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Types of Domain Name Extension

admin — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:36:31 +0000

Now what about the end extension in a domain name! Most people using the internet will assume a domain name ends with the extension .com. while I think it is fine to purchase another extension like .net or .org. The price of a domain name is really quite inexpensive so you might want think about getting the same domain name with the .org and .net extensions. You might start doing great on your affiliate site, traffic is good, and life is good. Someone might come along and buy the .net and .org extension of that same domain name and take some of your hard earned traffic.

.com extension is the most popular and most widely used; represents the word “commercial.”
.net extension is mainly used by internet service providers; represents the word “network”
.org is usually used by non-profit; represents the word “organization”
.biz represents the word “business”
.info is considered a credible resource site; the word represents “resource”

.mobi = mobile
.us = American web sites
.cc = Coco’s Keeling Islands
.bz = Belize (sometimes if a small business might use this extension if they can’t get .biz)
.tv = media
.vg = British Virgin Islands
.ws = Western Samoa (but is sometimes used as an acronym for “web sites”)
.name = Personal use
.co.uk = United Kingdom

A lot of thought should be put into choosing the right domain name. It will make optimizing your site for search engines that much easier.

Domain names with hyphens

admin — Thu, 14 May 2009 03:58:23 +0000

I have been researching domain names with hyphens – should we use them or not? I can’t find any major search engine with statements regarding they like or do not like the hyphens or dashes. Over the years spiders have become smarter, they are able to parse through words with or without hyphens to make sense of the word.

The only reason I can see why you wouldn’t want to use a hyphen in your domain name is the simple fact that it is hard to remember. When someone is trying to remember your domain name they might not remember exactly where to put the hyphen. If they put the hyphen in between the wrong words or just leave it out there is a possibility of ending up on your competitor’s site. So if you have a business card, or you are telling someone hey check out my site. Maybe a hyphen isn’t the best way to go for the simple fact they might not remember exactly where that hyphen goes.

Now if you are an affiliate marketer it seems to me your real target would be well anyone. So your main goal is to bring in as much traffic to your site as possible by really promoting your site. You want to end up on the first page preferably the number one spot of the search result for your particular niche. So in my opinion I don’t think it matters, but will do some more research on it.

Keyword in domain name

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:10:47 +0000

Now that you know you want a domain name which domain should you pick? You should give this a whole lot of thought! You want your domain name to be easy to remember, something that reflects what and who you are, what you are doing. Think about how someone would search for you on the internet. Think about which keywords someone would use to find you on the internet.

There are lots of free tools to help you understand what someone would search for. Keyworddiscovery is a great tool. If you type in the keyword chocolate you will get a large list of keywords related to the word “chocolate” You will also see how many times all the words related to chocolate were searched. Very helpful tool!

Also you will want to go to Google and type the keywords you found in quotes. So try typing “chocolate” you get 23,500,000 results! Now that will be hard to compete with. Not to mention the domain name “chocolate” will already be taken. So you are going to have to be imaginative, make it catchy and easy to remember. Try something like “chocolate mousse recipe” which produced only 33,400 results. You want to try to keep get your results to fewer than 10,000. The lower that number is the less competition you will have with that keyword.

So really pay attention to the keyword in domain name. You are going to want to spend sometime on this. This is the first thing people will read, it will be the name associated with your email accounts. So have fun and be creative.