The Major Things to Know About Web Hosting
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The definition of web hosting is when an organization provides a service where people can have their own online internet identity. It is a service that allows organizations and individuals to post their website or web content on the internet and is often provided as part of a general internet access plan; there are many free and paid providers offering these services. Hosting companies have their respective servers and disk spaces that act as data centers; the files relating to your website are stored in there, waiting to be retrieved when someone decides to check what your site has to offer.
Many beginners start by using the free hosting services that are provided by many internet service companies; while they will have access to email facilities, basic websites and blogs, they will have to pay for a full service provider. For more storage space, better email facilities, sub domains and more you really need top look at paid web hosting plans; this is particularly pertinent for business customers.
Paid hosting packages vary enormously so don’t be surprised about the difference in prices; the best thing to do is sit down and work out exactly what your primary requirements are and then check out one of these hosting comparison websites.
In the early days you may be quite happy to have your files on a server which is shared by many others while you try their hosting services. However, it is often a good idea to see if the company is reliable before this more costly option of a dedicated server is taken. A web hosting plan is no good unless you have a registered domain to use, then you can use this in conjunction with the storage space to save your files, website etc. Files include web pages, images, audios, and videos, to name a few and normally, you will be provided with storage space of about 1Gb although the limit is continually rising as storage costs lessen.
When you have a paid web hosting package it will allow you to have an email address using your domain name unlike those that are offered free with the likes of Google, Yahoo or MSN for example where their name is at the end of the email address. People who are serious about their internet presence will want to have their own identity and to prove the point; you will never see a company using someone else’s domain in their email address. Then you have bandwidth, which refers to how much data is being transferred over the internet, this is something that many people overlook simply because they’re enamored with the low prices of hosting packages and don’t consider how quickly bandwidth is used up.
Insufficient bandwidth will cause problems as visitors will be unable to see your site if it has been used up and you have a few more days before it is re-set for the following month, so you may need to use another web host. This is extremely important if your website has many images, MP3 tracks or other large files like video clips; even a single webpage can contain a great deal of information, all of which is considered as bandwidth. You may have your own web host in your PC, but that can be too risky; the best option is to settle for paid web hosting, even if you’re new to the internet.
December 5, 2008 by Louis Soul
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Joining The Cash Gifting Community
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Cash gifting is the voluntary act of giving cash to another person without any coercion or consideration. The cash given as a gift is free and without any form of attachments. Cash gifting is hence not a form of loaning or means of payment for products purchased.
The cash gifting method has proved to be a success story to thousands of people around the world and it is licensed as a legal venture. One major benefit of cash gifting is the tax exemption that is given to members for the gifts they receive.
Two main categories of cash gifting programs include the Multi-Level Cash Gifting Programs and One-Up Cash Gifting Program. Internet technology has opened more avenues for carrying out gifting opportunities which has enabled people throughout the world to get out of debt. Those who live above levels of financial security and currently desire to gather more wealth have their prayers answered by cash gifting programs.
Cash gifting programs require that members pay membership fees which cater for operational costs and promotional activities. There is no fixed hierarchy for individual positions in cash gifting programs. Furthermore, there are no investments, business transactions or securities involved in gifting programs.
The main requirement for membership in most gifting systems is the willingness to give gifts to other members. For new members to benefit from cash gifting programs, they must also attract others to join the cash gifting program.
Joining cash gifting communities require interested members to pay enrollment fees after which they are given unique identification numbers. These numbers are used in tracking gifting activities which must be displayed in order to be exempted from paying certain taxes. Some gifting programs require that new members give gifts to older members and then wait for their turn to receive gifts from those who join later.
Cash gifting is more than just a gift exchange program. Members get to network and create relationships with each other. Training is provided to members on a wide area of subjects such as marketing and how to enlist new members. As noted earlier the system works best when there is a large pool of participants.
These cash gifting programs are also the best way of making money with gifting and become successful. Cash gifting programs can be effectively utilized by people worldwide to become rich in extremely short periods of time.
