Nowadays, domain name speculation has become a very lucrative venture. Therefore, if you are looking for a specific domain name, there are chances that it has already been taken. This means that you might have to think of a different name or attempt to buy the existing domain name from the owner. If you opt to go with the latter option, here are some tips which will help you save money as well as time:
Category: Tips
Tips about managing a blog can be found within this category.
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How To Find A Quality Web Developer to Build Your New Website
Anyone who owns a business should have a website. It seems like a no-brainer at this point but you would be surprised how many small to medium-sized businesses don’t have websites (Yelp listings doesn’t count) in this day and age. So what’s the holdup you ask? Many traditional companies find the whole process of building and maintaining a website intimidating.
Because the internet is a relatively new thing (compared to older industries) and there are so many would-be experts it’s easy to see why someone who’s never dipped their toes in the digital water are a bit timid. There’s so many variables that go into developing a new website.
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5 Ways To Find Free Images For Your Blog
Here are five ways that you can get free images for your blog. People often pay for their images because it is illegal to infringe the rights of another person’s creative work. This means that if you use an image that belongs to another person then you can be sued. Some people sell their images and that is why some blog owners buy their pictures. Below are five legal ways you can get free images.
No method of getting free images is fool proof, so if someone sends you a message telling you to cease and desist then you should seek advice upon what to do next. This is especially true if you own the image, because it may mean that someone has stolen and sold your image to another person.
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The Pros and Cons of Using Keywords in Domain Names
To use a keyword in the domain name or to not is one of the age-old questions that people in the SEO world can’t really agree on. On one side we have people who would say that it is very important and as much as possible a must-do. The other half is convinced that this practice is overrated and is in fact not that helpful in increasing page rank.
The fact that Matt Cutts said in Google’s YouTube video blog that Google intends to reduce the importance or weight of keywords in domains as far as ranking is concerned further reinforces the belief of the latter.
On the other hand, it would also be foolish to completely disregard the benefits that one can get from having keywords in domain names. Any reliable SEO company or team knows that. However, they do have to weigh the pros and cons of incorporating into the domains of their websites the keywords they are trying to rank in because the truth is, there are also many websites that have become successful thanks in part to keyword domains.
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Websites For People Who Have Already Made It
When you look at all the people who work online and have websites, generally they will fall into only a few demographics. They tend to be young people, mostly male, who aren’t overly happy in their jobs and are trying to get out, or younger still who are trying to ‘make it’ online before they have to ever go into the world of work. These are the people who see working online as a chance to make their dreams happen – to make some money, maybe to get some fame and hopefully impress some girls/guys along the way too.
The good news is that if you know what you’re doing then this really is a way to achieve those things and there are plenty of examples of people who have – I’m not saying that you should stop chasing the dream if that describes you, rather what I’m doing is calling other people to join in.
Specifically I’m talking about the people who have already ‘made it’ – the celebrities, the wealthy business men and women and the people who were just fortunate enough to have been born with a silver spoon in their mouth. Why? Because those groups are perfectly poised to literally take over the web and to make it big time and if they aren’t acting on that ability then they’re currently squandering a position that most of us other webmasters would give our left leg to be in. Allow me to explain…
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Which Comes First – Company Name Or Domain Name?
Back in the days when internet was nonexistent for general people and businesses, you could pick any company name you desired. As internet became mainstream and not an exclusive tool of communication for federal agencies, the concept of domain names cropped up.
A domain name is just the name that embeds your website IP address and instead of a series of numbers appearing as the website, it is a proper name.
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How to Protect a Domain Name
The most obvious way is to keep it…but let’s not simplify the situation too much. In most cases your domain is something you rent. You pay a fee and the domain name becomes yours, but then after a while, this agreement to allow you to have that domain name expires, a bit like renting a house.
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3 Ways To Become Less Dependent on Google Search
When you compose a new post for your blog, what’s the first thing you have in mind? Is it your readers? Or is it Google? It’s a sad reality of the modern web that bloggers cater to the whims of Google, often to the detriment of their readers. They stuff their article with keywords and mind every little link, lest they find themselves not ranking in the top 10 for high-volume keywords. But you know what?
You can’t blame them
The incentives are there. Google is the world’s biggest traffic referrer. Bloggers need traffic, and so catering to Google’s rules can pay off. Unfortunately, at the same time it can create a poor experience for readers.