started out, I found the best WYSIWYG editor for learning to be Microsoft FrontPage as it came installed on my computer already. You might want to check in your Programs folder/directory to see if you have this also. 6. Find Platform to Use Now that you've got your own website created you need a place to host it so all the world can visit. If you're using a weblog for your personal website I would recommend you check into WordPress.com to host it. WordPress.com makes it verily easy to step up and maintain a weblog, you can litterly have your weblog up and running within 5 minutes with their service. A business website will need more than just a weblog platform host, you will need to find a website hosting service that meets your needs. I highly recommend looking into LotsMoreHosting.com. I have used their services since 2003 and have always found their prices to be very reasonable, and their support exceptional. 7. Getting Those Pages on Your Hosting Account Moving your website files/pages to your hosting account for your visitors to view your website isn't a huge chore as some people make it out to be. You have two options to uploading (moving) your files, either through the cPanel of your hosting account or through an FTP (file transfer protocol) program. Both of which offer tutorials to help you use them, and most FTP programs these days have wizards built in to walk you through the steps. I recommend using FileZilla, not only will not not cost to use it, it is pretty straightforward to use and does offer a wizard and great tutorials to help you through understanding how to use the program. 8. Validate Your Website! This is one step that most non-professional website creators don't do, though it is vitally important step. Validating your website will mean that your website will be able to be viewable by anyone using any web browser. Not all browsers are created equal, and until such time that the browser creators decide to join forces to come up with standards that all browsers will conform to, we're stuck with having to make sure that our websites conform to their own browser standards. The only place I highly recommend to validate your website is with the W3C Markup Validation Service. W3C is a non-profit organization that is helping to set standards for the world wide web. If the validation process comes up with errors, you will need to go back into your WYSIWYG editor to correct those errors. Conclusion I hope that by sharing my own process to creating a website, you'll find that creating your own won't be very difficult. If you continue to follow these eight steps, creating your own website will become a simple process in no time.
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Web Page Design For Professional Businessmen
Any website can not exist without web pages and each web page is linked with
each other through hyperlinks. The success of a website depends upon the
effectiveness of web page design. Web page design is an essential
pre-requisite for those, who wish to do the marketing and business over
Internet. It is useful in individual promotions too. Compared to other methods
of promotions, it is cost effective since it can reach a wider range of
population within a short time span. A webpage designed perfectly will
definitely capture the attention of the Internet surfers. The web page should
be free of errors and should provide for easy navigation. Too many
advertisements, too many pop ups, loud music, blinking items etc should be
avoided where as use of adequate graphics, colors and fonts will really help.
Layout and content are the other two aspects that need attention.
Web page design is not a difficult task. There are templates and designs available for the web page design over Internet. Even if a firm or individual wish to have a customized web page according to their requirement there is solution. There is a large number of Web design Company who can do the work. They can be gained access online through Internet or through personal visit to the company. Through custom web page designing one will be able to bring ones own individuality since it is generally started from the scrap. One can hire a professional web page designer from a professional web design company who is skilled enough to do the work. The outline of the details required in the web page should be clearly stated so that there will be no confusions or misunderstandings in the side of the web page designer. Web page design can be done individually, if he or she possesses the basic skill required. It needs sound knowledge in using the computer graphics and the tools used. If one has the knowledge to do so it is easy to proceed since most of the web design company offer software for web page designing. It also includes the templates, clip arts and picture patterns. Free trial versions are also available online for such software and one can try purchasing it through online itself. It is essential to know the tactics for making the web design attractive. Different web pages in the same website should be designed with some common features related to each other. For instance, an ecommerce web site design should have a home page, products page, product detail page, shopping cart software, unlimited product categories, shipping and payment details etc; and you can get effectively if you have got hold of a great ecommerce solution. All the processes are in relation to the selling of goods through Internet. The elements of design if used effectively can contribute best to the webpage design. The basic elements of design include lines and line work, shape, texture, color and direction. To make a website more appealing, the elements should follow the principles of design like emphasis, proportion, balance, contrast, rhythm and unity.
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Domain Name Marketplace And Forum Review Part 3
Sitepoint is an Australian based web community. It is an
internet development enthusiast's "candystore". It is split into a large
education article section, education videos section, educational blogs section
and a large forum community which prominently features an outstanding domain
name marketplace.