December 4, 2008 by Kelly Moen
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The Weight Loss Secret
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Should I be concerned about losing weight and muscle? Weight loss of as little as 5 percent of body weight can interfere with your body’s response to your cancer treatment.1,2 Preventing weight and muscle loss may make you feel stronger, which may help you be more active and improve your quality of life.We tell your patients that you are their physician and that we are here in a specialty role only.
when I reach my goal, will I keep on losing weight? No, you won’t, and here’s why. The body will right itself by setting its own limits. The body will naturally stabilize itself. Just as when my triglyceride levels were over 600 and fell to 98 in less than a year, they stabilized on their own. The body knows what to do and you can help regulate it at your desired weight by the variety and amounts of the natural foods you eat.Regardless of what you have “heard” about the issue of “loose skin” after a large weight loss, let me tell you the truth from my firsthand experience–you lose the elasticity in your skin and it can only be taken care of with surgery. Sure, there are some people who still should lose a little more weight, but most of the skin will just stay there. That’s the way I has been for me since I lost nearly 200 pounds.
How soon should I start losing weight? Weight loss varies from individual to individual. The amount of weight loss will depend on your daily diet, the amount of exercise you get and how over weight you are. Individual weight loss may be any where from 2-10 pounds per week. However, some people lose sizes before they start to lose weight, because they might be gaining muscle while they are losing fat.Regaining weight and building lean body mass take time. Allow at least two to four weeks to see progress. A study of Juven in people with involuntary loss of lean body mass associated with cancer showed a median gain of 2.
What are the health benefits of losing weight with HMR? Losing weight can result in dramatic health improvements. That’s because excess weight and obesity are risk factors for a number of chronic health conditions, including diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, metabolic syndrome, joint problems, sleep apnea, and more. Participants in the HMR Program often find that they are able to reduce or eliminate the medications they are taking for many of these conditions.It appears that a very important part of the program is knowing how many calories are in what you eat, but I don’t see any specific recommendations as to where I can find this information. We’ll be posting a set of links to sites that offer calories/nutritional info, but there’s also a good book, Barbara Krause’s Calories and Carbohydrates that I use.
bull; What foods should I try to avoid when losing weight? Try to avoid foods that have a high glycemic index rating. These foods include white breads, some pastas, potatoes, sweetened cereals, candy bars, soda pop, honey, and table sugar. These foods give you a quick burst of energy but then they leave you feeling hungry and lethargic a short time later. Recommended foods would be those with a low glycemic index rating, such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains. These foods leave you feeling full and raise blood sugar levels slowly and steadily.It appears that a very important part of the program is knowing how many calories are in what you eat, but I don’t see any specific recommendations as to where I can find this information. We’ll be posting a set of links to sites that offer calories/nutritional info, but there’s also a good book, Barbara Krause’s Calories and Carbohydrates that I use.
when I reach my goal, will I keep on losing weight? No, you won’t, and here’s why. The body will right itself by setting its own limits. The body will naturally stabilize itself. Just as when my triglyceride levels were over 600 and fell to 98 in less than a year, they stabilized on their own. The body knows what to do and you can help regulate it at your desired weight by the variety and amounts of the natural foods you eat.We tell your patients that you are their physician and that we are here in a specialty role only. During the weight loss phase, we see your patient weekly, and we often need to make medication adjustments for patients who have diabetes or have hypertension.
December 4, 2008 by Sharp Bowen
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Best Web Hosting Provider
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Thinking for a best web hosting company or thinking of buying a new car for you is similar terminologies as in both of the things you need to take the best suitable opportunity so that your website or your car can work smoother compare to others while choosing a best web hosting provider is not a easy job to do as after all it reflects your brand value over the internet when visitors comes to your website they want to view your web pages officially launched by you on your company website thus in this manner good uptime and nice support from your web hosting provider both matters to determine that your web hosting company is best one or not.
Its normally been seen on the web that people spends a lot to make a attractive website which can attract visitors coming to your website but they want to choose the cheapest web hosting provider even who can offer domain name sort of things for free, here is where you get started your online reputation down in front of your website visitors if your cheapest web hosting provider cannot make sure the optimal uptime guarantee which is a must when your site is live in front of online visitors.
