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Server
Hosting Fees - Space must be rented on a computer that's
connected to the internet at all times - and one that has the capacity to serve
your pages to visitors quickly and reliably. Costs can vary due to services
provided by host. Cost can range from $12-$100/ month depending on the server
you choose and the features they must provide.
Search
Engine Submissions - There are a lot of Search Engine
companies available in which to register, some are free and some charge. How do
you choose? Determine if your web site requires you to be available on search
engines and how important is it. What is meant by that is, does your business
only sell locally, but wants the web presence. An alternative would be to
advertise your web site locally and not through search
engines.
2. How do I see if the www web address (domain name) I want is available? And if it is, how do I "lock it in"?First check for availability and then register the domain name for a certain number of years, usually two years. Namezero is one particular site that can be used to check and see if a domain already exist or register one. Be sure that you have put some thought into the domain name, as the process cannot be reversed once transaction has been completed.
3. How do I get my site listed on Yahoo and the other search engines? Is there a cost?While all search engines and directories used to review sites for free, this no longer the case.Yahoo and LookSmart require $299 to consider a commercial listing request. (Yahoo has recently made this an annual fee.) Overture (formerly GoTo) and other pay-per-click engines auction off their listings. While many other search engines are moving in the "charge for listing" direction, most still offer low-cost or free reviews.Caution: No search engines or directories are required to list a site after reviewing it - even if you have paid for them up to $299 for that review.With Pardue Consulting, your site is submitted to as many search engines as possible, except for Yahoo, LookSmart and the pay-per-click engines. Your website is not submitted to pay search engines unless the client request it and is willing to absorb all cost of the submissions.The submission fees charged by these services are passed on to the clients, if clients choose to be submitted to them. Many of our sites get terrific traffic from being listed only in the free and low-cost search engines and directories.
Frequently Asked Questions
A domain name is how your web site is identified on the web; it's your "web address". http://yourdomainname.com.
When directing people to your web site, you would use the domain name you choose for your site as the address. So if you have a business named John's Electric , you would try to purchase the domain name johnselectric.com. Your web address would then be http://johnselectric.com.
You can have more than one domain name pointing to the same web site. If your business name is important to you, and you don't want other people to use it (with a different TLD {Top Level Domain}), you could buy numerous domain names with different TLD's.
So let's say John's Electric doesn't want to have their customers accidentally going to another business with the same name; they could also, instead of just purchasing johnselectric.com, purchase johnselectric.org, johnselectric.net, etc.
Check to see if the domain name you want is available. If it isn't, try it with a different TLD (.net or .org, for example) or try another name.
5. How do I get a domain name ?
There are hundreds of places on the Internet to purchase domain names. GoDaddy.com and Namezero.com are personal favorites.
Going to the site, you type in your desired domain name to see if it's available.If not, try alternative spellings or TLD's to get the domain name you want.
Remember that, unless you get a years-long plan, you will need to renew your domain name every year - otherwise it could be purchased by someone else once your registration runs out.
6. What is an anonymous or private domain name registration and why should I get it?
All registered domain names must have contact information. With this, anyone can go to a Whois site, type in your domain name, and find out all of the information you registered the domain name with. This includes your full name, home address and even your telephone number. Godaddy.com offers this example of the information pulled up on public and private domain names.
If your web site is primarily going to be for a business, it isn't usually a problem, as such contact information is available anyway through many mediums; just make sure to register the domain name with your business's contact information and not your personal. Personal web sites, however, might not want such sensitive information out there for anyone on the web to grab.
To remedy this problem, dole out the extra cash for a private or anonymous domain name registry. GoDaddy.com offers this feature for $8.95 extra per domain name. Your personal registry information is kept hidden, and anyone doing a Whois search would see only generic information going back to Domains By Proxy, Inc.
Be careful, though, because some domain extensions do not allow anonymous registration. .us, for example, is one of these. If your site is johnselectric.us, your personal registry information is going to be available. Make sure the extensions you purchase for your domain name allow private/anonymous registration (most do).