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DESKTOP PUBLISHING 101
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Is your Domain Name in Trouble?
How long ago was it that you purchased your Domain Name? Is it time to re-register? Check your expiration date today! If you have six months or less on your contract, re-register today, before something happens and it's too late.
Don't think it can happen to you? It has already happened to many small and large businesses. They waited until the last minute, business got so busy that they forgot altogether, or an error occurred with the registrar company and before these businesses knew it, someone had come along and snatched up their domain name, right out from under them.
One business man had close to two weeks to re-register his domain name, so he went online to make a payment and renew the domain for a few more years. However, something happened with his domain host that prevented him from making a payment online, so he called the company and asked them to take care of it. He gave them all the necessary information and paid with his credit card, by phone. Thinking the problem was solved, he went about his daily business. A week later, his domain name "officially" expired and someone purchased it right out from under him! All that work, gone!
A work at home mom had a fairly successful online business, but for whatever reason, didn't get her domain registered before the deadline. Know what happened to her site? A porn site snatched it up.
Others have lost their domain names due to harvesting software programs that now let others know the second your domain name is vulnerable.
Talk about a WAKE UP CALL! If you have a domain name, register it at least a few months in advance of it's expiration date. That way, if anything does go hay wire, you have time to fix it before you lose your domain name.
You put a lot of hard work and hours into your website. You put in a lot of money for advertising, so that people know where to find you. You have gained the respect and admiration of many people and businesses. Don't throw caution out the door thinking this cannot happen to you.
Jeanne of Devine-Designs has experienced her
fair share of what I like to call scrupulous behavior. When she started Expat-Moms, she began it on a free web host server (like geocities, tripod, and the like). Her reasoning was simple... test the waters and see how successful the business was before going all out, financially.
Once her cold feet turned warm, she went to purchase the domain name http://expatmoms.com, but to her surprise, someone had bought it out from under her! Now, the site sits unused, while her new domain with the hyphen is doing extremely well.
Jeanne isn't the only one this has happened to. "Harvesters" often snatch up domain names in hopes of re-selling them at a higher, if not outrageous price!
How do they know which domain names are going to be viable? Simple. They go to free web host servers, find the business name chosen, then purchase the domain name in hopes that the owner will one day get so big that he or she goes looking for that domain name. Others simply go to a keyword program, like Overture and purchase domain names using the top keywords.
TIPS:
Pick your company wisely. Try to find a company that sends out reminder notices. If the company you use doesn't and you are happy with where you are at, please mark your calendars every year! I have a monthly bills to be paid sheet, and I list my domain names, web host, and other business related expenses as a monthly expense. That way, I know every month what is due out the door, when.
If you must insist on using a free web host server, take the precaution of ordering your domain name and have it redirected to your free web host server, for under $30 per year!
Be safe, and check the expiration date of your domain name today. If it is up in six months time or less, order an extension or renewal of that domain name today... and try to order at least two years or more.
About the Author
Alyice Edrich is a web copy and freelance writer, discount telecommunications agent, and Editor-in-Chief for The Dabbling Mum.com - - An Online Magazine for BUSY Parents. http://thedabblingmum.com
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Tucows Downloads - Download Freeware and Shareware Software |
Download freeware, shareware, and demos. Maintains over 45000 software titles that are tested, rated, reviewed and ready to download. |
www.tucows.com |
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Free Software Downloads and Software Reviews - Download.com |
Download shareware, freeware and Demo software for PC, Mac, Linux, and Handhelds categorized into categories, plus software reviews. |
www.download.com |
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Computer software - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
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Shareware.com - Search for shareware programs and free software ... |
Search for shareware programs from more than a dozen downloadable software directories. |
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www.computer.org |
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downloads.zdnet.com |
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FSF - The Free Software Foundation |
Free software is a matter of liberty not price. Think of "free" as in "free speech". |
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Apple - Software |
Software products for your digital life. ... The perfect addition for professional review. QuickTime Broadcaster. Encoding software for live events. ... |
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Open Directory - Computers: Software |
In Partnership with AOL Search. about dmoz | report abuse/spam | help. the entire directory, only in Computers/Software. Top: Computers: Software (38471) ... |
dmoz.org |
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freshmeat.net: Welcome to freshmeat.net |
About: The Web browser is probably the most frequently used software today, ... Web professionals can use the software for functional testing and regression ... |
freshmeat.net |
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Software - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) |
Listing of the GNU software packages. |
www.gnu.org |
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Joel on Software |
A weblog by Joel Spolsky, a programmer working in New York City, about software and software companies. |
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Online shopping for computer & video games, business & office productivity software, software from Microsoft, Apple, Adobe & more; accounting, antivirus, ... |
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IBM Software - Home Page |
IBM home page for all of its software products, including Lotus and Tivoli, with keyword search, category browse and AZ product names. |
www.ibm.com |
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Opera web browser: Homepage |
Copyright © 2006 Opera Software ASA. All rights reserved. Skip navigation. Opera Software ... Copyright Opera Software ASA . All rights reserved. ... |
www.opera.com |
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Google Directory - Computers > Software |
Search only in Software Search the Web ... Software Categorized by Letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ... |
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