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7 Ways To Maximise Checking Domain Name Availability With Expired Domains

Posted in General on June 30th, 2009 by imr – Be the first to comment

Check Domain Name Availability Video

So you are in the market for purchasing domain names so you can make your first million (or two) on the internet.

Before you rush out and register that new domain I am going to suggest that you consider an alternative, an expired domain.

An aged/expired domain is a domain that has previously been registered by someone else, and that person or company has, for whatever reason decided not to renew it.

Sometimes the reason is simply that they forget.  There was a famous story a few years ago when a important domain passport.com owned by Microsoft was forgotten about when it came time to renew the registration, meaning it became available for anyone to re-register.

This guy did just that with this domain, but luckily for Microsoft this guy did the right thing and gave the domain back to them (I think Microsoft paid him a small sum to cover the registration).

Other reasons for failing to renew a domain might be that the company that owned the domain went bankrupt, or they maybe transferred the business that used to operate on that domain to another one.  In fact there are a multitude of reasons why domain names do get forgotten about.

So what are the advantages for you re-registering an aged domain?

1.    Links – Most domains, particularly those domains that have been promoted heavily in the past and not just had no promotion have other domains pointing to them over time, and these backlinks form a vital part in determining how well the website will rank in the search engines for particular keywords.

2.    Page Rank – As a result of these links, many of these aged domains will have existing page rank.

3.    Age – As a general rule the search engines give more authority to domains that have been continuously registered for a longer time than other domains.

4.    Web site Visitors – Many domains will have established web traffic, with visitors arriving to that domain on a regular basis, often as a result of previous campaigns completed by the previous site owner.

5.    No Sandbox – New domains are once in a while placed in a “sandbox” where they will not rank as well as older domains until they have proven themselves to the search engines.

These are probably the most attractive factors to consider when re-registering an existing domain versus registering a brand new domain.

There is an very important distinction you should understand between an aged/expired domain and a deleted domain.

An aged or expired domain name has the existing age kept.  For example if I registered a domain three years ago and then did not renew it and you come along and re-register it, then effectively the domain is still 3 years old and still has all the advantages of that age in the search engines.

If however, you re-register a deleted domain, then effectively you have registered a BRAND NEW domain.  You will still be be able to use any links, page rank, and traffic, but your domain may be fall foul of the sandbox, and WILL be treated as a brand new domain by the search engines.

So the key is to purchase the domain before it is deleted by the domain registrar.  There are a number of websites with free search capability available that you can use to find aged domains or expired domains.

Just do a search in google for terms such as aged domain finder or something similar.

These websites will often even allow you to search for domains and return information about the age of the domain, existing page rank, number of links, traffic, and even allow you to use the wayback machine (a catalog of all web pages at various points in time) to see what content was on the domain in the past.

Some of the better services will offer the functionality to search with keywords as well which is a very powerful feature.

You see domains often rank better in Google if they contain one of more keywords relating to the particular niche you are involved with.

For example if you are selling products for cats, then if you have the word cat or cats in the domain name this will help you rank even better than domains that do not have this (if everything else is equal).

When you are searching for an aged domain please check out the free  how to buy domain names tool.

Essential tips to purchasing aged domains

1.    Try and get a domain at least 5 years old (the older the better, this is a minimum).

2.    Aim for As many backlinks as possible (although this is not essential).

3.    A domain with existing page rank is not necessary but a bonus if you can find it.

4.    Existing web traffic again is not necessary but is a huge bonus.

5.    Make sure the domain has at least part of a keyword relating to the niche you are going to use the domain in.

6.    Check the history of the domain to make sure you are happy with the old content that has been used on the domain previously.  Bad content may have blacklisted the domain in the search engines.  Many services allow you to search for this automatically.

7.    Optional: Use a service that allows you to search closeouts.  These are really cheap domains usually costing only $5 (plus standard registration fees).  Wht buy premium domains if you do not need them?  You do not need to spend much money to find domains that have most of the items discussed above.  In fact only recently I purchased a 10 year old domain, with 200+ web visitors per day and 1000 links for just $5 !   

