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Help! My Business Sucks! #43 Andrew Lock

www.helpmybusiness.com Episode #43 – Money Sucking Big Businesses, A Question About Domain Registration & Web Hosting, How To Have More Time, And a Big Lesson From CountryWide Mortgage Company

How Web Hosting and Domain Registration Help in SEO

When we think of search engine rankings, we consider all aspects of SEO. Right from keyword research, meta tags optimization and link building to SMO services, we lay all our efforts in the right direction. Many-a-times we don’t even shy away from spending a lot on these services. But when it’s about ‘Web hosting’, our general tendency is to avail some “cheap web hosting” services. It is indeed a good marketing effort not to spend so much on a service which can be done on lesser prices. And many-a-times, cheap prices don’t mean cheap and inferior services. But not always! Besides, bad web hosting can also negatively affect your website’s ranking. How? Read on…

The chances of diminished SERP rankings in this regard are often with Shared Web Hosting. As in Shared Web Hosting many websites are shared on the same IP, it becomes increasingly important to check which websites are sharing your server. Many a times, the so-called “cheap web hosting service providers”, in a quest to earn huge profits, host few unethical websites on the shared server system. And if any of those websites are banned by the search engines, due to any reason what-so-ever, it is likely that your website also gets listed in the ‘Banned Websites’ category of the search engines.

Many search engines blacklist few sites like those of casinos, adult sites and porn sites. When the crawlers are made to visit such banished sites, they track the host server and IP address, and ban them. Unfortunately, if your website is enlisted on the same shared server, chances are that your site gets banned too.

Most obviously, the web hosting companies would deny hosting such sites. It then becomes your responsibility to select a right web host company. Give a thorough check to the company’s credibility; see its client base and fan following, and don’t forget to read its ‘terms and conditions’ policy.

Similarly, while selecting a Domain name for your company, you should keep the SEO factor in mind. If you are a florist based in New Delhi, and want a website for promotion, it’s better to take an .in domain, which speaks your identity.

Buying and Selling Domains: How the Business of Names Can Help You Earn Profits

Who would have thought that money could be made from names? With the advent of the Internet, industry regulars slowly realized the gold mine sitting literally under their fingertips in the form of domain names. These days, buying and selling domains has become a real business, with some highly sought-after names selling for five-digit figures. The domain name ClearDay.com, for example, reportedly sold for $60,000 while Mercury.com made a lot more — $700,000. Think there’s a market out there for your domain name? Here’s how you, too, can make money from a name:

Find domains that you can sell later on.

Generally, people who buy or ‘grab’ domain names don’t really have industry-specific monikers in mind. If you like jewelry, for example, you don’t have to stick to buying domains such as PreciousGems4U.com or SparklingJewelries.net. You can pretty much pick any name that strikes your fancy and then buy it.

However, paying for names that won’t sell later will considerably drill a hole in your pocket if you’re not careful. You could buy dozens of names for a small fee but if you’re not going to use them or can’t sell them later, what’s the point of grabbing them, right?

Do a search on domains that have a potential or those that have shown some sort of following in the past few months. Use the Alexa toolbar to find out which domains or sites are these. Look for names that have registered a minimum of 1,500 to 2,000 hits 30 to 60 days prior to your search. If you’re willing to pay more, look for domains that have registered five-figure hits because that’s an assurance that these domains already have a strong following. You can either sell the domains back to their former owners or have interested parties bid on them. Either way, you’ll profit from your efforts.

Automatically bid on domains.

You can’t always spend hours online searching for domains to buy. Try online grabbing systems that let you automatically bid on domains you’re interested in. Sites such as Pool.com and Snapnames.com are just two of these sites. You’ll pay them a fee if they successfully grab the name on your behalf.

Get your domain name listed.

Before you can sell your domain, you have to be registered. That’s how you can be ‘legally’ recognized. Getting the name registered also bestows upon you the right to claim it and if you so wish, sell it later.

Registering a domain name may be done for a limited period of time, usually as short as 12 months to as long as 10 years. Beyond the chosen period, the registration expires and you can choose to renew it and continue to claim ownership over it. Or, you can choose not to; at which point the domain name will be made available to another buyer. This is where you can sell the domain.

Register a potentially valuable domain.

Many people scour popular shows and events to try to find out which personalities, events or gadgets are developing a following. If you’ve been watching shows such as American Idol, for example, and you check out sites that register domains, you’ll find a few that are familiar. This is because some people will try to register a name of some rising star who will potentially become famous enough to want to build his own website someday. Since his name is already registered, he will want to buy it back and thus earn the investor a nice profit.

If you don’t mind speculating, this may be a good route to take. Just remember, though that it can go either way in which the domain name gets sold or it gets ignored.

Build traffic to your domain.

If you want to take this route and build your domain from scratch, prepare to work. If you have a domain name that you created by yourself or bought, you need to make it valuable to potential investors. Offer high quality content, build a reputation, link up with quality sites, allow your visitors to interact using your website. Once you start appearing on major search engines’ radar and gain a good following, you raise the value of your website and your domain. When the time is ripe, you can then sell that domain for a nice, fat profit.

Will You Help Me? I Want A Free Web Host To Practice Joomla / Wordpress!?

