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Taste Your Domains before Buying Them

Filed Under (Buying Expired Domain) by John Khu on 23-09-2009

Some domain entrepreneurs are very smart and intelligent because they never buy domains in a reckless manner. They are very careful and cautious while buying their stock. A simple procedure called Domain Tasting” assists them to check whether the domains they are planning to buy receive type-in type organic traffic. Domain entrepreneurs buy and register several domains at a time and check for the traffic. If they do not find any traffic with a particular domain name, they drop it almost instantly.

 

Domain tasting is a controversial procedure that can create problems for minor domain entrepreneurs. Some people have the habit of selling domain search data to domain tasting firms. It is possible that you will loose a domain when someone is collecting information about that domain and selling it to domain tasting firms. You will need to protect yourself from such incidences by adhering to basic rules. Here are some simple tips and suggestions to help you avoid losing a good domain forever to domain-tasting firms:

 

1.      You can delay the purchasing decision until such a time when you are ready to purchase them

 

2.      When a domain taster registers a domain that was in your wish list, you may need to wait for five days and later check for its availability. Visiting that domain within the period of five days may not be good because someone can note down your interest for that domain.

 

3.      You can also choose to register your domains in block and reject all those domains that you feel are not good.

 

Domain tasting issues have lot of ethical values. Whether to follow this procedure or not, depends on your business goals and objectives. In all, it could be a very good domain grabbing procedure but in the end, people may not appreciate it for its questionable motives.  For more info, please visit http://www.expireddomaingains.com

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Buying an Expired Domain – Check Out for These Facts (Part 2)

Filed Under (Buying Expired Domain) by John Khu on 31-08-2009

Buying an expired domain requires you to check a number of facts and details that concern their quality and commercial viability. Here are some more tips and suggestions to buy an expired domain:  

Special domain extensions: Expired domains with special extensions like .gov, .edu and .org could be potentially high value domains. If you see one of these domains, buy it immediately depending on your budget. Most of these sites will have a number of links and PR.

 

Expired domain history: Checking a domains history is always advantageous. Sooem domains will have an excellent PR, but their history may be very bad. Make sure that you buy those domains that have excellent history. Log on to the Internet Archive to check out the history of your domain.

 

Mismatching domains: Never ever, buy a domain that mismatches your business objectives. Let us say that you are trying to develop a web site that relates to selling flowers. Now, ensure that you are buying the right type of domain relating to the business goals. It means that you should buy a domain that relates to flowers and nothing else. You cannot buy a domain that unrelated to your business theme. 

 

Traffic: Traffic enriched domains are a big boon to expired domain entrepreneurs and they make a sense to buy and preserve with you. It is possible to divert traffic from such domains to other web sites. Domains with traffic and incoming links are worth a lot and you can sell the domain along with the traffic and incoming links.

 

Flipped domains: If you are planning to buy a developed web site flipped by other people, you will nee d to be very careful as they can cost huge money. Buy flipped domains after ascertaining their commercial value and business relevance.   For more info, please visit http://www.expireddomaingains.com

 
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Buying an Expired Domain – Check Out for These Facts (Part 1)

Filed Under (Buying Expired Domain) by John Khu on 17-08-2009

Are you planning to buy some expired domains? If yes, check out the following facts before registering them:

An expired domain with a number of backlinks is a dream domain to buy! Most of us tend to check for them by checking the domain by entering “link:thedomain.com” (without quotes). Google will return with a number of backlinks. However, you may wish to check the actual link by visiting them. To know more about the domain, navigate to the source code page and check out about the domain. If you do not see the backlinks, it is more likely that Google has already removed it during the last update.

Backlinks:

Yahoo search engine is a great tool to find out about the commercial viability of an expired domain. Yahoo Inc charges almost $300 for directory listing. If the domain you are looking had a Yahoo listing, you are in for a big fortune. You can save money and time by buying domains listed in Yahoo. Above all, Yahoo listed domains are commercially very attractive and cajoling.

Yahoo registration:

DMOZ directory is a highly respected and valued directory. If the expired domain in question had a DMOZ listing, you are in for a great advantage. DMOZ has an extensive directory listing and to list a domain in the directory takes a lot of time and effort. People simply love to buy domains from DMOZ directory and an expired domain belonging to this directory could be a potential money-spinner.

DMOZ Listing:

If you want to check the expired domain in its previous avatar, you can visit Internet Archive to see the snapshot of the expired domain in its previous incarnation.

A visit to Internet Archive:

PR:If the expired domain in question retains its backlinks, it is most likely that it will have very good PR. Go for such a domain irrespective of the cost (depending on the budget).

For more info, visit http://www.ExpiredDomainGains.com

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