There shall be few checkpoints before you make any web hosting provider winner for your web hosting lead and one of the major term is company infrastructure and background. In this regard you shall try to know the fact on internet itself and on website of the web hosting provider too that from how many years they are in service of web hosting and how good they have the infrastructure of their company and hardware measurements there shall be no relaxation to this point as this is a must you can’t stay in hands of a company whose background is a newbie company as after all you are going to pay for the services for which you need both better uptime and better support than others.
Costing is one of the good factor to be considered sometime cheap price offers are cheap quality offers but sometime some good companies too can have cheap prices so you shall do the required initial research before finalizing the winner for you web hosting requirements it will be really not a easy job for you to decide the best one but you can easily do the initial level of research at least to get an basic idea of the facts of the offers and companies offering them.
The web hosting provider shall have sound technical team to make fulfill your daily support needs in the manner they shall be not a person specific centralized support team instead they shall be having proper department via team structure and specialists there in too. As once you hosted your website sometime you can have some technical faults or issues which will be only solved if your web hosting provider is having good amount of technical specialists to web hosting support area of them.
So next time you think to host a new website you shall evaluate the basic background of the web hosting provider before making anyone to be the winner for your web hosting needs.
December 4, 2008 by Anand
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Templates for Your Website
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In the early days of the web there were not many options to help you build a great website. You could either hire an expensive web designer to make the entire site for you or you could create the website yourself. Paying a webmaster can get expensive, in the old days creating a site yourself required you know HTML. Most people don’t have time to learn to do this.
Many webmasters use a template to start your site and you can to. This is the golden age of the web and entrepreneurs have a lot more choices when it comes to creating a simple, professional website.
To find templates Google, “website templates” and several million pages selling templates will show up. Google, “free website templates” and several million pages with free templates will show up.
Most of the pages that come up in your search will show the designs on their site for you to preview before you download them. Select a template that you like that goes with what you sell, download it and then add your information. The HTML and design is done for you, all you have to do is tailor it to fit your needs.
The template will not be made with your photos and text; you have to add this yourself. Once you have the basic site on your hard drive, editing is simple. Editing involves adding your own logos, text and graphics to the template to make it yours.
Templates can be edited with a free HTML editor that is easy to download and install on your computer. When you buy a website template make sure it is compatible with your HTML editor. Search Google for, ‘free HTML editor” and several will come up. They are very easy to download and install on your computer.
A website template is just the thing for starting an online business because it is not expensive and they can be simple to modify. You still have the option of having a webmaster edit the template for you. If you do this be sure to have all the text and graphics ready so they can just cut and past it into your template. Many of the template companies offer a custom design service at a reasonable price.
For less than fifty dollars you can buy a high quality website that can look better than a professionally designed site that will cost you much more. If you learn to modify the site yourself you have much better control. You can make changes when you want. Having to go through a web designer to make changes can be frustrating.
December 4, 2008 by Herb B. Lewis
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Professional Web Design for Companies
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Nowadays if you want to stay ahead of the completion you cannot lack in your web presence. A professional designed website can keep you ahead if the competition. It can make the customer aware of serving the client’s needs.
The internet is here to stay and it is a medium that can’t be forgotten. The internet is an information source used by more and more users to help them in the pre-buying decisions. But the Internet is more than an information source. The number of online buyers is just growing everyday and companies need to be organized for this flow of internet shoppers to stay ahead of the competition.
Professional Web sites should note the following key factors in the play a key role in attracting online clients: Site compatibility with multiple browsers, use of valid CSS codes and proper HTML codes. These factors will ensure that the prospective client does not leave a Website in a huff due to Webpage loading errors or prolonged loading times.
If potential customers want to get an impression of a company or product they will most likely look at what kind of website it is. Therefore it is essential to have a good professional website and a professional web design company should realize this and be challenged by accomplishing this good first impression.
