Expired Domain Opportunities
Muqadas Javaid
If you are like most online entrepreneurs, you've been
struggling to grab your share of that flood of traffic that you
hear about from every guru wannabe out there.
Chances are you have probably invested heavily in search
engines, banner ads, classified ads or even spent a mint on
so-called "safe lists" only to find yourself disappointed again
and again.
There is a perfectly legal, extremely 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
drain?
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 consider. 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. Sometimes they just forget to renew. A
large portion 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
speculation 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 decent 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.
Sometimes 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.
About The Author: Muqadas Javaid is founder of rolista.com - He
is internet marketing guru and expert in web portal development.
Find out more about the Website at:
http://www.rolista.com
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