Buying expired domains can really give you a legup on your competition, and if your smart and use the right websites, and look for the right type of domains, it need not be an expensive exercise.  Isn’t your internet marketing worth spending an extra $5 to get an aged domain so you can take advantage of all these factors?

Auto Responders: Great Marketing Techniques

Posted in General on June 28th, 2009 by imr – Be the first to comment

The Internet offers many means of affordable marketing with auto responders.. Here are a a few of popular ways of using them.

DIRECTORY
Most webmasters set up link or article directories on their sites. Usually they create a directory on a specific industry topic , placing their own ad or banner along the top. Then they invite others to add their website links via a link exchange program, listing themselves in your directory.. Or they invite articles to be submitted that includes a resource box at the bottom of each together a link to the author’s website. This results on increased web traffic as sites link up across the World Wide Web. Enter “link exchange software” or “article directory software” into a favorite search engine for help with each.

TEACH A COURSE
Some marketers write up a simple step-by-step instructional class in their area of expertise. Then they simplify it into smaller portions or messages and set them up in an auto responder as email messages, including short ads within each message to get more sales and website visits. Then they invite website visitors to sign up through on online form or email subscription address given through the auto responder service. As more peopls sign up, they will learn more about all the products and services offered through the teaching series.

Instead of publishing all of your customer testimonials or endorsements on your website, just publish a small portion. Set-up an auto responder form that invites visitors to receive a complete list via your.Give them a complete power-packed list; it’s more effective to include all of them. Mix and match. Change your auto responder strategy to change your auto responder results!

Collect vital customer satisfaction information by giving out a survey thru an auto responder to those who sign up on your site in exchange for a free eBook, software or trial period at your membership site.  This information will help you understand their needs, likes & dislikes better

Auto responder marketing techniques are just like a good fashioned seo services with a great professional website design and good flow of web traffic: they both can do your internet marketing business good.

Finding OFFline Customers ONline

Posted in General on June 27th, 2009 by imr – Be the first to comment

Does ONline marketing work for OFFline businesses?

The vast majority of marketing research proves that Internet banner ads are very ineffective. Internet classified ads also seem to be impotent. The most effective type of advertising on the web is — far and away — the simple, unobtrusive textual link. Banner ads are viewed as nothing more than blatant  promotion and web site visitors are put-off by such blatant commercialism. On the other hand, when web site visitors read an “in context” or “contextual” link, they perceive this much like a personal recommendation from a friend or business superstar. These tendencies are even more exaggerated in a small city like Charlottesville, VA.

A properly set-up and marketed web site offers area businesses a very inexpensive yet highly effective way to…

* promote 24/7 without the high prices of print ads
* update information as needed not when your ad contract is up!
* get ahead of area competition who refuse to leave the offline advertising world
* encourage and develop the relationship you already have with current clients
* encourage repeat purchases/contracts
* solidify client lifetime loyalty
* build new customers

That is… if you go about it properly… You simply need to know how to market your offline business online.

If you go out for dinner or enjoy seeing a very well-done movie, don’t you want tell all of your friends how outstanding it was? Sure you do! We all do this. It’s instinctive.

The lowly text link influences us in the same way.

For example, the next two sentences use several of the internet’s most competitive keyword phrases, yet neither seems to be a blatant advertisement: “In my opinion, the absolute best internet marketing services in Charlottesville, Virginia, can be found at Top Rated Web Pages, a small locally-owned business. I have found their SEO service (Search Engine Optimization service) to be outstanding and, as the company name suggests, “top rated” in all respects.”

Online Marketing For Local Businesses

Trying to figure out online marketing for local businesses is, for most business owners, a lot like black magic, where merchandising wizards cast spells upon web visitors to create uncontrollable desires on them for certain products or services. In a college town like Charlottesville, Virginia, finding experienced marketing help can be difficult at best. Even though Charlottesville — the home of the UVA — is a genuinely sophisticated and hi-tech university town, qualified online marketing services could be difficult to come by. Fortunately, the experts at Top Rated Web Pages are there to help!