Registration is completely free. Once registered, you are free to browse around and read all the forums sections that you like. If however you decide to sell a name or website, you will face paying for a placement. Currently, placing a name for sale will cost you $5 US. If your domain is valued around at least $xx then listing is definitely worth it due to the large amount of traffic Sitepoint gets. It is a highly reputable community and as such gets many visitors, many of which happen to be end-users... a domainer's favourite. Just like most of the other domain market places, Sitepoint.com has a buyer-seller rating system. Once a transaction is completed between two domainers, they go to the effort of rating each other. The rating system helps you decide whether a seller or buyer is reputable and whether the risk of trading with them is small. Sitepoint of course transfers all the risk of the transaction to the trading parties. Being such a large website, they do however lack in the "sense of community" department. A more professional approach to the sales has cut out the human factor, while introducing a stricter, rules based system. This can be a positive since it discourages the lowballers and the trolls. Sitepoint is a solid medium to high level marketplace. If you own a valuable domain name, Sitepoint.com is definitely one of the places you should consider as a candidate for your sale placement. Similarly to DNForum, Sitepoint lacks a live chat feature. Live auctions are also missing. On the other hand, a superb contests section provides you with a perfect place to order your logo and website designs. Sitepoint prides itself in being home to some of the best graphics and web designers that offer their services for sale. So if you have purchased your domain and require some development work, you should definitely check out their contests section. Overall, Sitepoint.com is a strong contender for the title of best domain name marketplace on the web.
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Targeted Domain Names - 9 Nifty Ways to Advance in
Domain Names
People scramble to think and register great domain names because they know
these can be really good for their business now and in the future. An
effective domain name can help a person be remembered by a lot of people and
make his or her products a first choice above all the other products offered
in the market today. An ineffective domain name might mean losing business -
if other people cannot remember or have a difficult time recalling your domain
name, they might choose to go to a competitor's website instead. Here are nine
nifty ways that can help you discover the best domain name for your business.
1. Check out other sites and see names that have already been registered. You can note these down and ignore those names which you should not even waste time considering. 2. Study your target market. Read up on their conversations among themselves and note down words that they most often use. 3. Arrange these words according to frequency. Pick out several terms that you can mix and match together. 4. Next, think of good adjectives that you can pair up with the terms that you found on line. 5. Remember not to make it too long because it might be a tad difficult for other people to type it in! 6. Mix and match several combinations together. You will never know if your first choice gets rejected! 7. You may even choose to register several domain names at one time. This way you can have back up sites or you can sell them to other players and make great profits for yourself! 8. After you register your domain names, spread the word around! 9. Make your domain name appear in all your Internet transaction profiles so everyone will see it and visit your site.
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Choosing A Great Domain Name For Your Internet Business
In this age of seven figure prices for premium domain names, and companies
pressing trademark lawsuits at the drop of a hat, how do you intelligently,
and safely, select a great domain name for your online business? A lot has
been written about this topic, some of it a bit forbidding if you are not at
least somewhat well versed in SEO or web programming. But have no fear - the
basic principles are simple and anyone can learn them. There are four basic
areas of inquiry you must approach to "get it right" in the domain selection
process:
"Relevance" refers to how predictive the domain name is of the content at
your web site. A domain name that is evocative of your site's content will
entice people to your site who have buying interest in your products
and services. One word, generic ".com" names are sometimes the best, such as
pets.com or insurance.com. These are very easy to remember and can be highly
relevant, but they are rarely for sale, and when they are, they command
sky-high premiums. But don't despair. In many cases, short 2-3 word domain
names can be even better, if they focus more accurately on your business
mission, and they most certainly will cost you a lot less. Although many good
2-3 word domain names have already been scooped up by domain speculators, you
can often negotiate a reasonable price for one of them. The basic idea is:
choose a domain name that is highly relevant to what you are selling. I'm not sure whether "Brand ability" is even a real word, but I like it and will use it here. Brand ability refers to the ability to build an effective marketing strategy around your site's domain name. There are basically two ways to accomplish this. One way, mentioned above, is to invest in a one word generic domain. This approach only makes sense if you can afford the high purchase price, and have a business model that is expected to benefit sufficiently from the premium domain name (i.e., generate very large incremental absolute dollar profits from the name). Such businesses are rare, and most often you will need to take a different tack. A good quality 2-3 word name, either completely generic (like bestdogfood) or partially generic (like jonesdogfood), will cost much less than it's premium brethren, and in many cases may be even more relevant to your business. The basic idea: choose a catchy name that is short and easy to remember. I'm pretty sure that "Efficiency" is a real word, so I use it here with no pangs of conscience. Efficiency refers to how effective your domain name will be with the search engines like Google and Yahoo. Domain names containing high traffic search keywords tend to get ranked higher in searches than those that don't, all other things being equal. There are some great keyword research tools on the web, such as WordTracker.com. Use these tools to find popular search keywords that are relevant to your business, and try to incorporate one of these words or short phrases within your domain name. "Legality" refers to being free of the risk of challenge after you register or buy your new domain. Many businesses trademark their business name, so if your domain name is identical or "confusingly similar" to a trademarked name, you could be challenged in court. After choosing a few candidates based on the first three general principles (Relevance, Brandability, and Efficiency), check out the trademark database at the US Patent & Trademark Office web site (uspto.gov). You can find out immediately if you are on shaky ground with any of your candidates. After culling out any offending names, you should have one or two great names to build your business around.
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10 Tips For Buying Domains on eBay
There are bargains to be had buying domain names on eBay. I buy a few every
week and bid on lots more. Here's a few tips for a successful domain buying
experience on eBay. 1. Know the Value of What Are Buying There are lots of resources on the internet to check the value of domains. If you are buying 3 character domains 3character.com provides a price guide each month. Another great source of historical price data is EBay itself. At EBay.com click on Buy tab. In the search box type in 'domain names' and click on the Search button. The brings up the following navigation: Computers & Networking > Other Hardware & Services > Domain Names > .com Click on the Domain Names link to get a list of all domain names. Now click on the Advanced Search link. Then next page click on the checkbox near the top that says "Completed Listings Only" and ensure that the 'In this Category' pick list reads 'Domain Names'. Now scroll to the bottom and click on the 'Search' button. You should now see a listing of recent selling items. The items in red are those which failed to sell and the green items are those which did sell. 2. Check Buyer Feedback After each EBay transaction both the buyer and seller are invited to rate the performance of the other. This provides a valuable rating tool that allows you be comfortable that the seller will carry out their oblgations after you pay them for a domain. On the far right of each EBay listing is a section that says "Meet the Seller". To the right of the sellers name is a number in brackets - this indicates the number of unique feedbacks by other buyer or sellers. Below this is the percentage of positive feedbacks. Personally I look for unique feedbacks of at least 10 and percent positive feedback of 100% or at the least in the high 90's. You can click on the feedback number to see the individual comments of other EBay'ers who have bought or sold with your potential seller. Of course you can never eliminate the risk that seller will not perform but knowing your seller you can signficantly limit the risk. I have done hundreds of purchases on EBay and my losses from non-perfoming sellers - less than a dollar. 3. Double check the domain extension If you want a .com domain make sure that check that its what you are buying. A few times I've read through the domain description too quickly and ended up buying a .net domain or .info domain when I thought I was buying a .com domain. Ouch! 4. Check for handling charges A few domain sellers charge a handling charge for transferring the domain to you. Read the EBay listing carefully to see if there is a handling charge. If there is a handling charge deduct this amount from the maximum that you are willing to pay for the domain. 5. Check the Registar If you have a favourite registrar where you want all your domains to be located make sure that the domain is already at that registrar. Or if you are willing to accept a domain at a different registrar - ensure that registrar offers a free push. Among the registrars offering a free push of a domain to a new account are GoDaddy, Moniker, ENom, Fabulous, Dotster, DynaDot, DomainSite and NameCheap.com. If its a different registrar make a quick check of the web site to ensure that a free push is offered. 6. Check the Expiry Date Once you buy a name you will be responsible for any renewals. Some sellers place names on EBay which are about to expire. You may still decide to buy but you need to be aware of the upcoming renewal fee. Best place to check both the registrar and the expiry date is a whois checker like Whois.sc or very often the registrar and expiry date are listed in the item description. 7. If it looks to be good to be true... If you see an ex |