Internet domain names are a hot commodity again. But unlike the 1990s, when speculators bought up Web addresses in hopes of reselling them later for a big payday, many of today’s purchases are aimed at cashing in on the boom in online advertising.
Firms are snapping up scores of generic domains, like mutualfunds.com and videocamera.com, and loading them with pay-per-click advertisements using services from Google Inc., Yahoo Inc. and others. Visitors to these Web sites see little more than a list of text ads for products or services related to the domain name. (more…)
If you already run or are planning to start an online or offline business, you need a website that will help your business succeed. But since the business world is well into the new millennium, you can be sure that all the plum domain names are already taken. So how do you go about getting one for yourself?
Enter the premium domain name: a domain name that has already been registered by someone else, and is not available in the primary market. But it is available for sale in the secondary market, at a price. Premiumdomain names are much more expensive than primary market domain names due to their brandability, their length, their targeted keywords and a host of other reasons which make them a necessity for any business in the competitive internet marketplace. (more…)
Starting a website in itself is not nearly as difficult as people often make it sound. All it takes is a basic know-how of what resources are required, and a few steps in the right direction, none of which are really difficult to acquire.
But to start a successful website, the difficult part is answering some all-important questions:
Why are you starting a website?
What is the audience you are addressing?
What do you want to achieve with the website?
What is your budget? (more…)
Domains have now been known as valuable online real estate for quite some time, and not without reason. Going online is now seen as essential for any kind of commercial organization, which means putting up a website, and of course every website needs a domain name. So, domains have become virtual assets, without them it is impossible to have an online existence. What
