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The easy days are gone when you could build your website and two or three months later see it heading for the top of the searches in Google.
Now you must be prepared to wait six to nine months to even see your website in the searches. Why has this happened?

The main problem was that so many people joined affiliate programs, they built a website expecting to be successful and making money in a couple of months. When this didn’t happen they were simply abandoning their websites leaving them floating around in space until they disappeared, or people were building them for short term profits or scam programs.

If you are really interested in your business and you are prepared to wait and work on your website to see it appear in the searches then go ahead and build it. Otherwise don’t waste your time or money.

The only way to climb the mountain is to put on your climbing boots and using various implements, take it slow but sure.

Build your link pages by contacting other webmasters and asking for reciprocal link exchanges, don’t join link farms, and if you want to keep your traffic don’t join webrings. Do it the old fashioned way and watch your website do the same as that mountaineer and climb slowly up.
Ad content to your website, new pages for articles, there are loads of sites out there willing to let you print their articles for free. Pick a subject you are interested in and make it into a page that will interest the people who are looking around your website. This could mean you will have visitors returning to see what else you have added.

Optimise your website using keywords and meta tags, and keep your site tidy. Don’t use colours that glare out and send your visitors scuttling off.

If you only have short periods of time to spend on your website, then use it wisely. While at work relieve your boredom by thinking up projects and ideas, this will save time. Instead of sitting in front of your PC wondering what to do it will be there in your head all ready to get going.
And last but not least, Write articles yourself, submit them to websites and ezines, get yourself known.

Author Sylvia White, Owner of Business websites
http://www.sylviawh.co.uk,
http://www.u-want-money.com, and
http://www.geocities.com/sylviaworkathome

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A domain can leave an imprint on the mind of a prospective
client. Just like a catchy phone number, it is easy to remember
and can be send out loud in a rhythm. Whenever someone sees your
domain name for your company it must be able to stick with them
throughout the day so they can easily check out your site when
they get a chance. Sometimes this may not be till the end of a
long day at work, so having a domain name that stays in the mind
of a client is very important.

What makes a good domain you might ask? Is it the length, how it
is spelled or is there something that I missing?

Well the length is important, something short and sweet can do
the trick, but if your domain names is something like
“INeedATunaFishSandwhich.com” that may work as well. Yes it is a
bit on the long side, but it is very easy to remember and so
there fore, easy for a person to type in at the end of a busy
day. It stays in the mind and can be thought of in a second.

Unusual domains can work as well, as they can catch the viewers
attention allowing them to also remember them without much
problem. Such domains as eBay, Paypal and others have only a few
letters, but you will never forget them when you go to type them
in. A site I like to visit to find out about updates on currency
and other information is XE.com . Yes, just two simple letters
to represent their site, but to type it in, is just like second
nature to me because it is so simple.

Another important part is to watch how you spell words for your
domain. Yes it may sound like one word, but people may here it
as something else. Allot of people like using “Nex” or “Nx”
because it sounds like the word “Next”, but when you say to
someone “go to my website at NexInformation.com”(just an example
site) do they really go to your site or NextInformation.com(not
the extra “T”), totalling missing your site all together because
of one letter. This also happens even if they see it in plain
view, as we all have mistyped a domain name before.

Also make sure your domain name says what your company does or
is your company name. If people can connect the domain with your
business, then you are already one step ahead.

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