I want to host a ToonTown fansite forum off of fatcow. I know fatcow has a very low price and all and you can get your money back after a certain period of time, but is it worth it? I am a kid. Also, my mom wants to see the website, which I’m fine with. There will be moderators and administators.
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Is Hosting your own website/forum worth it?
Sunday, May 2nd, 2010
Buy A Domain – Domain Names Can Be Worth Millions
Saturday, May 1st, 2010Buying and selling domain names as a Way to Make Money Online
A domain name is just another name for a website name such as EzineArticles.com is a domain name. It is possible to make money (a lot of money if you are successful) by the purchase and sale of such names. You are a commodity like anything else you can buy and sell. The goal when trading is, of course, buy domain names as well as the stock market – cheap and sell high. To> Sell a domain name costs about $ 10 if it is a dot-com name, and it has never been registered. How much you can sell for up to, is your ability as a salesman and a name, how good it is.
In the week ending 2 August 2009, for example – server.com for $ 770,000 and $ 100,000 will be sold for iguide.com – are the only two of the biggest selling points, there were many more that you can see in DNJournal. It is unlikely that these two names were purchased for $ 10, such as names and are often purchasedsold several times, but at some point in the past, someone she had registered for $ 10.
Therefore, you can either register a new name for $ 10 from countries like GoDaddy, or you can buy names that are already in the aftermarket at places like Sedo – zitbusters.com For example, a name that was registered for $ 10 and more not sold.
Stick to dotcoms. Dotcom domain names are by far the best investment, it is best to stay withThey, at least initially, rather than trying to some of the exotic extensions like. net or. tv.
All one-word dot-coms have been bought (unless new technoogies that no one has not yet been invented and) invented names. So it is best to look, well, two word dot-coms – words three names are not nearly as much.
For sale domain names are either the people must be made directly via e-mail, or a list of your names for sale at places like Sedo or contact Afternic, but it’s not as easy as it may seem, and does pretty much require a lot of thankless work.
The reward for the successful domain name trader can be very good – some portfolios of names, the hundreds of millions of dollars sold in the past. read more http://www.buyadomain.pannipa.com/2009/09/domain-names-can-be-worth-millions/
How do I find out what my domain name is really worth?
Saturday, May 1st, 2010An individual is offering me $12,000 for my domain name; he started at $2,000 over a year ago and has progressed to this point; and I don’t even know if he’s for real or not – never met him – just exchanged emails. I’ve had this domain name for almost a decade now. Its a “.net” with a 2 letter acronym.
How Much Is A Domain Name Worth?
Monday, April 5th, 2010
Great question. How does a domain name affect your Search Engine rankings? What actually contributes to the value of a domain name? Let’s take a look.
1. Type-in Traffic
Years ago, many people didn’t understand the difference between the URL (Uniform Resource Locater) or address of the actual website and the search window in Google. One goes directly to a particular website, like the address of a house. The other is an actual search. So people would just type in what they were looking for in the *address* field…i.e. “new shoes”. This is called type-in traffic.
This meant that if you were lucky enough to buy a domain like “newshoes.com” for around $7.00 per year, you would automatically receive a respectable amount of traffic to that domain…type-in traffic. This would make the domain valuable, as it could be parked or used for an ecommerce shoe store…traffic equals money.
It is 2010 now, people are more savvy. More people use the search window and they know that it is a search window. So, type-in traffic has diminished, not to mention that everyone is hip to domain ownership, any ones with any value have been bought up. Goddaddy.com even buys domains they feel will have high traffic and resells them to you and me at a premium price, this is a premium domain. By the way, they will quickly settle for 70% of the asking price if asked. Type-in traffic isn’t what it used to be and domains are more expensive.
Does it matter?
The short answer is “not much”. Content is still king. Google works very hard to return relevant, high-quality results for it visitors. Look at Facebook.com, Google.com, yahoo.com, the domain can be anything. Can it help? Absolutely. If your domain contains your keywords you will get a little more love from Google and the search engines, but will it make or break your website? No. Shorter is better, descriptive is better. I recommend considering buying a premium domain, it is a good start.
Domain name traffic
Listen, I have owned a lot of domains, upwards of 450 at one point. I have purchased premium domains, acted as a domain broker for my clients, parked domains at different domain parking services like sedo.com, parked.com and many others. I have struggled to optimize over 150 landing pages in an effort to make a passive income…all with not much success, except learning a lot about how domains work.