I have just discovered joomla and wordpress. I have been messing around with wordpress on their site but would rather host it myself. Also when I was youtubing for tutorials on it I kept seeing joomla in results, when I read up on it I saw it looked GREAT! but it seems I need to host it somewhere to play with it.. unless they so a similar thing to wordpress that i missed!
I would like to know where I can get some free space … i tried 000webhost before, it was ok, i tried again in last few days and these errors keep coming up when i make a new account as i have NONE.. so i need somewhere similar to them.. i’m not too bothered about ads as it is only a practice but i would prefer none or very few.. i couldnt deal with all around the place full of ads!!
what do i need to look for when i am doing my searches to be able to host joomla AND wordpress? if they offer fantastico? cpanel? php? mysql? all? some? just one? you see I need help??
also i dont mind what kind of domain name i get with the free space.. it can be a really long useless one for now for all its worth. when i am done practicing I will then start looking for a paid host… not for a while tho!

Help With Fraudulent Creditor – How Can I Check, What Is My Recourse?

I have been contacted by a creditor — which is odd because it is a debt that was transferred out of my name after my divorce.
But… they had all my info — name, SS, address (an old one though) and former place of business. I asked them to send me e-mail out lining the debt. I received an e-mail and after an hours worth of checking I have found out that:
No company by that name exists in the city listed in the e-mail.
The domain name on the e-mail address does not go to any website
The address listed for them is, in fact, a restaurant
My gut reaction would be to tell them to screw off but if by some slim chance this is legitimate, I need to know that (to deal with my ex wife on the matter). What is a hard and fast way I can verify if they are a legitimate company or someone who has gotten ahold of my credit information is just trying to scam money out of me.
Interesting note: when I got on the phone with them, I was not arguing at all, or disputing anything… and they just kept dropping the number — from 2,300 to 1,500 to 900 to 600… and honest to go, I was saying nothing to prompt them to do this.
Any thoughts?

Who Can I Trust To Help Me Sell Three Extremely High-valued Domain Names?

I have three of the most highly-valued domain names you could ever imagine. I need someone who really knows how to sell domain names, to help me sell them. Maybe it’s you? Or maybe you can direct me to the right person or company. They have to be both good and trustworthy. Thank you for your help.

Need Help With Rare Domain Names?

ok so i think i found a rare available domain name it is 3 letter but is .org. I know that 3 letter domain names are worth alot but would a 3 letter domain name for .org be worth alot

Website Help. Marketing Affiliates Etc?

I’m about to launch a classified website
My business adviser is through the enterprise but he is not an (IT) expert
I have purchased the domain name for my classified site with go daddy and the site is about ready to upload to the servers, I was wondering if anyone can kindly offer me some help on how to make a good amount of income from this website and how to best market it etc.
I have a Google Adsense account, plus Bidvertiser and I’m now an affiliate for commission junction and Clickbank.I am willing to join any other affiliates ppc advertising etc to enhance/boost revenue.
I have already seen leads in my cj account from another website I have that is a niche community site that has been going for just over a year and has 765 members to date. Its kind of like a mini Myspace/Faceparty with the option for members to upgrade their accounts to premium.profile uploading, pictures videos blogs etc
I am very enthusiastic flexible and learn quickly.
Below is a link of the sort of website I am going to launchhttp://www.shoofi-mafi.com/en/index.php
Obviously my site will be for midlands (uk) members but the above link is an idea of how the site should look and feel.
I shall also be adding forums for members to interact more and so enables me to build up an email database for newsletters
I shall be offering incentives to advertise by way of cash prizes this way hopefully boosting my traffic to the site
I’m fed up of trying to search for IT help just to be told to click on links to peoples sites which is obviously in hope that you will click their ppc adverts or buy an expensive ebook from them and gain them money.
Please could someone train and mentor me to success, (IF) I can only make a small amount of money from this one site I am prepared to copy the idea to other areas of the UK to gain more revenue.the sky is the limit
Thanks for reading this article and please buzz me for advice and if you would like to be my mentor.
I look forward to hearing from you savvy clever IT folk in helping me on this journey
Does anyone know if its possible to make a reasonable living just off one or two of these types of websites if the marketing is done correctly etc
thank you for your time
Kind regards

Can’t Connect To My Other Computer Through Remote Desktop. Please Help.?

Hello. Please help.
I can’t connect to my other computer through the Remote Desktop.
When I type my other computer’s full name (example: enriquepc1) or when I type the other computer’s IP address as suggested by the Help button (example: 192.253.7.100 found in my Local Area Connection) it still doesn’t work.
Both computers are setup to allow the remote connection.
Am I using the wrong “IP address”?
Maybe I should use the “static” IP address? if so, where do I find it?
I heard about using the computer’s DOMAIN NAME or “dns” I guess, where and how do I get this dns?
Is it provided by my internet provider? Or do I request it?
My internet provider is COX.net
Does this mean I should type (for example) enriquepc1.cox.net? I did and it still didn’t work.
I don’t know what else to do.
Would you help me?
The computer I wanna access to is Windows XP Media Center Edition. The one I open remote desktop connection is Windows Vista Home Premium.
Thanks,
Enrique.

Freewebs Hosting. Help Please?

Freewebs offers users to upgrade to their premium service and give you your own domain name if youre paying yearly. I want to do that, but would they still let you edit your website on their website? Please answer <33