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Suggestions on Choosing the Right Cheap Expired Domain Names Auction

Posted: 13 Jan 2009 08:14 AM CST

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Domain Names SEO

When it comes to choosing the right domain name, we have a choice between search engine optimized domain names or branding, depending on the purpose of your purchase, if you’re driven by money, it would be wiser to choose a domain name optimized for search engine.

Example - It is important to note that search engines are artificial intelligence, therefore www.megadollars.com is recognized as megadollars instead of separate keyword ‘mega’ and ‘dollars’. To make your domain name search engine friendly, try www.mega-dollars.com, the hyphenated domain names allows the search engine to treat it as two separate keywords, thus making your domain name more readeable to the search engine and in turn more visible to people searching for the keywords ‘mega’ and ‘dollars’.

The drawback of having too many hyphen in a domain name is confusion among the readers, it is harder to remember, looks unprofessional and spammy. The catch is to find the shortest possible domain name with the right combination of keywords. Remember, the domain name has to be memorable.

Expired Domain Names and Auction

Why choose expired domain names when you can pick your own favorite domain names? There are a number of reasons, for instant:

Expired domain name existed for a number of years, making its presence noticeable by search bot such as Google.
It could have had a Google Pagerank of 3 to 5, making your new web/blog's ranking slightly higher than a new domain name.
The name is truly unique but cost a bomb, thus making your blog/website branding easier.

Before you proceed with the purchase of expired domain names, do check with the Internet Archive Wayback Machine on its previous contents, you don’t want to be associated with some illegal activities, or worst, the so called domain name you wanted is in Google’s blacklist, thus making indexing by Google Bot almost impossible. This can be solved by requesting Google to review your domain name again at Google Webmaster Central, state your reason clearly, such as you are a new owner and has no affiliate or whatsoever with the past owner.

Where to search for good domain names? GoDaddy Auction has the largest domain name auction in the world wide web, reason being they are the largest domain names registrar, therefore, they have access to a larger pool of expired domain names once the owner decided not to renew it.

Domain Name Suggestions

Again, when choosing a domain name you have to weigh the option on branding or SEO (Search Engine Optimization). A good domain name with the right keyword will help you rank better, not to mention, the right keywords allows ad bots (Google Adsense, Yahoo Publisher and other) the ability to pick the right ads for your blog/web based on your domain name keywords. For instant, if your domain name is www.make-money-online.com, you are likely to see more ads on money making technique, making money online, earn money online, and more.

Keywords are important, try Google Search Based Keyword Tools to find the right keywords for your soon to be purchased domain name.

Don’t pay for a domain name suggestion service and software. There are plenty of free software available from Google itself, which happened to be the largest search engine in the world. Try Google Trends, key in a maximum of 5 keywords and it will display the popularity of these keywords against another, making your choice easier. Furthermore, most Domain Registrar such as GoDaddy.com comes with a default free domain name suggestion tool.

Domain Name Transfer

Your hosting provider sucks? Want to move to another web hosting company? Fear not, the procedure for transferring a domain name is fixed according to the law.

The end user contacts the new registrar and proves its identity.
The end user orders the new registrar to transfer the domain name to their service.
The new registrar sets the transfer procedure in motion at the appropriate registry.
The registry contacts the old registrar and asks it if it approves or rejects the transfer, no reaction within five days counts as approval.
The old registrar contacts the end user to confirm the authenticity of this request, no reaction is interpreted as a rejection.
The old registrar approves the transfer at the registry.
The registry completes the transfer by changing the entry in their database.
The new registrar will notify the end user of transfer completion

Please note that to transfer a domain name from one domain name registrar to another, the current domain name has to be registered with the existing company for a period of 3 to 6 months. If the duration of the domain name registered is less than the minimum months as stated in the term and conditions, transferring it to another new registrar is prohibited.

Top Domain Name Registrars Provider

Go Daddy
eNom
Tucows
Network Solutions
INWW.com (INWW.com d.b.a. Melbourne IT)
1&1 Internet AG

Why choose these top domain name registrar? If you happened to be looking for a unique tld, chances are these domain name registrar have it. For instant, .tv domain names, .cn domain names, .asia domain names, .mobi domain names, .ie domain names, .cc domain name and many more.

Domain Name Owner Search

Want to purchase an existing domain name? Searching for the owners contact details and address? There are lots of free Whois tool on the net, whois search provides domain name registration information such as registrant information, DNS, owners name, owners address, contact details and expiration dates. Please note that certain web hosting provider hide these information from the public for a small sum of fee.

Cheapest Domain Name Registration

At less than $12 US dollars, some big hosting provider offer less than $10, how much cheaper can it be? $1 for a domain name? Based on my own personal experience, it is highly advisable to avoid these cheap domain name provider and hosting companies, for a simple reason - their server is unreliable (believe me, really really unreliable).

Email Domain Name

Are you registering a domain name for a unique email address? The drawback is you are stuck with the lousy user interface and expensive spam fighting tool. Try Google Apps with Gmail, why move your internal email infrastructure to Gmail? Because you get all the upside of a huge scale upgrade, and you don’t need to revise your budget or put extra equipment in your server rooms or add internal support to ensure uptime, or even teach users to use it. It’s a natural. It’s Google.

If you’re still undecided, watch this video for a more interactve presentation on How to Choose a Domain Name.