Where is Your Business Positioned with Web Marketing? Do you need a Web Marketing Consultant?
Just a quick video that I have put together that is just a bit of a shake up as to where the world is and can be a bit of a thought provoker on where it is moving to. It is a scary thought when you put into perspective that all of this technology that we take for granted today, was not possible 10 years ago, or 5 years ago, some of it is only a couple of years old.
Although I may mention the giants of todays internet world, there are many hundreds more websites that are just as busy and popular and yet to be discovered. How easily are you or your business found on these 5 giants above?
A great business presence relys heavily on a well structured and regularly updated web presence. your business may be missing out on valuable clients if you cannot be found easily.
How to understand the data in Google Analytics
The moment you set up your account and insert Google's JavaScript into your pages, Google Analytics has great charts that will give you an overview of your site's performance, if you know how to read them.Here we are going to discuss a few details on how to interprate the data from Google Analytics and also watch a couple of really great videos that will have you understanding all this data like a pro. So lets get started.
First take a look at this 10min video:
Google Analytics is one of the best tools out there for analyzing traffic on your website. With a little bit of setup, it will give you an enormous amount of information about who is coming to your site, what they're looking for, and how they're getting there. In fact, it has so much information that it can be overwhelming! Don't let it scare you away. With just a little training, you too will be able to use Google Analytics like a pro.
Contrary to popular belief, domains do not expire when they say they do. If the owner of a domain does not renew by the expiration date of the domain, the domain goes into “expired” status. For 40 days, the domain is in a grace period where all services are shut off, but the domain owner may still renew the domain for a standard renewal fee. If a domain enters this period, it is a good first indicator that it may not be renewed, but since the owner can re-register without penalty, it can also just be a sign of laziness or procrastination.
After 40 days are up, the domain’s status changes to “redemption period”. During this phase, all WhoIs information begins disappearing, and more importantly, it now costs the owner an additional fee to re-activate and re-register the domain. The fee is currently around $100, depending on your registrar. When a domain enters its redemption period, it’s a good bet the owner has decided not to renew.
Finally, after the redemption period, the domain’s status will change to “locked” as it enters the deletion phase. The deletion phase is 5 days long, and on the last day between 11am and 2pm Pacific time, the name will officially drop from the ICANN database and will be available for registration by anybody.
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A domain name is a combination of letters and characters, together with a domain extension, that can be used as the basis of your web address and email address. So google.com.au is a domain name; www.google.com.au and adwords.google.com.au are web addresses and steve@bizweb.com.au and This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it are email addresses.
What characters can be used?
Domain names can ONLY include the letters a to z, the numbers 0 to 9 and the hyphen (-), nothing else. No spaces, underscores (_), etc. Email addresses can also use underscore and full stop before the @, e.g.
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would be valid, as would
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Domain name extensions
There are many domain name extensions, global ones like .com, .net, .org, .info and .biz;; AU domains such as .com.au and national domains for all nations on the planet, .fr, .de, .jp, .it, etc. There are some national domains that have taken on a global significance, for instance the national domain of Tuvalu in the South Pacific, .tv, is used globally by multimedia and television companies. The .ws domain of Western Samoa is used globally as an acronym of "website".
When you register a domain name you have control of it but you cannot yet make use of it. To create a web site or use it for email you need web hosting.