It is absolutely necessary that a web design company understands the value of a professional looking website. A good first impression is only obtained if the web design company conforms to the key factors mentioned earlier.
If you want to enlarge your online presence or maybe seeking more business – whatever it be your objective, the accomplishment or breakdown of your online venture is resolute by the quality that your Website possesses.
For you as a business owner it is critical to find a professional web designer who can meet your business requirements. After all, you do not want to find out that your new designed Web site is sending potential clientele to the competition just because of a bad designed website.
Forrester Research claims that a poorly designed Web site is likely to result in a loss of about 50% of possible repeat visitors because of the negative first impression. If you want to enlarge your online venture it is essential not to fall into the trap cheap design companies who don’t understand the rules of web presence.
You should look for Professional Web Designers for your online success. These Web Design companies make sure to have an extended discussion with their clients in order to get a good picture of their needs in terms of business objectives, aesthetic preferences and customer profiles. This is done even before any work is commenced on the technical side.
It is also strongly recommended that you make sure that the Web Design firm you have selected can assist you with additional services. Are they able to offer you a professional marketing assistance in the form of search engine marketing specialists? Can they help you with adapting the website for future ventures or web developments? A good web design company should be able to help you with more than just a few online pages.
The goal is to ensure that once you set up an online presence, it is brought to the attention of the online surfers. This way, you can immediately get to the promotion of your newly setup online business. For this, it is necessary to get Professional marketing assistance from your Web site developer – if he is capable of providing that service. All this will ensure that your much-cherished dream of tapping the huge potential that the Internet offers will not be nipped in the bud.
December 4, 2008 by Dirk den Besten
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Cats, Home Dcor and Mortgages
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While surfing the net I came across an interesting website which has three main categories of posts- cats, home dcor and mortgages. The website under review is http://littlebearhomes.com
Many people have cats as their pets. Cats love their homes and the people. They rub against you and purr to show their happiness and satisfaction. For you to have a healthy cat, it is necessary to ensure that your cat has plenty of suitable food, fresh water, playtime and exercise. It also needs regular visits to the vet, proper inoculations and medications. Kittens need people to look after their safety as they are like small children, playing all the time and forgetting or not knowing how to be careful.
No one is born with knowledge of looking after cats and kittens. You have to learn by observation and by information. On this website there is a lot of information about cats-how to take care of them properly, how and what to feed them, what to do if they are sick, how to tell whether the cat is pregnant and if she is what are the things you have to do.
Kittens need proper food and care when they are small. They are like children and it is up to you to see that they are safe. They need regular visits to the vet and proper inoculations. They need fresh water and proper food to grow up well. They also need playtime and proper exercise.
It is very difficult to find out if a cat is pregnant. She may not show any signs till a couple of weeks. This is the time you have to prepare a soft lined basket for her to deliver. It should be large enough for four or five kittens. This should be done a couple of weeks before her due date so that she gets used to it and is comfortable in it. When her time comes she will do her delivery herself.
Twenty first century homes today sport a modern look. What is meant by modern is not easy to describe. Some feel that the use of leather, metals, plastics and glass instead of the traditional wood and cloth is modern. Others feel that sleekness, neatness, no wasted space and elegance are the qualities of a modern look home. It depends on each person to interpret what modern means. Dark vibrant colors are called modern today and not pastel ones. Most of the TV sets and computers are black as black is the latest favorite color.
You can get good discounts and bargains on home accessories if you are very careful and scout around. Buying things in bulk is definitely money saving. And buying them directly from the manufacturers will fetch good discounts. By combining these two, there will be a lot of money saving. That is what big stores like Walmart and Costco do so that they can sell things cheaply.
Mortgage is another topic on which a lot of posts are put up on this website. A lot of research needs to be done before you take a final decision. You can select a website like this one and browse and find out a solution for all your confusion. Here there are topics at present like, refinancing mortgages, second mortgage, mortgage rates, mortgage loans, home mortgage and the like.
