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Copyright 1998-2008 Gerardas Norkus
http://www.netmarketingstrategies.com/
Recently I made a mistake that may cost a great deal of traffic
to my new web site.
Let me explain....
I studied so many books about Internet
marketing over the last couple of years
that I decided to start a new web site, and share my knowladge and
experience
with other fellow Internet marketers.
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Since I read lots of information
about search engine optimization (SEO), I
intended to optimize all of my web pages for search engines from
the beginning
on, expecting Google to be my number one source of traffic in the
near future.
I did an extensive keyword research
using WordTraker, made a blueprint for my
product and article pages, and the time has come to choose a great
domain
name for my new project.
I went to GoDaddy, the famous domain
name registar, tried this and that, and
finally came up with a beautiful domain name related to Internet
marketing -
netmarketingstrategies.com
You probably know that Internet marketing
is a very competitive niche, so I was
glad that this domain name was still available. I registered it immediately.
My site was up and running in 48
hours. Now I needed some fresh web content,
and to get indexed by major search engines as soon as possible.
So, I spent a week or two writing
search engine optimized content for my new
online business.
I usually don't submit my new web
sites to search engines for indexing. I prefer
when my sites are found on other web sites and get spidered automatically.
One of the easiest ways to have a
link to a web site from other sites is by writing
and distributing high quality articles. So, I wrote an article about
two-tier affiliate
programs and submited it to major article directories.
Within a couple of days I searched
for my article title in Google and noticed that it
did great. Publishers liked my article and they were publishing it
on their web
sites and newsletters.
I expected my home page to get indexed very fast.
Time went by.
Each week I searched Google to see if my site has already got indexed.
It didn't.
I decided to see if my domain has
been spidered by other major search engines.
Yes, both Yahoo and MSN got it. So, what went wrong? Why Google won't
index
my home page?
Here's what I think went wrong: my
further investigation showed that the domain
name had already been used by another webmaster and had been expired
half a
year ago when I registered it. It seems that the previous domain
name owner was
using unfair search engine optimization strategies and his web site
was banned
by Google.
I sent a request to Google explaining
the situation and asking to lift the ban from
my web site. I am not sure if they will listen and help me.
I am ready to register a new domain
name in a few weeks time if I still cannot get
my site indexed by Google.
So, don't make the same mistake I
did.... If you intend to optimize your new web
site in order to receive traffic from Google and other search engines,
make sure
to check out if a domain name you've selected for your online business
is not
banned by Google before registering it.
Gerardas Norkus has been marketing
online since 1997. Take advantage of his
battle tested Internet marketing strategies that could quietly make
you huge
profits every single month. Take his 7-part e-mail course at:
http://www.netmarketingstrategies.com
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