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| Expired Domains: Outrageously
Effective Traffic Generation Technique |
| Posted: 03-04-2006 | Views: 144 |
| Author: Dean Morken |
Expired domains, how can I
receive traffic from them? Can I profit from expired domains?
Those are two very important questions you are asking
yourself. Here is the bottom line. You are probably like
most on-line entrepreneurs. You have been struggling to
snatch your share of that whirl wind of traffic that you
hear about from every guru wannabe out there.
Chances are you have probably invested strongly in banner
ads, classified ads, search engines or even spent a pile
on so-called "safe lists" only to find yourself disappointed
again and again.
There is a perfectly legal, outrageously effective, traffic
generation technique that, until now, has gone relatively
unnoticed by the masses.
What if you could recover existing web traffic that is
currently being overlooked and basically being flushed
down the toilet?
What if you could grab one of those prized listings in
Yahoo that cost $200 with no guarantee you'll even be
included in the directory?
What if you could get that traffic for a fraction of what
other advertising methods charge?
Expired domains might be an option to mull over. Every
day over 3 million hits of targeted traffic are lost due
to abandoned web sites.
Why does this happen?
Webmasters may lose interest or they don't have the money
or time to manage the site. Occasionally they just forget
to renew. A large part of these expired domain clicks
come from sites that were never developed. BUT, some were
once solid sites generating traffic and sales.
Expired domains is all about capturing all the effort,
time and money that the previous owner developed and putting
it to good use for yourself.
What if a domain name had link popularity, had a coveted
dotcom (.com) extension, or was even listed in Yahoo or
had Google Page Ranking?
What is Link Popularity? Simply put, Link Popularity is
the number of other websites that link to your site. Doesn't
it stand to reason that if a domain name previously had
Link Popularity or was one of those coveted dotcoms or
was even listed in Yahoo, that it might have once been
a thriving website?
Not only that, but with a little time and effort, you
might even be able to pick up some popular domain names
just for conjecture or to resell on eBay ! Many of the
domain names that expire every day could be resold even
without Link Popularity or any of the other "carrots"
because they just happen to be highly regarded as a tangible
asset. Short, descriptive domain names that end in a ".com"
or ".net" are examples of this.
The best part is that you can get these names for the
price of registering them, often for less than $10!
Even if you didn't use the domain name to redirect traffic
to your own web site, if you find a couple and sell them
at auction for $25, $50 or more, that's a pretty suitable
return on a very small investment.
A certain amount of caution needs to be taken when using
this tool for any purpose. Make certain you do a bit of
homework to make sure the previous web site was not an
adult site. Occasionally the domain name may not necessarily
reflect the former content. There is a tool that can be
used to determine the history of the site. Best of all,
it's free! Here is the link:
http://web .archive.org
If you are looking for alternative ways to generate traffic
to your site, expired domains might be a good investment.
Dean Morken is the creator of Affiliate Marketing Info
Center. Your on going informational guide to promoting
your site. http://www.affiliate-marketing-info-center.com
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