December 4, 2008 by Mary R. Ellen
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Exchange Email Hosting Paves The Way To Success
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If you listen to all the advice that you’re likely to hear you’re bound to get confused, but the results speak for themselves when it comes to the benefits of Exchange Email Hosting. This is the way that the most forward thinking companies have decided to use, and that’s because the most successful of these places know that you need to have the kind of hosted exchange that will foster the confidence to share all kinds of information over the Internet. Of course you’ll want to make sure that you’ve got one of the best of these firms working for you and one that has all the latest advantages like a thirty day money back guarantee and Postini security. For all those necessary features and more, you need to sign on with exchangemymail.com.
Best Features
Now here’s a place that can provide all the best features when it comes to Exchange Email Hosting and this one has things like the fact that there is no contract to sign and the set up is instant that works in its favor. It’s necessary to have the most faith that you can in the place where you plan on having your hosted exchange and with a place like this you get the added advantage of Sharepoint Hosting that’s a cut above.
Security Features
It stand to reason that when you’re looking into a company that can help you with you own version of Exchange Email Hosting, you’ll want to ensure that the place has the best security features. And for that , this is the firm that you should choose. Exchangemymail.com. has a list of the things that everyone wants to see when they choose a firm to cover their exchange email hosting and the attributes that you’ll find here include:
Spam And Virus Protection that’s the best in the industry. When you sign up here you get the added advantage of free Postini protection that will cover you and allow you to converse without undue worry. Data Protection. These Exchange Email Hosting Servers are constantly monitored for attacks. This is the protection that processes 10x the email of any of the competition so you can be sure that these people have the expertise to counter any threat they encounter.
December 4, 2008 by J.D Theis
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Free Image Hosting And Unlimited Bandwidth Allowed.
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While many offer free image hosting facilities, sometimes it is better to pay the membership to these websites who offer it. the benefits of this are that you can keep track of your images from your members panel, you can see how many image views your image has had and much more. And remember, with most free image hosting websites, if you do become a member you are not restricted to small file sizes for uploading.
Most of the image hosting sites offer free image hosting facilities. Just host your image with them and get your image on the web for free. Few of the free image hosting websites give you unlimited download facilitys, unlimited MB file size and the images are hosted on very fast servers. Even the uploading is free and registration processes are just a formality.
Sharing your photos with the world is very easy to do when they are hosted on free image hosting websites. All image hosting sites will give you some form of links, then you can send the links to you family and friends all around the world.
Through free image hosting services, you can also look forward to sending your images in print to loved ones. The print would easily surpass those made through average ink-jet printers. Few photo hosting sites offer Canon- print images. In all cases, the prints come very nominally.
Uploading images to a free image hosting website is very easy to do. You simply choose the image on your harddrive and press the upload button on the image hosting website. The uploading takes mere seconds to complete, and then your presented with a series of links for the displaying of your photos on forum posts, website/blogs and more.
Nowadays more and more people have access to digital cameras, and taking the images from your digital cameras or even your phone is very simple to do these days. You can upload to the free image hosting places directly from your hardware.
Link building through the image hosting sites is a very simple job. Your photographs will be viewed on the social networking sites as well as online auction websites. Custom generator facilities can let you upgrade your text, change it partially or completely, add a certain background, and on the whole completely morph your photos.
The free image hosting websites have alot of stats available to customers, like how many times your picture has been viewed, who has downloaded your photo and much more
Free image hosting services also provide you with information on who just downloaded your photograph through the web. So if there is web paparazzo who loves you, you will always get to know.
Free image hosting sites also offer many editing tools through which it is possible to chop and change your photos.