Look, there are many ways to measure traffic. All of my websites are built on a CMS and it has it’s own traffic stats. Well, I also use Google Analytics on all my sites. When I compare the numbers from both, they are different. There is no way to tell who is linking to your site, conclusively. There is no way to be 100% accurate on where the traffic is coming from. I have been a victim of a scam where you “purchase traffic”. The company explained that they had high-traffic websites…that were relevant…that you would get links from and traffic to your site. I found that that was not the case. Technically, I got traffic, but who knows where it came from. With all the traffic, I got not new customers and a very high bounce rate. The bottom line is: Don’t believe traffic reports, unless you are using Google Analytics and have personal access to the live Google Analytics account.
Old domains
One cool thing you can do is to check out archive.org . This site will let you see what a website looked like years ago. It will show you if there was a website associated with the domain you are looking at. If you want to see what your competitor’s site looked like back in ‘08 you can check it out. With old domains, you want to be careful. You want to know what kind of site it was, you don’t want to do a lot of back paddling in the first few months of your new domain/website ownership. Type in “link: yournewdomainname.com” in Google, and it will show you how many links point to that domain, same thing using Yahoo!, I use both.
Social Media
With the current trend of savvy marketers using Facebook and YouTube.com as main forefronts on their marketing campaigns, this gives domain names even less value. It actually reduces the importance of the brands entire website. Toyota recently closed a national ad by giving the address of their YouTube.com channel, not their website address. This direction both diludes and broadens the company’s marketing penetration, and for sure minimizes the impact of the domain on their website, as it would for any company.
Summary
Who is the best company to buy a domain from? Godaddy.com. A short domain is better, easy to spell, easy to remember. Remember, you may be giving your domain name address over the phone. It is ok to spend money on a domain, but be careful, negotiate, grind the dude down. If you want to know how drop me a line.
Martin Walker is the President and CEO of Walker SEO, an SEO firm based in Ontario, California.
I need subscribers ! Should I buy this domain name? Is it worth the price?
Monday, April 5th, 2010Hello,
I recently while searching for domain names on www.sedo.com came across a domain name which appears suitable to my nich. It is http://www.sedo.com/search/details.php4?domain=subscriberpoint.com&partnerid=14456&language=e Should I go forward and Buy it ?
Is it good? I don’t want to spend on domain appraisals.
Anyway’s would you buy it if you were in place of me?
Please be honest.
Walter Smith says Rangers fans’ ownership is ‘worth looking at’
Friday, April 2nd, 2010Walter Smith says Rangers fans’ ownership is ‘worth looking at’
RANGERS manager Walter Smith believes that a proposed supporters’ takeover of the club is worthy of consideration.
Read more on The Scotsman: Sport
How Much Is A Domain Name Worth? Part 2
Thursday, April 1st, 2010
There are many elements that have contributed to the value of a domain, and they are changing all the time. For the forseeable future, it appears that domain names will continue to rise in value overall and could be a great investment. In the past 11 years, I have owned and/or managed over 500 domains. By comparison, I am not a big player in the domain name game, but in my expenditures of both time and money, I will share with you what I have learned in my experience.
This article does not address websites, only and exclusively domains. This is important to note as many domains for sale come with a website and it is important to differentiate between the two, they are two seperate, independent things. It is also important to note that a domain names value can be strongly effected by it’s association with a website or not. Let’s say you see a domain name for sale, and it is only the domain name that is for sale, not the website, and a measureable amount of traffic is attributed to that domain. There may be a good number of incoming links to the domain as well, contributing positively to it’s value also. If you pull the site away you pull away the content, if you lose the content, you lose the links, you lose the traffic, you lose the value. Be very careful in purchasing a premium domain.
Some domain names may have had a website attached to it previously, but are independent now. You can see if a domain ever had a website by visiting www.archive.org “wayback machine”. If you purchase a domain that used to have a website you have to be careful of what kind of site it was. It may have been a complete disconnect from your business or vision of what the domain means. This disconnect could cost you thousands and take a lot of time to “undo”. Check the history of a domain name.
Here are some of the major contributing factors in domain name value. In informal order of importance and relevance to value.
Length. This is an old one and has not changed. The shorter a domain the better, generally speaking.
.com still rules. When you can’t find the domain you are looking for with a .com ending you may be tempted to go to a .net or .org, or God forbid a .biz, .us or worse. It’s not fair to say that you can’t have a great website with an extension other than .com, but I recommend going with a .com as SEO best practices. Sometimes you can buy your .com version as a premium domain, and it may be worth the extra money.