Search engine spiders, also know as robots or bots, enjoy gobbling-up internet content, and so do your online visitors. Content is one of the most important facets of attracting the multitude to your internet site, and helping them to ascertain the value in what you are offering. The question you need to ask is: “How could I generate visitors who will come to my web site to check-out my content?” Search engines are the absolute finest place to begin because they thrive on the same thing: CONTENT.

Therefore, if you want to put up top rated web pages, simply provide the search engines what it is they’re hungry for — content! The search engines will, in turn, give their visitors what they’re hungry for — content!

Finally, you’ll get what you want: a LOT of visitors — IF you understand how to find Internet Marketing Services.

Top Tips to Writing Effective Surveys

Posted in General on June 27th, 2009 by imr – Be the first to comment

How to create a survey using Survey Galaxy

Designing surveys is easy; isn’t it? The reality is that writing surveys is easy but writing surveys that will be effective is a little bit more difficult. The following tips will help you with your survey questionnaire design so you can write more effective surveys.

1. What is the purpose of the survey?

Surveys and questionnaires are conducted for many reasons. By correctly phrasing the questions and structuring the answers surveys can be used in a multitude of ways and for a variety of reasons. When compiling a survey don’t lose sight of its purpose.

2. Title the survey

The survey title is a golden opportunity to instantly summarise a survey’s objective and encourage respondents to participate. Respondents are going to invest time in completing the survey so make them feel that their investment is worthwhile.

3. Don’t make the survey any longer than it needs to be

Every question asked should be asked for a reason. Concentrate on the ‘need to know’ questions and minimise ‘nice to know’ information.

4. Use plain English, maintain consistency and avoid terminology, acronyms and asking questions that could result in ambiguous answers

Be careful when wording the question. If a question can be interpreted in more ways than one then there is a risk that any analysis of the survey results will be worthless or at the very least suspect.

5. Avoid long questions

Use succinct sentences wherever possible. Long questions can lead to a higher level of incidents where respondents abandon a survey.

6. Ask one question at a time

Avoid confusing the respondent with a question like ‘Do you like tennis and football?’

7. Do not influence the answer

Do not load the question. ‘Should irresponsible shop keepers who sell alcohol to children be prosecuted?’ is unlikely to have any value.

8. Ensure that the answer format used allows the respondent to answer the question being asked

Ensure that the respondent is able to answer how they really feel or they may abandon the survey. As a last resort consider the benefit of including a “Don’t know”, “Can’t say” or similar response option.

9. When you are compiling your survey consider how you will analyse the results once the survey has been published

Appreciate that questions that allow for a free text open ended response is likely to be difficult to score and/or summarised. Consider how the answers could be grouped. For example “Indicate your length of service?” – ‘less than 3 year’, ‘between 3 and 8 years’ and ‘more than 8′.

10. Ensure that the questionnaire flows

When asking questions group the questions into clear categories as this makes the task of completing the survey easier for the participants.

11. Target your respondents

Sometimes you will want to target a specific group, in others a cross section. If you can’t easily control the respondents consider including questions/answers that will allow you to filter out respondents that don’t match your target profile.

12. Allow respondents to expand on their answers and/or make comments

Allowing the respondent to make additional comments will increase their satisfaction level and will also give valuable feedback on the specific questions and/or the survey as a whole. Remember that for large sample collections that free text open ended responses may be difficult to analyse.

13. If you are conducting a confidential survey ensure that your pledge for confidentiality is upheld

If you have made guarantees to the respondents that the survey is confidential you need to ensure that the individual data is not shared with anyone or used for any other purpose. Confidentiality must be maintained and any contact information deleted after the survey is complete.

