Hello everyone. I just happened to come across some very important information about domain name registrations and how google thinks of you, and I wanted to share this right away; I had no idea.
On my last post I recommended registering your domain name for a year. Off course this is still correct if you are just trying to learn website design and you are only using it for this purpose. If you are just starting a business, and you are not sure that a year from now you will still be in business, then this situation is ok too, but not if you are in it for the long-term or hope for google to index your site and take it seriously much faster.
The question was how many years did you register your domain name for, if the answer is only "one", then Google could hold that against you. Why? simply because most of the spammers out there have no choice but to register a domain name for a year. If they were given the option to register for one or two months, trust me, they would take it. So, basically by registering your domain name for two years or more, you are reiterating that you are serious and that you have long term plans for your website.
The above example is just one of the things to consider in order to improve your ranking with Google, but the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is much greater. Please be adviced that this is not to say that if you purchase your domain name for just one year, that you will not have good ranking with google, but rather something to consider. SEO is a hot subject amongst webmasters and I hope to post some basic SEO training tutorials in the near future.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
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