Existing traffic. This is a sticky one. This is what I addressed above. A domain name will only have traffic under 4 conditions:
Existing or previous content that attracted traffic
Incoming links that drive traffic and ranking due to “a.”
Fake or PPC traffic. Details of this is for another article.
Type-in traffic. Very hard to measure.
Brand-Match. This is one of the smartest ways to establish a good domain at a cheap price. You are able to choose any brand name you want for your product and many times able to find the .com version of it for less than $10.00 per yr. It is important to mention that when using this strategy you should support the domain with very a strong multi-media marketing campaign, the two work well together and increases your chances for success with both the brand and the domain.
Existing traffic to a domain is probably the biggest element of value. It can also be the most complex. Buying a domain that someone else owns is like buying a used car, but worse. There is no singular source for finding out the history of a domain like there is on a car, a VIN number. The only historical data you can find on a domain is very limited. There is no way to know what the previous owner did to drive traffic to that domain. It could all be legitimate but there are unlimited ways to drive fake traffic to a website. Fake traffic is invisible to a domain buyer and can also inflate the value.
Buying and transferring ownership of a domain is another thing and best fit for another article. This can be tricky and you can get ripped off easily if you are not careful.
Be very careful when spending money on a premium domain, I recommend using a professional domain name broker and dig up as much info as you can on the domain yourself.
Is it worth me buying a domain name with some good keywords in it to forward onto a site I own already?
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010I run a website on a certain topic. I have the option of purchasing a different domain name which contains some important keywords for the site I own. Would it be beneficial to my current site’s search engine rankings for me to purchase this additional domain and set it up so it forwards automatically to my existing site?
Thanks in advance!
Is Free Web Hosting Worth It?
Friday, March 5th, 2010
Even though everyone likes to get something for nothing, the truth is that when it comes to your web host, choosing the best host possible is important if you want your new online business or website to succeed. Web hosts provides you with the online space needed to upload your website, so choosing a host you can’t rely on isn’t worth it.
Unfortunately, most free web hosts are just that unreliable. Because free hosts can shut down in a moments notice, your site will become inaccessible and you will have to transfer your domain name to another host in order to get back online.
What is Free Web Hosting?
Free web hosting is free, sort of. To stay in business, free web hosts offer advertising space to businesses and others for a fee. As a result, when you sign up to receive space for your web site, you will have no control over the types of ads that will appear on your site. This can be very distracting to visitors and could damage your reputation as a legitimate business owner.
The biggest problem when it comes to using free web hosting services is that if the host doesn’t earn enough revenue selling ad space, it may shut down. This can happen at any time, so it’s important when choosing a free web host to find one that is profitable.
Domain Names
When you sign up to receive free web hosting services, your domain name will look something like this: www.thisismybusinessfreewebhost.com/myweb79864589.
If you’re trying to start a business, visitors may be turned off by your URL. This is because they know you’re not paying for web hosting and may wonder if you cut corners anywhere else as well.
While the Internet can be a wonderful place to buy and sell goods and services, consumers must be wary about identity theft, scams and other Internet crimes. A URL that’s connected to a free web host can signify to customers that you’re business is not legitimate.
Limited Storage Space
For those starting an Internet business, finding a web host that provides enough storage space for large media files, shopping cart software and other items is important. Most free web hosts simply do not provide enough storage space.
Creating Personal Websites
By now, you should realize that free web host services are not the best choice for business use. But if you want to test your website to see how it looks online or you want to create a personal website, free web hosts are suitable.
Even though you will have to accept the ads that will be placed on the site, if you just want to create a blog or share photos with family or friends, then a free web host is a cost effective alternative to paying monthly fees for additional space and features you may not use anyway.
In the end, when it comes to using a free web host, understanding your needs and weighing your options are best. For those starting a small business, opt for standard hosting services for the added security and features that can help you succeed.
Wondering whether a domain name purchase is worth it to make some money.?
Friday, March 5th, 2010Ok i’ve never did this before so thats why i’m asking questions but I have an idea and am looking for advice on whether or not to purchase a domain name to try and resell. Say I know of a company call Johns and they specialize in muffins. (these are hypothetical cause I dont wanna give my idea away). At the moment they own the domain johns.com but somebody else out there has johnsmuffins.com and just has one of those fake stupid google searches. Now say the company is changing its name jills. Well jills.com is alreayd taken but jillsmuffins.com is not. This is a growing company. Would it be worth it to take up that domain name? What would it possibly be worth? To try and resell it would I have to promote it or would somebody likely contact me? Advice would be awsome!