December 3, 2008 by Tyler JL Neill
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Proven ways to choose a domain that maximizes profits
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With over 60 million domains currently registered, it can be daunting
to try to find the right domain — one that will drive quality traffic to your
Website or parked domain. But how can you ensure you”re making the right decision when you purchase
registered and expired domains? Do your research and you’ll feel confident in
your purchase. In this article, I’ll explain the tools and techniques domain pros use to
determine — or at least reasonably guesstimate — how much, and what type, of
traffic a domain receives. Armed with this knowledge, you’ll be able to predict
approximately how much money a given domain will make, and thus gain a better
understanding of the domain’s true value. We’ll discuss three methods for
evaluating the traffic a domain receives:
In this article, I’ll explain the tools and techniques domain pros use to
determine — or at least reasonably guesstimate — how much, and what type, of
traffic a domain receives. Armed with this knowledge, you’ll be able to predict
approximately how much money a given domain will make, and thus gain a better
understanding of the domain’s true value. We’ll discuss three methods for
evaluating the traffic trhat a domain receives:
*Trackers/Direct Methods
*Predictors/Indirect Methods
*Traffic Source
.Developed Website.
Traffic counting scripts are one of the simplest and most reliable methods
for determining traffic to a developed Website. Many free professional
statistics programs are available. These can be integrated easily into site
html codes to give buyers the additional reassurance of a 3rd party verified system.
Most trackers will provide sellers with even more info, such as top referrers,
the geographic and chronological breakdown of visitors, and much more.
Trackers/Direct Methods
Ideally, you could skip all of the guesswork and find out how much traffic a
domain receives directly from the domain owner. The easiest way to do this is
simply to ask the sellers about it. However, the seller may make mistakes (or simply be
dishonest), so it’s always a good idea to double-check the numbers using one or
more of the following methods.
Developed Website
Traffic counting scripts are one of the simplest and most reliable methods
for determining traffic to an already developed Website. Many free professional
statistics programs are available. These can be integrated fairly easily into any Website
code to give buyers the additional reassurance of a 3rd-party-verified system.
Most trackers will provide sellers even more information, such as top referrers,
the geographic and chronological breakdown of visitors, and more.
Parked Domains…If a domain name is parked, the
parking program may make traffic statistics available automatically through the
domain’s sales listing page. For example, at the time this article was written,
the traffic attracted by the parked domain, and a
uk website
could be viewed on the domain’s sale page.
It’s worth noting that the visitor count can be manipulated by malevolent
sellers, but in general, parked domain visitor stats serve as a very helpful
guideline for potential buyers.
Alexa.com…Alexa ranks web sites based on the
number of visitors they receive. For example, at the time this article was
written, Yahoo.com ranked first, while blue.com ranked at 212,093 and camera.com
at 717,298. These rankings are based on data derived from Alexa’s toolbar users.
Translating these numbers into unique views, Camera.com received over 10,000
unique views in the month of September while Blue.com received over 70,000
uniques. (Statistics from Sedo.com).
Many high-traffic domain names will receive an Alexa ranking just from their
type-in traffic. In general, an Alexa ranking under 1,000,000 for an undeveloped
site is a good indicator that the domain receives decent traffic (e.g. several
thousand monthly uniques). Rankings over a million are less reliable, but
usually any sort of Alexa ranking means the domain receives at least some
traffic. As with all of these methods, Alexa should be used as a guideline only:
sometimes even domains for which Alexa returns “No Data” (too low to rank) will
still receive traffic. Ranking.com offers a tool that’s similar to Alexa’s.
Alexa.com…Alexa ranks web sites based on the
number of visitors they receive. For example, at the time this article was
written, Yahoo.com ranked first, while tisstiss.com ranked at 212,093 and folkk.com
at 717,298. These rankings are based on data derived from Alexa toolbar users.
Translating these numbers into unique views, allready.biz received over 10,000
unique views in the month of September while pummle.com received over 70,000
uniques. (Statistics from Sedo.com).
Many high-traffic domain names will receive an Alexa ranking just from their
type-in traffic. In general, an Alexa ranking under 1,000,000 for an undeveloped
site is a good indicator that the domain receives decent traffic (e.g. several
thousand monthly uniques). Rankings over a million are less reliable, but
usually any sort of Alexa ranking means the domain receives at least some
traffic. As with all of these methods, Alexa should be used as a guideline only:
sometimes even domains for which Alexa returns ‘No Data’ (too low to rank) will
still receive traffic. Ranking.com offers a tool that’s similar to Alexa’s.
