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Yes, You Can Use Hyphens in Your Domain Name: It Makes Them Easy to Read

by: Syd Johnson

Most of the desirable oneword, twoword, and threeword dot com domains are taken. However, if add plurals and hyphenated terms, there is still some gold left in the domain name game. If you find that you need or want to use a phrase or a compound word with two or more words strung together, you can use hyphens. All of the search engine robots read a hyphen as a blank space so you don’t gain or lose anything when you use hyphenated words.

The most important reason for using hyphens is readability. Your keywords are ranked by robots. Your website is read by human beings. If your domain name is theanythinggoesguide.com, it would be much easier to read it as Theanythinggoesguide.com.

A domain name as well as an online business is a long term proposition. You might have to put a bit more effort into your upfront marketing efforts, but don’t be afraid to use hyphens in your domain name. If it’s easy to read, memorable and enhances your online image, hyphens can add to the lasting appeal of your domain name.

Remember that the purpose of the domain name is to make sure that customers remember your web address when they need to get information or buy a product. Anything that is easy to read easily wins out over a long jumbled mess of letters.

About The Author

Syd Johnson is the Executive Editor of RapidLingo.com, Financial Solutions Website. You can see more articles at http://www.rapidlingo.com.

This article may be freely distributed as long as the authorกs bio is included with an active link to http://www.rapidlingo.com.

This article was posted on October 29, 2004

by Syd Johnson

My Top 7 Favorite Ecommerce Tools

My Top 7 Favorite Ecommerce Tools

by: Jim Edwards

When you make your living on the Internet, you sometimes forget that the resources you use every day (and take for granted) might rate an incredible discovery to anyone who doesn’t already know they exist.

Whether they help you make money, save time, save money, or avoid frustration, these ecommerce tools and services rate my highest recommendation for anyone who conducts any form of ecommerce online.

ClickBank.com

If you sell a downloadable product such as an ebook, report, or software, you can’t beat ClickBank for processing credit card payments. Not only do they take the payments and send you a check twice a month, they also plug your product into an existing network with tensofthousands of affiliates who can sell it for you. Also, unlike a traditional merchant credit card processing account, ClickBank assumes all the fraud risk and prevents many of the กhorrorก stories you hear in connection with online credit card processing.

MySiteSales.com

Since ClickBank only allows the sale of downloadable products, MySiteSales.com comes to the rescue for anyone selling a physical product or service. Offering a suite of integrated product catalogs, follow up autoresponders, advertising tracking, a secure server, and even limitedtime coupon offers, this tool rates a กmust haveก for setting up and integrating a professional ecommerce solution on virtually any size website.

Aweber.com

If you need an unlimited number of follow up autoresponders and the ability to send an email กbroadcastก to all your contacts at one time, Aweber offers an excellent managed solution. Specializing in helping small to mediumsized Web businesses implement an effective email followup strategy without complicated software, Aweber gets our highest marks for service and dependability.

GoDaddy.com

Cheap, reliable, easytouse domain name registrar that only charges $8.95 per year for each domain name you register. Godaddy rates cheaper and just as, if not more, reliable than any other domain registrar. They also offer a กprivate registrationก option that allows you to keep your identity as the domain owner a secret from unscrupulous people who exploit domain name records to compile mailing lists, spam databases or worse.

FrontierPowerHosting.com

Any successful ecommerce endeavor begins with a solid website hosting service. Nothing shuts you down faster than an unreliable web host because, the second they go offline, your business goes offline. I host one of my servers at FrontierPowerHosting.com because of great customer service and guaranteed uptime.

ClipArt.com

Ever pulled your hair out searching for that perfect image, photo, or piece of clipart for your website? Once you exhaust the Microsoft collection on your computer, the next stop (if you want to find something fast) is Clipart.com. With thousands of images searchable by keyword, you can always find the perfect image in less time and without the worries of copyright infringement if you just pull something off the Web.

Google.com/Adsense/

Website got traffic but no making much money? Open a free account with Google AdSense and earn a commission any time someone clicks on any of the targeted ads. An excellent way to earn extra cash on virtually any website.

Copyright 2005 Jim Edwards

About The Author

Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the creator of an amazing course that will teach you stepbystep and clickbyclick how to finally create your own moneymaking minisites… Get a FREE Copy of The กMiniSite Secretsก Audio Right Now Click Here => http://www.MiniSiteCreator.com

This article was posted on August 13

by Jim Edwards

A Winning Domain Name

A Winning Domain Name

by: Debra Gravelle

The domain name is one of the most important decisions you will make when trying to win over the search engine dilemma. Try using at least one of your best keywords within your domain name.

The search engine and the directories give higher preference when your domain name is relevant to your site content or theme.

