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Where can I register a domain?

Where can I register a domain?

There are several domain registrars out there. The best thing to do is look on the web and compare prices so you get the best value for your money. The best thing would be to search for something like the top 10 domain name registrars and go from there.

Tip: Register your domain name, preferable containing your keywords.

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Choosing a Topic

Ok, lets begin at the begin at the beginning. What will your site be about? Is it going to be a personal website? Something you are passionate about?

Remember that to make real money from your site there should be a strong demand for your site content or the product/service and if possible with little or no competition. These are referred to as Niche Websites. To read more about Niche websites click here.

Here are some ideas

  • Blogs
  • Personal Websites
  • Corporate
  • Ecommerce

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Getting Traffic to your Website

There are several different methods and types of web advertising:

Search Engines
Search engines can help you find what you are looking for on the Web.  To search you enter one or more keywords into the search box and press enter. The search engine will come up with a list of links to pages that contain one or more of your chosen keywords. So it’s important to submit your site in search engines. If you have ever performed a search then you will know that search results will bring up thousands of pages. Only the first 3 pages are likely to be viewed…that’s the first 20 - 30 entries listed in these pages. The point here is that that Search engine submission alone will not drive enough traffic to your site? If your site does not appear on the first 3 pages then you need to do more to market your site.

Directories - Get Listed on DMOZ, Yahoo and More
Its crucial you submit your site with popular internet directories like Dmoz and Yahoo. This is important if you want a good Page Rank on your site because a link to a page counts as a vote of support. Dmoz and Yahoo are the two popular directories you will definitely want your web site listed in. They can bring you lots of traffic and its easy to get listed. All you have to do is go to their website and choose an appropriate category to submit to and simply follow the online instructions for submitting your site. The best part is its FREE!

Link Exchanges - Add your URL to increase your links popularity
This is where you agree to link to someone else’s site if they agree to link to yours. Exchanging links with other sites is the most effective means of advertising for FREE. Basically the more links you have to your site, the more traffic you will have and it will help you to achieve higher page rankings in the major search engines and directories. You have to be careful here and not just submit to any site. Here are a few guidelines:

  • Theme: is important. The site you are exchanging links with should have the same theme as yours. For example, if your site is about hosting and domain names then look for link exchanges with hosting and domain directories.
  • Page Rank: the website should at least have some Page Rank.

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What is Page Ranking

Page Rank is Google’s measure of the importance of your page. The higher the page rank the better. PageRank is also displayed on the toolbar of your browser if you’ve installed the Google toolbar (http://toolbar.google.com/). But the Toolbar Page Rank only goes from 0 – 10. In short Page Rank is a a bit like a “vote”, a vote that’s made by all the other pages on the Web, so basically the more votes you have the higher your page ranking is. A link to a page counts as a vote of support.

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What is Google Adsense

Google AdSense is a quick and simple way for webmaster and publishers no matter what sort of website you have whether it be a personal site or a professional/business site, to display relevant Google advertisements on the content of your website for free and earn money doing so. It really works and so many web plublishers out there are using it on their sites as a way of making money. What’s great about the ads is that they really help vistors on your site find what they are searching for because the the ads are related to what your visitors are looking for on your site. For this reason it is important to use effective keywords, description and page title which we talk about in SEO.

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Google Adsense

Google Adsense is one the great ways of making money on the web and it’s so easy to sign up and implement anyone can do it. It doesnt matter what type of website you have, whether it be a professional, business or personal site you can display Google Ads on your site on any content pages for free.

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Tips for hosting ads

  • illustrate the ads where the user can see them without scrolling down the page.
  • Create pages that are simple and doesn’t have too many banners and flashy images/logos
  • Experiment with different kinds of ads, size and colours - what looks and fits best on your site
  • Theme is important - try choose banners that fit your theme. For example if your have a hosting site then choose banners that are about hosting as your more likely to get clicks on those.

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Paid Advertisements

When you place paid Ads (advertisement banners) on your website, you get paid each time someone clicks on an ad or each time an ad is shown depending on your agreement with the advertiser. There is no cost to you for hosting the ads, but in order to maximize your proceeds its importance to learn the rights and wrongs so you get the full benefits from these ads.

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Affiliates Programs

What is an Affiliate Program? It’s a program that allows websites to sell a product on a commission basis. So basically if you are an affiliate of a web design company, what happens is that for every online customer they get though a link from your website to theirs, you will receive a commission. How much commission you receive depends on the company but its usually 20%.

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E-commerce

If you are a specialist in a certain area and want to sell your products, offers online, then you can. For example if you know enough about website hosting and domain registration, then you can make it a business and take it online and make money. If your now questioning, how? or you just don’t have the time or the technical expertise to create a professional website, then don’t worry because you can easily get FREE website builders online.

They will help you and walk you through creating a professional website capable of selling any product or service and you wont have to spend and money. Alternatively you can you can get someone to build the site for you in no time at all. Most of them will offer you this option.

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