Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Acquiring Domain Names For Private Or Commercial Use

By Phil Guye


There are several methods for you to go about purchasing website name for your internet business or for your personal online blog. Video marketing is one way to promote your domain name. In case you have a personal blog you can simply use the free websites at Wordpress or Blogger and use your own name. If you are starting a good internet business, though, that is not the technique you should utilize.

When you get a website name you actually own a tiny piece of internet 'real estate'. As long as you don't break any regulations you can do whatever you want with that website. In the event you rely on the free websites you will end up at their mercy. That could not seem like a big issue right now but if you build up a very profitable online business and Google (who owns Blogger.com) decides that they don't like something you do, they can shut your website down with no warning. Think about what it would feel like to go to bed one night with a very successful internet business only to wake up the next morning to find that your website is gone! If you think I'm just being paranoid you must ask around in the discussion boards online and see if that has took place to anyone. Since it costs only around $10 to get your own domain name, it's just not worth the risk.

The next thing to consider for getting website name is what should your name be? The best way to answer that is to do keyword research and compile a list of keywords related to your niche market that get high monthly searches. With your keyword list in hand head off to some internet domain name registrars like GoDaddy.com or NameCheap.com. Once there, you merely go down your keyword list until you find a domain name available.

So, let's imagine you have a keyword that is "make money online". You would likely go to a domain registrar, type in the phrase "make money online" choose your extension (I personally think it's ok to use either a .com or a .net) and see if that domain is available. If it is you just have to check out, and it's yours. If you want to purchase a domain name that has already been bought by someone you can go to domain auction websites and then try to buy it there. You can expect to pay more since the domain name has actually been online in most cases and will already be generating traffic.

But, since it's already generating traffic this is usually a fantastic way to jump start your company, so it's not all bad, if you can pay for it. Purchasing domain name for your online business really isn't difficult or expensive. To find the biggest bang from your website name just follow these simple tips. When you use a genuine keyword for your domain name you will get many free traffic and that is always a nice thing.




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