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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Domain name registration at free of cost:

Once you have registered a suitable domain name on the World Wide Web, you'll receive a unique identity for yourself, or the company/brand you represent.

Since many companies share similar names, it's very important to register a relevant domain name for your own personal or business needs as soon as possible. Currently, the most popular domain names on the Internet are the .com domains.




GlowHost :Free Domain Name Registration

What's this all about?
Right now on selected plans GlowHost is giving away, absolutely free, the Domain name of your choice, just as our little way of saying "Thanks" for signing up with us as your web hosting provider. All you need to do is maintain your web hosting with us to take advantage of the free Domain name offer, and your domain is free for life! Reseller web hosting does not include a frree domain name. Try domain registration at Instapro.net or get your own free domain name reseller account and register them using the discounted pricing available.


Why are you giving away free domain names?
Simple. We believe that if you choose Glowhost as your web hosting provider, you will be so happy with the features and service that we provide, that you will have no reason to switch to another provider for your hosting and domain name needs. because of this, as our way of saying thanks, we actually purchase and renew your domain name, free, for the life of the web site.

Sounds great! How do I claim my free Domain Name?
All that you need to do is sign up for any qualified shared web hosting plan. Once we have your first payment, we will send you the link to the site where you can register the free domain name.

So what other hidden fees or contracts are there?
We will make this simple, NONE! And there is no further obligation by you to stay with us. If you decide that you want to take your domain and switch to another provider, be our guest. As a matter of fact, you can take the domain today and host elsewhere if you like! (yeah, we just might be crazy...)

I already own my domain, can you offer me some other incentive?
No problem. If you own your own Domain we suggest you transfer your domain to our sister site, InstaPro.net. Doing this ensures your domain will renew at $9.00 or less per year. The domain transfer includes a free one year extension on your domain renewal. All the time remaining on your existing registration is transferred to InstaPro. This means if you still have 2 years left on your domain name registration, that when you transfer the domain registration to InstaPro, you will get those 2 years, plus an additional free year, and the transfer all for $9.00 (or less if specials are available). You do not need to be a GlowHost customer to take part in the $9.00 domain transfer offer. Sound good? There is more! GlowHost.com will credit your hosting account full price of the domain transfer to InstaPro.net when you host with us and request the credit within 30 days of the transfer.

Is the free domain name registered in my name or yours?
The domain is absolutely, completely and totally registered in your name. We have nothing to do with it (Except of course making sure you get it for free!) Beware other hosts that claim a "free domain" as more often than not they register it in their name, then make you purchase it for a high price or enforce a lengthy contract to change the registration to your name. GlowHost does not resort to shady tactics to keep our customers. The domain is yours, plain and simple.

What domain extensions are available?
Currently we offer .com, .net, .org, as free domains.

If you have a question regarding this AMAZING OFFER, feel free to join up with us in our newly-launched pre-sales forum. Registration is not required to post. If you have any questions, just ask! You may also contact us using more traditional means. Feel free to email or call the sales department.


Web directories can really boost your traffic

I believe that web directories can help you a lot to drive traffics for your website. So it is important to submit your site to your desired directories.

If you did what I suggested above, your site should now be ready to be submitted to different directories. But how does this happen? Well, first you'll of course have to pick the directories you're going to submit to. The most important ones your site should get into are Yahoo and DMOZ, also known as Open Directory. You can, and should, read more about their individual features from their own sections on this site.


What about the other directories? Well, there are a few other interesting ones you might want to submit to, but they are far less important than the "big two" above. Do submit to them if possible, but focus on Yahoo and DMOZ, since they provide way more traffic.

OK, now you know where you should submit to. But how do you actually submit? It is relatively simple. Nearly all directories consist of different categories and subcategories, each consisting of sites related to the name of the category. You'll just need to find the category (or more often, subcategory) that best fits the topic of your site.

This can be done by either browsing through the directory or by doing a search on the keyword that best describes your site - often the directory will return a few categories that are relevant to your site and you'll just need to choose the one that seems to be most accurate. Usually, it is best to submit to the most detailed category that applies to your site; if your site is about programming in C++, you should submit to >Computers>Programming>C++ instead of >Computers>Programming>.

