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Here are a list of the most expensive domain names ever, if you know of anymore please make an input.
A domain name to many of us is used so our customers can access our products or services or our information, blog etc, however to others domain names are a pure investment with the hope that another organisation or individual will want it that much they will pay an outrageous sum for it, or maybe not so outrageous; purchasing a domain name for only £2.99 - £4.99/year with a return of £1,500 is still a great return on investment, i have actually made a bit of money myself simply using trends and what i predict is going to be popular, you win some you loose some, a great tool for this is: - http://www.google.com/trends - all you have to do is look for trends based on keywords, for example I recently read the number of domain name reating to ‘Barack Obama’ had increased significantly.
But here is the list of very very expensive domain name: -
Other expensive domain names: -
10. VIP.com - $1.4 million
9. CreditCards.com - $2.75 million
8. Wine.com - $2.9 million
7. Shop.com - $3.5 million
6. AsSeenOnTv.com $5.1 million
If you already have a name in mind such as a personal or business name and its already been taken try searching for some alternatives at Domain Name Soup
For some great tips on choosing a domain name view Tips On Choosing A Domain Name
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After registering your domain name you are now ready for the second step in how to create a website : web host selection.
A web host, sometimes known as a server is like a computer located in a different location in the world. The web host or web server provides a safe and convenient place to store your individual web site files e.g. pages and images etc which make up your website. Put simply this is the central hub to your website.
As mentioned this is the central hub for all of your website files. A web host is needed so other people can access your website from around the world 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
You could host all of this yourself, however this route can be quite complicated and time consuming. Using a web host is more cost effective over the long term, you should concentrate your efforts on creating a great website with good functionality and content. As mentioned it is much more reliable to use a reputable web hosting provider.
Before jumping in a selecting any old web host you need to consider what type of website you want, this can determine which host you select, we have taken time to identify which web hosts are best suited for a variety of different types websites, so take a look at our recommended web hosting packages here.
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Selecting the right domain name is crucial in the planning stages of creating your website, if you don’t get this right you may limit the amount of visitors visiting your website by a big amount. Choosing the right domain name has never been so important in todays competitive online environment, so listen carefully to what I have to say and ensure you select the correct domain name.
Before rushing into selecting a domain name begin by brainstorming a few phrases, 5 – 9 phrases should do. E.g say your website provides tutorials on how to ‘cure acne’ some good phrases to use in this case may be “cure acne” “stopping acne” “acne cure” “treating acne” and so on. Once you have a comprehensive list that you agree try mixing and matching them e.g. www.curingacne.co.uk , continue to play around with your phrases until you find a good match.
The worst thing that could happen is for someone to confuse your domain name with a popular website. Therefore never ever select a domain name that is the hyphenated, plural or misspelled version of a hugely popular website, e.g. it would be a big mistake to purchase www.you-tube.com or a similar domain to this.
This is a very common one. Often when people are referring friends to a website the latter part of the domain name ‘.co.uk’ or ‘.com’ can often be mis communicated. Therefore as domain names are so cheap nowadays it doesn’t hurt and its hugely advantageous to purchase both .com and .co.uk (or whatever extension is relevant to your country e.g. .au .fr etc. This doesn’t mean that you have to buy webspace (hosting) for both domains you can simply forward traffic to your main domain name e.g. if you chose to purchase www.mydomain.com and www.mydomain.co.uk, you can simply forward or re-direct all traffic going to www.mydomain.com to www.domain.co.uk. What this effectively does is protects your brand and ensures all traffic goes to you and not your competitor who happens to have the same domain name but a different domain name extension.
Also a really important one. If your domain name requires too much attention to type correctly e.g. www.how-to-make-a-website (the amount of hyphens is just to labour intensive for someone who wants to visit a website). Furthermore try avoid complicated spellings e.g “entrepreneur”; people can often misspell this and end up again on a competitors website, additionally try to make your domain name quite short and concise e.g. www.shoes.com or www.ebay.co.uk, many of the most successful website are always quite short and concise www.youtube.com and www.google.co.uk to name a few.
This ties in closely with the above. Its always advantageous to select a domain that is topical and relevant to the content of your website e.g. as I explained in the example, it wouldn’t take Einstein to realize that www.shoes.com would probably be an online store that sells shoes. Furthermore choosing a contextual (topical related) domain name is good for search engines. Search Engines look for topical domain name and order them appropriately in the results. Having a domain name that is closely related to your website content can significantly increase your presence in search engines and will be easier for visitors to remember and pass onto friends via word of mouth but probably more well known these days through email, social networking or chat rooms etc.
