• Section: Increase Traffic - Category: Domain Name
• Written by Gerardas Norkus

Recently I made a mistake that may cost a great deal of trafficto my new web site.

Let me explain...

I studied so many books about Internet marketing over the lastcouple of years that I decided to start a new web site, andshare my knowladge and experience with other fellow Internetmarketers.

Since I read lots of information about search engineoptimization (SEO), I intended to optimize all of my web pagesfor search engines from the beginning on, expecting Google to bemy number one source of traffic in the near future.

I did an extensive keyword research using WordTraker, made ablueprint for my product and article pages, and the time hascome to choose a great domain name for my new project.

I went to GoDaddy, the famous domain name registar, tried thisand that, and finally came up with a beautiful domain namerelated to Internet marketing - netmarketingstrategies.com

You probably know that Internet marketing is a very competitiveniche, so I was

My site was up and running in 48 hours. Now I needed some freshweb content, and to get indexed by major search engines as soonas possible.

So, I spent a week or two writing search engine optimizedcontent for my new online business.

I usually don't submit my new web sites to search engines forindexing. I prefer when my sites are found on other web sitesand get spidered automatically.

One of the easiest ways to have a link to a web site from othersites is by writing and distributing high quality articles. So,I wrote an article about two-tier affiliate programs andsubmited it to major article directories.

Within a couple of days I searched for my article title inGoogle and noticed that it did great. Publishers liked myarticle and they were publishing it on their web sites andnewsletters.

I expected my home page to get indexed very fast.

Time went.

Each week I searched Google to see if my site has already gotindexed. It didn't.

I decided to see if my domain has been spidered by other majorsearch engines. Yes, both Yahoo and MSN got it. So, what wentwrong? Why Google won't index my home page?

Here's what I think went wrong: my further investigation showedthat the domain name had already been used by another webmasterand had been expired half a year ago when I registered it. Itseems that the previous domain name owner was using unfairsearch engine optimization strategies and his web site wasbanned by Google.

I sent a request to Google explaining the situation and askingto lift the ban from my web site. I am not sure if they willlisten and help me.

I am ready to register a new domain name in a few weeks time ifI still cannot get my site indexed by Google.

So, don't make the same mistake I did... If you intend tooptimize your new web site in order to receive traffic fromGoogle and other search engines, make sure to check out if adomain name you've selected for your online business is notbanned by Google before registering it.

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