It is wise to spend some time to search the most accurate category for your site, since submissions done to the wrong categories are usually just thrown out. In addition, the category you submit to will be the category you're going to be stuck with for the rest of your site's life, and getting stuck in the wrong category might cost you some heavy traffic.

The submission process
After you've found the right category for your site, it is time to move on to the actual submitting process. This is an even more delicate part than the last one, so keep on your toes. The first thing to do is to carefully read the directory's rules and instructions on how to submit. They are usually displayed when you are beginning the submission process. Read them over a couple of times and follow them to the letter.

Nearly all directories will ask you to give the title of your site and a description of it when you are submitting. Put some thought in creating these, because they can significantly boost or reduce the amount of traffic you'll get from the directory. When writing your description, don't stuff it with words like 'best' or 'cheapest', and don't use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. Write a short (15-25 words) description that accurately describes your site, and try to make it sound like an impartial review.

It would be also a good idea to check how the descriptions of the other sites in the same category are written and use them as a model. If possible, make sure that one or two of your best keywords are included in the description, but don't just stuff them there. Your description should sound like it's a natural sentence. If the editor thinks your description is little more than a list of keywords, he'll reject it and write a new one that may not include even a single keyword. Having one or two of your most important keywords in your description often helps your site to be found when a user searches the directory instead of browsing it.

If you later decide that the description you entered the first time isn't good enough, it is possible to contact most directories and try to get your description changed to a better one. Unfortunately, it is usually very difficult and very time-consuming to get directories to change the description of your site at a later date. Thus, it is heavily recommended that you try and get it right the first time.

Your title should be brief, it is not a place to list all your products and services. If possible, the title should include your most important keyword in it and start with a letter that is near the beginning of the alphabet. 'Automobile World' is better than 'World of Automobiles', because many directories list sites in alphabetical order and getting listed near the top can boost your traffic from the directory.

Since the title MUST be the official title of the site and it must be used on your pages, this might require you to change the name of your site. In addition to this, the title must sound like it just happens to start with a letter near the beginning of the alphabet, or it will get edited. The actual title of this site is 'A Promotion Guide', but Yahoo listed me as 'Promotion Guide, A', since the Yahoo editor thought the 'A' was included just to get to the top of the list. The same rules that apply to the description apply to the title - no promotional hype, no all capital letters.


After you have entered all the information, remember to check it for any possible typos or errors in spelling. Be extra careful with your URL, since a typo in it would naturally result in your site never getting reviewed. Then, say a quick prayer (in the case of Yahoo, at least two prayers) and hit the submit button. Good luck!

You'll usually get an E-mail if your site is accepted, but rarely if it is rejected. It is thus sometimes hard to know whether your site has been reviewed and rejected or if it is still unreviewed. If you don't get an E-mail after a few days and your site has not appeared to the directory, don't panic. Wait a few weeks until resubmitting your site; many directories are flooded with submissions and will get annoyed if you don't give them enough time to process the submission.

Top 20 ways to get huge traffic for your site.

This article will help you a lot to drive huge traffic to your site. So I collect this article for my community members. I thank to the author, Penny C. Sansevieri, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc., is a book marketing and media relations expert whose company has developed some of the most cutting-edge book marketing campaigns. Please read this article very carefully and follow this tips. This will help to earn money from blogging by getting huge visitors.


1) Write articles: believe it or not this is an incredible tool for driving traffic. Well-written, relevant articles can net quite a bit of activity to your web site. Don't forget to add your URL in your byline. Articles should be 500 to 2,000 words in length. You can send articles to sites like: Article City, GoArticles, Submit Your Articles and Ezine Articles.

2) Social bookmark *everything* - and I do mean everything - you can bookmark each page of your site and each blog entry you post. While this might seem tedious, it's worth it. You'll see a strong increase in traffic if you social bookmark each page on your site and each of your blog entries.

3) List yourself in the best directories – you'll have to pay for this but since most people don't do this (since everyone's looking for a freebie) you could really enhance your traffic by getting a listing: dir dot yahoo dot com, business dot org, botw dot org.