14. Weigh up the advantages of allowing respondents to be anonymous or identifiable

If your respondents are to be anonymous then you will be unable to follow up specific complaints or match “pre” or “post” surveys. Allowing respondents to remain anonymous will however allow respondents to respond without possible peer pressure.

15. Carefully consider the best response format

Maintaining a consistency in the format used for responses is good practice. When creating your survey keep in mind that when analysing the data radio buttons are easier to analyse than check boxes that offer the respondent multiple responses. If a radio response can be used do not use a check box.

16. Provide the respondent with an estimate as to how much time the survey will take to complete

If the survey appears to be a stream of never ending questions then respondent drop out can occur. It is a good idea to give an indication as to how long the survey is likely to take so the respondents can choose the best time to complete the survey.

17. Inform the respondents of the survey end date

Try and encourage your invited respondents to complete the survey as soon as possible but advise the respondents of the survey’s end date so that they have the opportunity to schedule the necessary time.

18. Pilot the survey

Before publishing a live survey publish the survey as a trial to check for questions that are ambiguous or confusing and to ensure that the survey is aesthetically pleasing.

19. Before publishing the survey check the survey carefully

Carefully check and then check again that the survey is grammatically correct and makes sense. If possible get someone else to proof read the survey before you publish, if no one else is available then take a break before checking again.

20. Thank the respondent

To complete surveys respondents have to devote their time and should be thanked either in a covering letter, at the end of completing the survey or in a follow up letter. You may even want to consider an incentive such as a reward of some sort.

To get started there are numerous survey software websites to choose from.

How To Make Cash In A Down Economy

Posted in General on June 27th, 2009 by imr – Be the first to comment

Seeing how the economy has taken a nose dive, you’d be hard pressed to locate someone that has not been affected. No matter if it is a family who’s been laid off or a person who’s company has shut the doors, nearly every person has some story to tell about the poor economy.

The economy has cuase a flood of people of people heading to Net to discover ways to earn money so they can make it from one paycheck to another. Before, these people have never thought about making extra money because they had more than enough to make ends meet. Times are tougher. Nowadays many people are finding ways of earning extra income from the Internet. If you’re in this situation, don’t fret. It’s easier than you might think.

I’ve outlined some ways anyone can get out and extra money on the the Online marketplace. You won’t get rich but perhaps you can afford groceries or make that mortgage note before lose the farm.

Online auctions. Ebay allowed many ex workplace workers and other people to obtain money by auctioning off on the World Wide Web. Some great sources of stuff to sell are Craigslist, garage sales and estate auctions. Make sure you know what the stuff is worth before buying it though!

Free Online Classifieds. Craigslist is a free Web bazaar that lets members to post items for sale or to just get rid of it. A lot of people are building full time incomes by going around and picking up stuff other people want to get rid off. You can then go home and put it back on the Internet for sale or list it on another classified Internet site.

Nearly every person knows how to create a craft or two. Etsy is an Internet auction site for consumers to hawk their crafts. Scores of desperate families are scoring some major income auctioning off crafts and craft supplies on Etsy.

Become an Expert at what you know. Do you have a special skill that others want? There are places on the Net that are always looking for freelancers. People with computer skills or technical knowledge of a program like Excel or MS Money can locate these profitable jobs. Freelance writers are also in great demand. To find these jobs, just search in the Services section of Craigslist or visit the Marketplace section of DigitalPoint forums or Sitepoint forums. Many people are earning a good income providing their services to others.

It doesn’t matter if you think you know nothing, there is a way for you to make extra money during this time of economic recovery. Just get out there and apply yourself and search for the opportunites. You never know, you just might find something that you love doing and find out just how much people will pay for your knowledge.

 

pay per click firm

Posted in General on June 25th, 2009 by imr – Be the first to comment

adwords

Although there are dozens of pay per click search engines sharing the market, only some of them truly enjoy success and huge numbers of users, and here we can count Google Adwards, Yahoo! Search Marketing, MIVA, 7Search, ABC search and so on. Let us take a look at these giants that serve the world wide web on a daily basis thanks to the service necessities of millions of advertisers and Internet surfers who prefer online transactions over real-life ones.