Let me give you an example of three different ways you could look at your domain name and how the major search engines will view them for indexing.

www.trafficnmore.com

www.trafficNmore.com

www.trafficNmore.com

Which one would you have chosen?

www.trafficNmore.com, Right!

The search engines may not necessarily see it that way.

Even though trafficNmore.com is easily understood by the eye of the visitor, the search engine will not see the difference between trafficnmore.com and trafficNmore.com.

Both are good ranking for a site dealing with traffic issues.Even though you have the approval of your visitor looking for your information, you could get a higher ranking with the search engines by using www.trafficNmore.com and still keep the eye appeal for your visitor.

Here is why.

The hyphen breaks up a longer domain name to reveal the major keywords that describe your website content or theme. This makes it easier for the visitor to understand and most importantly allows the search engine to detect your keyword for indexing right off the bat. Cool, huh?

Moral of the story, give your visitor a break, be nice to the search engines and theyกll be nice to you and give you lots of reoccurring traffic for free.

Debra Gravelle

Free Traffic. Free Download.

http://www.trafficnmore.com/toolbox.htm

[email protected]

About The Author

Debra Gravelle has been a business consultant and planner for 22 years.

This article was posted on March 21, 2004

by Debra Gravelle

ข7 Incredibly Simple Ways To Profit Wildly From Pu

ข7 Incredibly Simple Ways To Profit Wildly From Public Domain Materialข

by: Ewen Chia

If you’re in the business of marketing online, a major portion of your income will come from your ability to deliver quality content and products to your market.

Now, besides creating these yourself, one of the quickest and cheapest way to acquire all the content and products you need is in the public domain.

Whatever your requirements, you can find almost anything in the public domain. Examples include texts, audio, images, stock video, music and software…which you can flexibly use in whichever ways you want!

A word of warning though…

While a large portion of this material is กfair useก, not all the works entered into the public domain database are clear of copyright restrictions.

A true public domain work is information open to the public for use, including copying, distributing and modification at no cost. Currently works published 75 years ago are considered to be public domain, while those published from 19241963 may be public domain IF the copyright was not renewed.

I would highly recommend reading the public domain FAQ pages at these websites first before you use any material:

http://www.gutenberg.org

http://www.pdimages.com

http://www.pdmusic.org

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books

However if you desire an easier and quicker method of monetizing the public domain, you will be amazed at what you can do at ==> http://www.miniebook.com/files.htm

Assuming you now have all the public domain content you want, the million dollar question is:

กHow do I truly monetize them to create longterm profit streams?ก

The answer is in these 7 simple methods:

Method #1: Kick Start An Information Empire

How many mini sites in a week can you set up to sell infoproducts that has already been created for you? Itกs a nobrainer.

Public domain provides the perfect opportunity for creating an empire of super profitable mini sites that can each make money on autopilot for you. Itกs really a numbers game…

If one mini site generates a conservative $300 per month, ten of these would mean a nice income of $3,000 every month! What if you just concentrate on getting the formula down to a science and duplicate these mini sales machines every day? Think about it.

Apply this concept to auction listings and you can also create a fortune with public domain and eBay.

Method #2: Churn Out Complete Niche Websites

Split up public domain material and use them as pages of targeted niche content for your website. Itกs a simple idea but hardly anyone exploit it.

All you do is select relevant public domain books and break them down into instant content. With a little SEO skills, planning and targeted keywordbased public domain content, you can spit out new websites that ranks highly in the search engines overnight.

This is a better solution and enhancement to automated site creation tools, which being essentially carbon copies of each other, have high risks of being banned.

While it takes work, this is one quick way to develop new niche sites on demand. You can then profit from them using Google Adsense, affiliate programs and advertising revenues. This method can also be applied to blogs.

Method #3: Get Traffic With Viral Lead Generators

A proven way to generate free and highlytargeted traffic is to create lead generating mini ebooks and make them viral. This is a strategy I reveal in detail in ขMini eBook Secretsข at ==> http://www.miniebook.com.

Basically public domain material can be fully or partially used as content for your mini ebooks, which you simply create and give away to bring back traffic to your site. Adding a viral marketing effect to your mini ebooks will explode your traffic for life without any cost to you.

Not many people are using public domain in this way and itกll be highly profitable for you to do so.

Method #4: Followup For Maximum Profits

Itกs a proven fact that following up with your prospects through an autoresponder sequence or ecourse is bound to increase your sales. This is where you can use content from the public domain to great effect.

If you can cut and paste, you can create a quality ecourse with public domain works. Itกs as easy as it gets.

Method #5: Achieve Instant Recognition And Credibility

This one is good split the public domain bookกs content into hundreds of articles with YOUR name and resource box on them.