4) Get yourself listed at: DMOZ dot org
– it's not easy to get listed there, but worth the effort.

5) Review:
if you can review hot new products or books within your market, head on over to Amazon and start positioning yourself as an expert. In order to do this effectively you'll want to create an Amazon profile and make sure and sign each review with a reference to your URL (your web site). You can also go to Epinions and Revoo to review products as well.

6) Offer a freebie on Craig's List:
you'll be amazed at how much traffic you get from a single Craig's List ad. The key here is to send people to a page on your site and make sure they have to sign up for something (like your email newsletter) before they can grab their freebie. That way you're not just getting traffic, you're also building your list.

7) Create a "recommended by" list on your Delicious page
– you can do this by logging on and creating an account and there and then tagging articles, blogs and other content you think is important to your readership. Then offer this page as a resource site. You can add a link to this page in your email signature line or on your web site.

8) And speaking of your email signature line...
do you have one? If you don't, create one. Believe it or not, people do follow these links. You'll be amazed how many folks read email signature lines. I have one and change it several times a year, depending on what we're doing or promoting or what books I have coming out.

9) Lend a helping hand:
you can be an answer person at Yahoo Answers – you don't have to spend hours on there, but maybe a few minutes a week. Make sure and include a link back to your site following your answers.

10) Set up a social networking site
using Facebook, LinkedIn, or Squidoo. It's free and easy to do, just don't forget the all-important link back to your site!

11) Make sure your blog has an RSS feed
so if you capture a reader you don't lose them if they forget to bookmark your site or blog.

12) Join relevant groups at Yahoo groups. You'll find everything from groups on growing your small business, writing books, finding your passion, even underwater basket weaving. I dare you to find one that isn't right for what you're promoting. When you do find the right group, join and participate as you can!

13) Podcasting is another great way to drive traffic.
Start a podcast by going to Audio Acrobat. There are other programs you can use, but I love Audio Acrobat. You can record the podcast over the phone quickly and easily and then hit the "send" button on your computer once it's recorded and the system will syndicate it to 27 podcast directories including iTunes. It's a great way to let people know about you and your web site!

14) Start a blog and then once you do,
start commenting on other people's blogs, linking to them from your site or adding them to your blogroll.

15) Inbound links:
don't squander your time (or a perfectly good link) on smaller low-traffic sites. Instead spend your time going after high traffic, high quality sites. Good sites should have a PR (page ranking) of 4-6 depending on the market. You can find out what a site's page ranking is by downloading the Google toolbar which comes with a PR feature built in.

16) Start an email newsletter:
while it may not seem like a newsletter that you email can drive traffic to your site you'd be surprised at the effectiveness of this type of promotion. If your newsletter (like your articles) is interesting and relevant to your audience, you'll find that it has a huge pass-through factor, meaning that it is passed from one email subscriber to another. Also, if you have an email newsletter you should never, ever go to a single event without your handy signup sheet. Yes, you can even use offline events to drive traffic to your web site.

17) And speaking of offline efforts:
if you're ever quoted in a magazine or other publication, make sure and mention your URL as it's appropriate to the topic. Don't be too pushy about this, but do not forget to tell folks you have a web site that may be a great resource for the topic of your interview.

18) If you have products to sell, why not get a store on eBay? This site gets a tremendous amount of traffic and on your sales page you're allowed to list your URL. It's another great way to get an inbound link and a way for people to find you.

19) Load a video on YouTube
and 57 other video sites (the rest listed on my Red Hot Internet Publicity blog).

20) While this isn't a tip per se, it's still important.
If you're going to go through all the trouble of getting traffic to your site, make sure your site is converting this traffic into something. Get folks to sign up for something, your newsletter, the RSS feed on your blog. Whatever it is, getting their email address will help you remarket to them when the time is right. Studies show that visitors landing on a site often don't buy the first time. That's ok! You want to get them into your marketing funnel so you can market to them again and again – not in a way that's obtrusive, offensive or downright annoying, but in a way that is helping them with their own mission.

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