What is Domain Name Backordering? Watch Out For This One!

IM Basics April 16th, 2008 Say Something (0)

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Your Domain becomes a very valuable asset as your website becomes more popular and traffic increases.
I just read this article about “Domain Name Backordering” and it made me stop and think about this…
The Article: What is Domain Name Backordering? Watch Out For This One!

It sounds like a service that SHOULDN’T exist, but does. Someone could backorder tons of domains for that one chance of someone forgetting to renew.
I have also heard as highlighted in this article that Google is looking at the length someone registers their domain. If you register it for 5 years instead of 1, they might bump your ranking a little for having more staying power. I don’t have any hard proof of this, but it’s a rumor and makes sense…
There are ways to protect yourself from this type of thing… ask your domain registrar what they can do for you.
Another thing to be aware of is that people have had their domains transferred away from them… make sure you have a “domain name lock”.
Just contact your current domain registrar and ask them what you need to do to protect your domain… or at the very least register it for more than a year.
Hope you’ve found this helpful!

The Beginning… Patience.

Internet Business April 14th, 2008 Say Something (1)

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I’m always running into keywords that Google won’t give a chance. I normally don’t waste much time with them and try to find other niche keywords and phrases… OR I take that keyword and tear it a part (misspellings, etc).

Sometimes depending on the keyword there is a lot of competition for that keyword… maybe Google has some sort of maximum that it will allow in one keyword market (someone else might be able to answer that better than me)… which is probably just as well because it would be tough to try and get on top of a pile of 50 or 100 other affiliates bidding for that same keyword.

So my first guess is that you need to research some other keywords and keyword phrases. Study your competition. There is a learning curve. I am just starting out, so I have many campaigns I need to set up until I finally find some profitable ones… Heck, I am still learning how to build landing pages.

Website Load Speeds

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Load Speeds are important… 20 seconds is a little high; but that’s about right for the size of your page. I try to personally keep everything under 12. Then there is no problem… Why take the risk of losing just a handful of visitors because of it… they could have put some money in your pocket.

What kind of files do you have on this page? Do you have a lot of pictures etc.? If you do, I would consider finding ways to cut those down…

Otherwise consider breaking up your page. There isn’t anything wrong with that… people don’t mind hitting a continue or “next page” button. Especially if they took the time to read the initial 32.5K… » Read More