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Would you like to target easy markets and achieve faster results? Sure who wouldn’t right? The two most important assets in every online business is the domain name and the hosting account. This is why I came up with a simple quick procedure for picking the right web domain name registration.

Research keywords

I always start by doing some keyword research using Market Samurai. My goal is to achieve quick, easy profitable front page rankings in the search engines. And since I’m so impatient I don’t like waiting months to see my site on the first page. I want result in hours, days or a few weeks.

Expired Domain Names

Next I look for expired domain names using a new tool called Domain Samurai. This is a whole course in itself (which I plan on teaching in the near future) but I really want to give you some tips in this area that will help you decide if this is right for you. Buying expired domain names is the fastest way to get a big jump on your competition. It is a well know fact that the main criteria Google uses to rank pages is the age of the domain, the page rank and the number of backlinks to the site. If you really want to get more into it there are a number of “on page” and “off page” characteristics also. I like to use the keyword in the domain because not many people realize how important this is. Using these tools it is a snap to find the perfect domain for your new web site.

Buy Your Domain Name

This is a very important and often overlooked step. No, not that you forget to buy your domain name but the registrar you select. I have seen some horror stories from people buying domains from companies or their web designers and then they go out of business. Only to be left with no access to your domain name. My first tip in this area is to ALWAYS register your own domain name. Don’t let your web designer register it in his or her name. My best two recommendations are Godaddy and Namecheap (yes, I will get a very tiny commission if you click on these links). Why do I pick these companies? Because you can buy cheap domain names, they offer great customer service and you have full control over your name servers.

Hosting

Finally, you’re going to have your web site hosted somewhere, you might as well pick a hosting service that is reliable and has been around for awhile. I recently had a customer change their hosting over to a “free” service and it has been down more than it has been online. Don’t pick some local web designer who is hosting it out of his garage. I’ve been there done that. It is more trouble than you want. Besides hosting from a reputable company like Hostgator or Hostmonster is really the best way to host your domain registration names.

Take Care,