Research has shown that Overture searches do sometimes have a rough
correlation with traffic (especially type-in traffic), but as with other
methods, there are many exceptions to the rule.
Traffic Source…If you are trying to better understand something, go to the
source. This aphorism applies to domain traffic just as well as it does to other
information. Thus, in addition to using the above methods to guess-timate the
quantity of traffic a given domain receives, you may want to use these
techniques to try to determine the source of that traffic.
Traffic source will affect the longevity and conversion of the traffic. In
simpler terms, it will have huge impactts on how much money the domain will
make.
Link Popularity…A web site or formerly-developed
domain name may receive traffic from old incoming links and directory listings.
There are many online tools for checking link popularity; Marketleap.com offers
one of the best tools.
The important thing to look for here is not the quantity of links, but their
quality. A single link from a major web site may be worth thousands of links
from smaller sites. The longevity of link traffic varies widely: a link from a
news article may generate a storm of steady traffic that lasts only a week, while a
directory listing may continue to generate steady traffic for years. Another
similar tool worth checking out is URLtrends.com.
.Search Engine Listings…Search engine listings are
a major source of traffic count for many sites. You can guesstimate how much search
engine-engine-derived traffic a web site receives by looking at its “search engine
saturation”. This is an indicator of how often the domain appears in the various
search engine indexes. Again, Marketleap offers an excellent tool for
evaluating search engine saturation.
Just keep in mind that it’s also very important to look at how high the site is
listed and how often the keyword in the domain is searched. And don’t forget that search
engine listings change frequently, so if this is the primary source of traffic,
expect fluctuations!
Paid Fluctuations…Some traffic may be coming from
PPC advertisements, exit popups or banner ads that the seller has bought. This
is the shortest-lived traffic, because as soon as you buy the domain, the seller
stops paying for the ads! The best way to determine traffic origin is to ask the
seller about traffic sources and view the traffic logs. To ensure the logs are
not modified, ask for access to the logs instead of screenshot of the
statistics.
Without access to the logs, it can be difficult to determine if a domain is
receiving paid traffic, but a smart domain buyer will look for a few key pieces
of evidence: do the domain statistics align with the Alexa ranking and the
number of incoming links? For example, a domain that receives a couple hundred
views a day, and has no Alexa ranking and very few incoming links from
low-traffic sites may likely receive paid traffic. But don’t discount such
domains out of hand: they may be receiving typo-traffic, or may even be a seasonal domain (such as one related to the World
Series).
.Expired Traffic…If a domain was formerly
developed, some users may continue to visit because of old links and reference pages,
or simply because they remember the actual name of the domain. This traffic may continue for
years, but as with any site, it decreases over time.
If it’s not possible to speak with the current owner about the past
development of the site, a few simple searches can help. In particular, use the
hints above to examine the types of sites that are linking to that domain. With this
information, you may be able to get some idea of the type of traffic that’s
visiting the domain in search of old content. After the content is removed, many
of the links will be updated or removed and this traffic will eventually dwindle
or expire.
Typos -n- Variations…Don’t ignore traffic that’s
diverted to the domain name as a result of typos from other high traffic sites.
Check out the traffic that flows to similar or mistyped domains using the tools
above. Also consider traffic generated from variations of names, such as an
abbreviated form of your domain name, or an acronym. If these domains experience
high volumes of visitors, there is a possibility that this will translate to
high traffic levels for similar sites.
Alexa can be useful tool for doing this — it offers a feature that lists
other web sites that visitors of a given domain also visit. For example, an
Alexa search on: social bookmarking
shows that many visitors to these types of domains also visit other
social
networking websites.
Find the Right Domain…Traffic is crucial for any revenue generating
business on the Web. Finding the right domain with targeted traffic can take
your business — and profits — to new heights. If you haven’t quite had the
time to build that web site, simply park your domains, let your parking company
place relevant advertisements on the domains’ pages, and sit back and monetize
the traffic. Use the tools listed above to determine domain traffic and never
make a wrong buying decision again.
December 3, 2008 by James Byrd
Filed under Domains



