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Best Practices for Registering a Domain Name for Your Business

BeingOptimist

There is a connection between a company domain name and increased SEO ranking, which many people do not see. This does not mean domain names directly influence SEO. However, developing a unique business domain name is essential to your SEO ranking. What Is a Domain? net,’ and ‘.org’

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Selling Your Domain Name with LeadRefs

Bill Hartzer

At the very top of the page you can put in a URL to check to see if a domain name is available. I got the error message “Our internal risk system has prevented us from finding leads for this domain due to its material”. Hopefully, the LeadRefs.com website will become a well respected place to buy and sell expired domain names.

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SEO Isn’t Dead. The New SEO

Firebelly

People who are aware of what’s going on with Google, but aren’t mired in the details of SEO every day may have heard the oft-used-but-incorrect phrase, “SEO is dead.” ” My utter contempt for any phrase that says “ is dead” notwithstanding, SEO is anything but dead. As far as I know.

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Search Engine Optimization Tip: Check the Whois on Your Domain Name

Bill Hartzer

This is only one SEO tip out of many search engine optimization tips I have been providing over the years. Technically speaking, Whois is is a query/response protocol which is widely used for querying an official database in order to determine the owner of a domain name, an IP address, or an autonomous system number on the Internet.

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How to Pick the Right Domain Name for your Business

Bill Hartzer

And when it comes to driving more traffic to your website later on, if you have chosen the right domain name then you will have a huge advantage over your competitors. , I’m the guest speaker on July 9, 2009 at Bido.com in their online chat area, come by and we can chat one on one about domain names and SEO.

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How to Properly Redirect a Domain Name and Get Link Credit

Bill Hartzer

I recently received an email from Duane Long asking a question about redirecting a domain name that he had recently purchased. He is trying to redirect the domain name so that he can get the proper link credit; so that the links from the domain name he bought is credited to his current, live website.

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Six Steps To Having A Successful Business Website

The Realtime Report

For your website’s domain name, you may want to register one that’s as close as possible to your trading name. A domain name which features your trade and location may help with the search engine optimization (SEO) for your site therefore helping your website appear higher in the search engine’s results.