Then simply submit these กinstantก articles and sit back. Your personal branding and name recognition will skyrocket beyond belief! Youกll also receive credibility and expert status with your articles, provided they’re good.

By the way, get this free report to populate your articles on thousands of sites and ezines:

==> http://www.instantmarketingsecrets.com/lifetime.htm

Method #6: Create Multiple Products At Lightning Speed

Have you thought about repackaging and creating different products out of public domain material? Just changing the format can vastly increase the perceive value and worth of the product.

You can take a public domain book and split it up into modules, create audio recordings or market it as a paid subscription newsletter for tons more profits than just selling it as a single ebook. Just changing the format can vastly increase the perceive value and worth of the product.

Another idea is to combine a few books with a common topic as a themed package. You can then sell resale rights to it and generate instant backend cash. Or create a highticket item by combining manuals, audio and dvds together.

The possibilities are huge!

Method #7: Use Them As Special Bonuses

Public domain material make excellent bonuses for your main product when you’re looking for increased value. Other uses of bonuses include:

As extra incentives for your affiliate promotions; as incentives for publishing articles; or even for a simple purpose like clicking to a site. You get the idea 🙂

Apply these 7 methods and your traffic, sales and income will surely surge.

If you’re ready to profit wildly from public domain material, check this out now ==> http://www.miniebook.com/files.htm

Copyright 2005 Ewen Chia

About The Author

Ewen Chiaกs Free Secret Manual กWeb Money Formulaก Reveals How You Can Start Making Quick Cash Online In As Little As 7 Days…Even From Scratch!

Click Now For Instant Download:

http://www.InstantMarketingSecrets.com

This article was posted on April 06

by Ewen Chia

Internet Marketing In A Room FULL Of Naked Men!

Internet Marketing In A Room FULL Of Naked Men!

by: Willie Crawford

NO, thatกs not one of my secret dreams 🙂 Itกs an observation that you need to make. Years ago, I read Harvey MacKayกs fantastic bestseller, Beware The Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt. I really enjoyed the book and even sent Harvey a note. He sent me an autographed copy of his book กSwim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive.ก Itกs one of my most prized possessions but back to the naked man…

When you surf the various websites offering advice and information products teaching you how to earn an online income, it becomes glaringly obvious that many people who created these products haven’t done what they teach! They are in effect, กnaked men offering you their shirts.ก

Anyone just starting out online can understand why this happens. If you put up a website on making money online, and you admit that you haven’t made any yet, people will realize that you have no useful advice to pass on. To avoid this consequence, beginners often กfake it, until they make it.ก

One of the reasons many online marketers never กmake itก in the first place is because they ARE following the advice of กnaked men.ก They are absorbing, believing, and then reteaching the conventional wisdom so prevalently shared in the internet marketing arena. The consequence is that not only does the creator of the info product fail, but so do all of his mislead followers.

We have two problems within this situation. The first is, กHow does a beginner establish himself as an expert if he has achieved no major online marketing success?ก The answer is that he creates a product in an area that he IS an expert in or that he has very thoroughly researched.

The beginner can also very easily create a product by interviewing or partnering with someone possessing the knowledge or skills he lacks. I sort of touched upon this in another article I wrote entitled, กDon’t Pretend To Be An Expert, Become One.ก That article is available on my website at:

http://williecrawford.com/articles.html

The second problem is in knowing who is genuine and who hasn’t really learned the ropes yet. My advice to many of my clients is to fully check out anyone before following their advice. Simply go to any major search engine and enter their domain or their name. Visit many, MANY of the sites that are listed as featuring something related to this socalled expert. This will give you a very good feel for who you are really dealing with.

If sites about them contain testimonials, contact some of the people providing the testimonial… especially if something doesn’t quite กfeel right.ก Thatกs right… Iกm advising you to trust your instincts.

Another way to easily check out someone is by using a website called ‘the Way Back Machine.ก This website visits sites scattered across the internet and takes a snapshot of them. So if someone tells you that theyกve been in business for 5 years and you see that their only website is barely a year old, run away very fast and don’t look back!

The way back machine can be found at: http://www.archive.org/web/web.php

If you enter my url, http://williecrawford.com in the search box, you will see that it offers snapshots of how sad this website looked beginning in 1998. Prior to that time, all of my websites were selfreplicated websites offered by various affiliates programs, and websites built on free hosts such as FreeYellow, Angelfire, Hypermart, Webspawner, and about 30 others 🙂

To digress just a little, I purchased my own domain name when someone responded to one of my posts in Links Exchange Digest insisting that I would have a lot more credibility if I got my own domain name AND ditched the Hotmail account. I kept websites on free hosts for several more years, but finally started really listening. People were telling me that using a free hosting company… building and promoting their domain, was just bad business. When I listened and took their advice, thatกs when things REALLY took off for me.

