Before
You Register a Domain Name
For Your New Online Business...
Copyright
2005 Gerardas Norkus
http://www.netmarketingstrategies.com
Recently
I
made a mistake that may cost a great deal of traffic to my new web
site.
Let me
explain...
I studied so many books about Internet marketing over the last couple
of years that I decided to start a new web site, and share my knowladge
and
experience with other fellow Internet marketers.
Since I read lots of information about search engine optimization
(SEO), I intended to optimize all of my web pages for search engines
from the
beginning on, expecting Google to be my number one source of traffic in
the near
future.
I did an extensive keyword research using WordTraker, made a blueprint
for my product and article pages, and the time has come to choose a
great
domain
name for my new project.
I went to GoDaddy, the famous domain name registar, tried this and
that, and finally came up with a beautiful domain name related to
Internet
marketing - netmarketingstrategies.com
You probably know that Internet marketing is a very competitive niche,
so I was glad that this domain name was still available. I registered
it
immediately.
My site was up and running in 48 hours. Now I needed some fresh web
content, and to get indexed by major search engines as soon as possible.
So, I spent a week or two writing search engine optimized content for
my new online business.
I usually don't submit my new web sites to search engines for indexing.
I prefer when my sites are found on other web sites and get spidered
automatically.
One of the easiest ways to have a link to a web site from other sites
is by writing and distributing high quality articles. So, I wrote an
article about
two-tier affiliate programs and submited it to major article
directories.
Within a couple of days I searched for my article title in Google and
noticed that it did great. Publishers liked my article and they were
publishing it on
their web sites and newsletters.
I expected my home page to get indexed very fast.
Time went by.
Each week I searched Google to see if my site has already got indexed.
It didn't.
I decided to see if my domain has been spidered by other major search
engines. Yes, both Yahoo and MSN got it. So, what went wrong? Why
Google won't
index my home page?
Here's what I think went wrong: my further investigation showed that
the domain name had already been used by another webmaster and had been
expired
half a year ago when I registered it. It seems that the previous domain
name
owner was using unfair search engine optimization strategies and his
web site was
banned by Google.
I sent a request to Google explaining the situation and asking to lift
the ban from my web site. I am not sure if they will listen and help me.
I am ready to register a new domain name in a few weeks time if I still
cannot get my site indexed by Google.
So, don't make the same mistake I did... If you intend to optimize your
new web site in order to receive traffic from Google and other search
engines,
make sure to check out if a domain name you've selected for your online
business
is not banned by Google before registering it.
Gerardas
Norkus has been marketing online since 1997. Take advantage of his
battle tested Internet marketing strategies that could quietly make you
huge profits every single month. Take his 7-part e-mail course at:
http://www.netmarketingstrategies.com
