• Section: Increase Traffic - Category: Domain Name
• Written by Lois S.

One of the biggest challenges to a webmaster is how to generatetraffic. More traffic to your website equates to more sales. Sohow does one generate extra traffic to their website? Searchengine optimization, email campaigns, pay-per-clicks, banneradvertising, are among some of the tactics that are popular.Another method of generating traffic is through expired domainnames.

Step 1: Find a domain pending expiration

Every day thousands of domain names are released. Many of theseexpired domain names were active websites that have already beenpromoted by the previous owner. A few of the domains that arereleased daily are valuable because of their age and the numberof links that they already have at various locations over theInternet. How does one find these domains? There are many meansat which you can research these domains. There are newslettersto which you can subscribe and request to receive a daily emailwith up-coming expired domains. Go to google and enter "searc

hfor expiring domains". There are hundreds of thousands oflocations at which you can find domains pending deletion. Onesite we often use is Expired Domains. This site is focused onjust one thing: helping people find the perfect domain name fortheir website. Another example of a newsletter for web marketersis NitroMarketing.com- a newsletter specifically aimed athelping web marketers. Once you find a domain that you want, atgoogle enter links:domain.com (replace "domain.com" with thedomain you are researching) - this will show you how many linksthis domain already has. This will tell you the value of thedomain. You want to look for a domain with a respectable linkpopularity of around 500 to 1,000.

Everyday, hundreds of developed and thriving websites expireYet, these sites still receive endless traffic from the searchengines and links to them Identify these hot sites, make use oftheir expired traffic, and make $$$

Step 2: Bid on the domain:

If you have decided that you want a domain that is pendingdeletion, you can bid on it at one of the many sites that haveauctions or bidding forums. Bidding and winning these domains isnot something that you can leisurely embark upon. It takes timeand persistence. However, if you spend a little bit of timeevery day, you will get great domains at a low price. Someauction houses that we recommend are namewinner.com or enom.com.Most require no deposit to begin bidding, but they will ask thatyou confirm your identity via telephone or electronic means.This is in an effort to reduce fraud and keep the prices lowerfor legitimate bidders. After you have established an account,and you have found a domain that you want to try for, open a bidon that domain. Start low, but keep a watchful eye on the dateand time that the bidding stops. Twenty minutes before thebidding is scheduled to be closed on that domain, re-visit theirsite and watch the top bid. Refresh your screen every minute tosee the current highest bid. If the price gets too high for yourbudget, stop. But if you can afford the current high-bid, youmight want to keep bidding in order to win that domain. If thebidding stops and you are the current high-bid, then you havewon that domain.

Step 3: Receive the traffic:

Now what? You have a great domain... you can park that domain sothat it redirects visitors to your main website. With domainparking, visitors will automatically be re-directed to your mainwebsite. Some web hosting companies charge a small fee fordomain parking. WebsiteSource.com offers free unlimited domainparking to its web hosting customers. If you maintain thedomain's registration every year, you could have targetedvisitors to your website for less than $15 bucks a year. Cheaptargeted traffic really does exist!

Results: Increase your company's unique brand recognition withmore exposure. Increase your traffic = increase sales.

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