Iกve just pointed out to you a way to avoid the naked man look. If you are a beginner, get you own domain… one with a url that is easy to remember and that suggests what your business is all about. My domain name, WillieCrawford.com was a poor choice in many ways, but over the years it has developed a very strong brand. My second flagship domain, Chitterlings.com, was a better choice since it centered around กsoul foodก and the name was easy to remember to anyone familiar with that category of cooking.

Another way for beginners to avoid pretending to be something that you are not, and build online credibility, is simply to market other peopleกs products. If you want a higher than normal commission either approach them about joint ventures, or obtain reprint rights to indemand products. Don’t waste your time and resources promoting products that there is no demand for. Many reprint rights that are offered for free are priced that way because the owner of the product couldn’t sell them 🙂

The benefit of obtaining products that are proven sellers through reprint rights is that you often get a tested website that will generate a steady income for you if you just drive traffic to it. Itกs really easy, but again, you have to make sure that the product is one that is worth the effort. The criteria that I use and suggest you use is, ask yourself if you would purchase the product at the price you plan on offering it for. Also read the template website being offered and notice whether or not it gets you really pumped up. If not, look elsewhere.

I do recommend that you eventually develop your own product or service. However, that may take some time. In the interim you need to establish a professional business thatกs built on quality and integrity. Avoid coming across as a fake or กnaked man.ก Also beware of those who have to fake it until they make it. You know and appreciate that we all had to start somewhere. Most of us could not afford to buy a huge, thriving web business, so we had to start from meager beginning. Just look at my websites in The Way Back Machine for proof of that 🙂

Copyright 2004 Willie Crawford

About The Author

Willie Crawford has been teaching others how to build an online business since late 1996. Frequently featured in radio, magazine and newspaper articles and interviews, Willie teaches the average guy what the top marketers are doing but seldom talking about. Willie provides detailed how to information in his newsletter, through his personal coaching, and at his annual how to workshop. Learn more at: http://InternetMarketingHowToWorkshop.com

This article was posted on March 25, 2004

by Willie Crawford

What Is A Domain Name And Where To Register?

What Is A Domain Name And Where To Register?

by: Michael Kralj

A domain name is an alias for an IP address. Now what is an IP address? An IP address is a numeric code that signifies where to look through the Internet for content. An example of an IP address would be 22.226.141.25. Rather than typing in a long and easily forgotten IP address, a domain name helps you by typing an easily remembered name to access the same site.

For example, www.domainsatretail.com is a domain name that points to a specific IP address. People can remember a domain name such as www.domainsatretail.com much easier than they can a long numeric code.

Domain names are everywhere as many use it everyday. Think of search sites. Google and Yahoo both have corresponding domain names www.google.com and www.yahoo.com. If you have ever sent an email you have used a domain name. For example when sending an email to [email protected], sympatico.ca is the domain name.

Now that we have a better understanding of domain names, we need to know which domain name to pick and where can we register it. The domain name chosen for a web site can be a very important decision of marketing your company on the Internet. Its quite easy to just say pick a catchy domain that everyone will remember to use and you are set. In most cases it is that simple and you are set on your way to register the domain. However, at times the domain name you want has already been taken. And then you must think of a secondary name that you wish to use that will be just as catchy as the first.

OK, now you have picked your domain name you want. What is next? You need to choose a registrar for you domain name registration. There are many registrars who sign up and are available for the year, but you get no service from them whatsoever. Here are two domain name registrars that I would recommend for completing your domain name registration.

1) Domains at Retail – my own registrar that registers domain names. We provide great service and have 24/7 customer support. .com domain names are normally on sale for $8.75 US / year, however they are currently being run on promotion for $7.95 US / year. Visit Domains at Retail at http://www.domainsatretail.com for Cheap domain registration and excellent customer service.

2) Domains at Cost – excellent registrar with very competitive prices. I use this registrar for my .ca domain name registrations and renewals. They offer an excellent price ($14.41 CDN per domain name registration) and I am always able to get someone on the phone and my questions answered. Please Visit Domains at Cost at http://www.domainsatcost.ca for .ca Domain Name Registrations!

Good Luck with your domain name registration process and your start to your online marketing!

About The Author

Michael Kralj

Michael Kralj is owner of Emenki Web Solutions and Domains at Retail.

Emenki Web Solutions are web site designers and programmers based in Hamilton, Ontario, providing businesses with an informative and strategic approach to establishing an online presence on the web.

Please visit Emenki Web Solutions on the web http://www.emenki.com

Please visit Domains at Retail on the web: http://www.domainsatretail.com

[email protected]

This article was posted on September 05

by Michael Kralj