Google AdWords represents by far the largest and most comprehensive of pay per click search engines as the advertising capabilities it offers users make an epitome of high quality standards. Once you have an account, the ads management as such can be completed in five minutes. Moreover, with Google AdWords one has free access to the advertising tutorials, some great tools for the Internet business newbie.

Then, there comes Yahoo! Search Marketing with a product unparalleled by other pay per click search engines: the possibility to create sponsored links on search engines page results. The huge benefit of such links is that they are visible to over 80% of the Internet active users, as they become available on Yahoo!, MSN, Altavista, ESPN, Excite, CNN, Infospace and on several others. Such a form of product promotion can be a gold mine and you can start using it right away.

MIVA network is another name worth mentioning from the list of top pay per click search engines; there are around two billion queries performed each month which is more than enough to justify the position of the network. An ad posted on MIVA will be displayed on sites like InfoSpace, World News, Cnet.com and on lots of other web pages that belong to the network. With MIVA the user has the freedom to decide how much he/she will pay for a key phrase or a keyword.

7Search and Search123 are other pay per click search engines worth mentioning. They are both targeting small businesses with a reduced budget that lack the means to pay ten cents per visitor. From the same financial perspective, Search123 has its advantages since for an initial $50 deposit when you sign up you receive an extra advertising budget of $20.

However, such practices of encouraging advertisers are not singular and they are encountered with other pay per click search engines like ABCSearch for instance. Businesses often prefer working with several search engines at the same time as they thus boost up the chances of making more money.

The Journey To Marketing Success

Posted in General on June 11th, 2009 by admin – Be the first to comment

Go to IM Remarkable

Currently, there are thousands of online enthusiasts
who are taking the plunge and joining the community
of affiliate marketers.  With e-commerce booming,
and the internet dominating the business world,
becoming an affiliate marketer is a very wise choice.

To be successful with affiliate marketing, it’s always
best to learn the basics of the affiliate marketing
business, then realize what sacrifices will need
to be made for you to accomplish your goals.  To
get to the top of affiliate marketing, you’ll need
to make the necessary sacrifices.

Before you join any type of program, you should
learn as much as possible about the company.  It’s
actually very easy to research companies, as search
engines are easily the one of the most primary
sources for information.  To be on the safe side,
you should ensure that the program and company has
been operating for several years – which can be
easily and properly verified.

If the company has just started, make sure that
the owner has good credibility.  Although becoming
an affiliate marketer doesn’t have to be a complex
task, you should always use caution.

Many individuals are under the impression that you
can earn a lot of money with affiliate marketing
and not have to invest a penny.  Even though
the majority of these programs are free to join,
you’ll have to invest money at some point in
time during your affiliate marketing career.

More than likely, this money will be used for
advertising and the promotion of web sites.  In
most scenarios however, the amount of money spent
will be earned back with a little bit of time.

Making it as an affiliate marketer will take
time, effort, and a lot of hard work.  The more
of these qualities you put into your business,
the greater the success you’ll achieve.  You
should always be willing and ready to stick with
your program to build up your earnings.

You’ll also need to design a variety of different
strategies and methods, which range from creating
web sites to product promotion.  You’ll also need
to advertise, as well as keep in constant contact
with your affiliates.  You should be ready to
put in the most time during the first few months
of your program, as once your network begins to
get established, your work load will lighten.

Even though the system of affiliate marketing
may seem overwhelming at first, you should realize
that you are surrounded by online support.  A
lot of the individuals who join affilate programs
are new to the business.

Many organizations and companies have around the
clock support forums and customer support for
those affiliates who need advice or assistance.
A lot of web sites are equipped with e-books,
tutorials, articles, and tips that will make your
quest of becoming an affiliate marketer a little
bit easier.

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