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Do You Make These 6 Domain Name Mistakes?

ProBlogger

I’m regularly asked about the mistakes I made when starting out with blogging and the first two words that usually spring to mind are ’Domain Names’ Most of the early mistakes I made (and some of the more recent ones) have revolved around domain names. Not Getting My Own Domain Name.

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7 Deadly Blog Writing Sins

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

In fact, not only does your blog need to stand out from the average ones that are popping up every day, but you also need to compete with established blogs, with their loyal fan bases, that have been around for years. One tip i can tell you about the Domain Name, Choose a Keyword and select.COM,ORG,NET.

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70+ Resources on How to Start a WordPress Blog

Kikolani

It is also great for socializing and building your own community. This includes the following steps: Choosing a domain name; Registering that domain; and. You do not “purchase” a domain. You register the domain. Choosing a Domain Name. Registering a Domain Name.

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The Social Side of Brand Management

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

How great is it to have your customers competing to provide your business with free word of mouth marketing? If you want to have a rounded approach reputation management, you are going to want to own the first page of search results for key reputation keywords, such as your name, your name plus reviews and your name plus complaints.

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227: 3 Travel Bloggers Share their Stories and Tips

ProBlogger

In doing research, I knew I couldn’t compete with the big travel sites like TripAdvisor and Booking.com. Building that community early on was very powerful. To that tip there of checking your domain name that it’s on automatic renew, please double check that. I didn’t have much money so I did it all myself.

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Q & A: How to Solve Every Blogging Problem You’ll Ever Have

Viper Chill

The difference is that it may be a lot harder, and take a while longer, to find those 5,000 people and introduce them to your community. But there it is, growing at an extremely profitable rate, competing with some extremely well established brands and companies with huge marketing budgets. Was it the first fast food chain? The second?

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Conquering Big Industries: My Bulletproof SEO Strategy

Viper Chill

Less competing sites on the first page = more clicks on you. SuzanneVara Reply Glen says: July 20, 2010 at 8:57 am Thanks Suzanne, It’s great to have you as part of the community. As long as it’s till under the same domain name you’ve still got your main page ranking well but now you also have your blog.