Simply visit copyright.gov to ensure you are not infringing on anyones copyright with your sites name, visit the website above and search before you purchase your domain name
Probably worth re-iterating on this one. Hyphens make it hard to give your domain name over the phone e.g. www.how-to-make-a-website.co.uk translates verbally to www . how hypeh to hypeh to hpyhen…. You see how that could get quite annoying, or you may alternatively say “the address is howtomakeawebsite.co.uk with hyphens in between each word”, by the time they user goes to to look on the site they may have forgotten anyway and proceed to do a Google search for ‘how to make a website’ and end up landing on .. yes again a competitors website, that’s one potential lead / customer you have lost. Similar point to be made for using numbers, this can also get mis communicated.
Paying too much attention to what search engine like e.g www.homemortgageadvice.com (this is keyword rich and is a phrase often typed in by a lot of people in search engines) and your websites topic (home mortgage advice) is all good and well. However try be a little creative and select a domain name that stays true to your brand but also tells users and search engines what to expect when they land on your website. Using a unique moniker (name) is an extremely effective way to build your brand and enhance your image, the example used above is not as gripping as www.banktree.com.
If you do choose to go down the route of using a keyword rich (a keyword or phrase that you know people will type in) you may find the below instructions useful.
1. Go to https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
2. Enter your selected phrases that you brainstormed in step 1 into the box labelled Enter one keyword or phrase per line:
3. Enter the character display in the image box labeled: Type the characters you see in the picture below.
4. Scroll down to view the table of results, as you can see this will display the keywords / keyphrases that you entered into the suggestion box, you may see that theire is “not enough data” for your keywords, this is a clear indication that the keyword is not suitable for you to use as this will phrase or keyword will fail to deliver enough traffic. This doesnt mean that your website will not receive traffic as search engine take alot more into consideration than just your domain name, however having a keyword / branded domain name will certainly helpy your chances of appearing higher in the search engine for your target keyword
So here is to your success on selecting a domain name!
Right are you feeling confident? if so learn how to register your own domain name here. And you first step in how to create a website will be complete
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We have seen many organisations completely ignore Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) when considering a hosting package, web hosting and seo should be a key consideration in the selection process. SEO is an important step in creating a website and should should be taken into serious consideration before you even begin to build your website, one of the considerations here is hosting.
If the majority of all of your customer base is located for example in the UK, then you should get hosting in the UK – get your own UK hosting here. However if your server is located in the US for example you can still localise your domain to improve rankings on Google UK search.
Staying on the example of serving a customer base largely or complete based in the UK using a TLD: .co.uk tells search engines that your are indeed based in the UK. Even having a .co.uk domain name and a server hosting your website in Germany or the US having that crucial .co.uk is a strong enough statement
However don’t be tricked into typing ‘UK Web Hosting’ into Google and going with the first result as some UK Web Hosting companies actually have servers based overseas and with the combination of a .com domain name your chanced of appearing in the Google UK search from the web and pages from the up is limited.
In an ideal world in this scenario you should have reliable hosting in the UK and a .co.uk domain name, however there are ways around it if you do not.
If you are based in the UK and own a .com and not .co.uk, you could purchase .co.uk TLD - get your uk domain here and forward your .com to the .co.uk however there is risk in this if you site has build up a good reputation and has a strong back link campaign and high page rank. You can always try to localise your domain.
But in conclusion to rank in a regional specific area you either need hosting in your country or a local TLD e.g. .co.uk, you don’t necessarily need both.
Simply knocking up a quick website, rushing the design, back end coding and on site search engine optimisation and finally wacking it onto the cheapest server you find is not going to deliver any success at all, if you are serious about creating a professional authoritative website then you really needs to invest wisely in web hosting. As mentioned above why attract unwanted visitors from unwanted locations.
Sometime cheap hosting companies will offer ridiculous amount of free space, however this can have an adverse effect on down time, and this means that your website may not always be available upon request. This not only has a knock on effect on SEO but also website usability as it may cause problems for website visitors to visit your website when they want to, what is worth adding here also is if search engine spiders cannot access your website and follow links throughout your site this will obviously have an effect on your SEO campaign.
Again some webhosts that offer cheap hosting use a method where your domain is redirect to the back of another Website. This can cause problems with the search engines reaching your website and website content.
I have also found that some cheap hosting providers host sites that have been banned from the search engines; this of course will have more than a negative effect on search engine rankings.
Yes it does seem very tempting to buy server space and hosting more than one domain. Let’s just say that search engines e.g. Google may frown upon this type of behavior. Search Engines may believe that the company hosting these multiple domains is attempting to artificially link together hence trying to manipulate search engine with the objective of increase rankings in the search engine results pages. However this can and often does results in a decrease in SERP rankings.
In conclusion consider web hosting and seo as working to compliment each other in your efforts to achieve effective search engine ranks, check out the resources below.
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