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Domain Names for Sale: Why You Should Buy a Keyword Rich Domain Name

Bill Hartzer

One of the best kept secrets of the search engine optimization and search engine marketing industry is the expired domain name auctions that exist out there. If someone does not renew their domain name, it is frequently put up for auction on by the registrar itself, like Godaddy. Sure, you may have an existing website.

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Domain Name Appraisal Services and Domain Name Values

Bill Hartzer

Now, Leapfish has brought back a popular feature of their site, their domain name appraisal service. Type a domain name into their search engine and they will attempt to put a dollar figure on it, telling you how much it’s worth. How much would that domain name make?

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One Site Fits All or Better Having Microsites?

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And definitely avoid reciprocal links as that is an obvious indication of potential link farms. Each microsite would be looked at by search engines as a new site, which means you will need to do everything you would normally do for a new site such as creating back-links and all other problems associated with domain development.

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How Not to Increase Online Credibility: MediaPost Fail

Bill Hartzer

Is that MediaPost graphic claiming that the home page of Aldi’s is a Parked Domain Name? Rather than doing some simple research by Googling Aldi to get the facts right, the image used in the story is a graphic/screen capture/thumbnail image of Aldis.com , a domain name that is not owned by Aldi Foods.

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Google Issues Search Engine Optimization Report Card

Bill Hartzer

First off, I’m very happy that they are aware of the 301/302 redirecting issue and can handle it when we redirect our domain names or URLs from an old URL to a new URL using a 301 Permanent Redirect. Definitely a fail. That’s one reason why I’m glad that Bing is going to be powering Yahoo! Search soon.

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Search Engine Optimization Horror Story Contest Launched

Bill Hartzer

Well, if you have an SEO Horror Story to tell, then you will definitely need one of these search engine optimization tools or access to the great SEO information that you can get. In fact, most likely, once you registered your domain name, all the major search engines have visited your website within one week.

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Analysis: Revealing the Highest Earning Blogs that Sell Advertising

Viper Chill

The fresh content – even though it’s a minimal amount – definitely seems to be working and I’m sure they’re benefitting from those affiliate links where applicable. Domain Age: March 2009. Also interesting is how many top rankings they have for all of these blog posts. Ad Units: 2. Who.unfollowed.me