Domain for Business

Doug Milton asked:


When you decide to create a website, you are deciding on more than just what to put on your pages and how to make them look pretty. You need to find a home for your site, also known as its domain. For that, you’ll have to create a domain name and then find out whether it’s available for your use. This is called a domain search or domain check.

To start your search, first start by making a list of domains you would like to register. Consider choosing names that relate in some meaningful way to the products and services your business provides, and one that is easy to remember and spell. You want people to be able to find you!

Once you have your list of potential domains, hop online and start searching. Enter the name you want into the Address field of a web browser. If you are taken to a website, that domain is already owned. If you get an error message, you’re in luck: The site is probably not registered.

Another way is to go online and look for one of the myriad sites that allow you to search for domain names. This one-stop-shopping approach may save you some time.

When you find a domain that isn’t registered, don’t rush to register the first available one. Check out several combinations before making up your mind. And don’t automatically run for the .com version of your domain. Although the most popular option, a .com suffix may not be necessary for your business. If you can’t find an available domain name that you want with a .com extension, consider trying one that is particular for your own country, such as co.uk for the U.K. If your business isn’t necessarily international, there may be no good reason to give up the name you want just because the .com version is taken.

That being said, if your business is based in the U.S. or if you plan on doing international business, stick with a .com version rather than a .biz, .net, .tv or any other suffix available if at all possible. Otherwise, you will potentially lose business to the more popular .com site.

Don’t get your heart set on one particular domain name; that’s a recipe for disappointment. Make sure each domain name on your list is one you could happily live with, because chances are good that at least one of them will be available. If you go into your domain check with the intention of only being satisfied if one of your top three is available, you are almost sure to be disappointed.

If you start to get discouraged during your domain check, keep this in mind: In some industries, there are domain names for every two dictionary words. That is near impossible competition! But with a little patience you can find a great domain name. Try using synonyms for the keywords you want to use, or try an alternate (but still memorable) spelling. For example, if your business is called Cut n Paste but www.cutnpaste.com is already taken, consider www.cutpaste.com instead. It’s still easily associated with your business and easily remembered!

Finally, another way to perform a domain name check is to use software. There is a variety of software choices out there that can quickly and effortlessly generate thousands of potential domain names based on the criteria you specify.

No matter how you perform your domain check, it is important to approach the process with an open mind and a measure of patience. You may not be able to snag your first, second or even third domain name choice, but that doesn’t mean you can’t end up with a memorable domain name that will help drive traffic to your site and make your business a booming success!

One of the important aspects which make computers so powerful is the networking, it is networking by means of which two persons interact with each other, and therefore the basic of the Internet is also networking. If we talk about the windows XP and the various Windows XP support options available with Windows operating system, it is boosted with the networking features and tools to control it. Microsoft has tried to provide either ways to control the networking options it is available in the graphical interface and in command line interface.

The network option is available in the control panel of the Windows Operating System. We can setup the internet connection on the computer with a Dial up or broadband, other than that it is also used to map drives on a network, join computer in work groups and domains.

Network connection is created by any of the two ways

1 Work group

2 Domains

Now the question arises what are these two options and what are they used for in networking and what is the difference between these two.

Work group: This is used for peer to peer networking and for networking small no of computers.

This work group is not used for centralized management. It is used for decentralizes management.

How to join the computer in the work group

Right click “My Computer” >> Properties >> Computer Name >> Click on the “Change “and then check the Work group radio button.

Now, Enter the Name of the Work group in the Text box Click OK

Click on the “Apply” and Restart the computer.

You are done after the restart now you will be in the work group.

Domain: Domain is the centralized way of networking or connecting the computers. Using this domain we can manage the users from the centralized server. And manipulate the users and permission for it. But we need to Use the servers for the Domain, now the question arises how to connect computers in the domain.

How to join the computer in Domain

Right click “My Computer” >> Properties >> Computer Name >> Click on the “Change “and then check the “Domain” radio button.

Enter the Name of the Domain in the Text box Click OK.

Click on the “Apply” Restart the computer.

After that restart select the domain name and enter the user name.

We can also access the network places using this network option of the Microsoft Windows XP.

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Victor Kimura asked:


Recently, I had to transfer a client’s domain to another web hosting account. Actually, the domain was transfered to the same web hosting provider but it was a different account. So the steps taken here could be used to transfer the domain settings to a different web hosting provider as well as another account. Remember there will be some down time so I would advise these steps be implemented when it’s late or when you expect there to be low activity on your web site and the email accounts. The downtime will occur depending on whether you are transferring the domain to a new web hosting provider or whether you are transferring the domain to another web hosting account. The latter refers to the same web hosting provider yet a new account.

If you are transferring to a new web hosting provider then you would need to change the DNS settings. There is a way to receive and send email in the midst of the transfer if you set up additional MX servers but let’s leave that for another day of discussion. For now, however, we’re assuming that you’ve already changed your DNS settings or your are only simply transferring to another hosting account with the same provider. All the step-by-step images are specifically for the control panel CPanel. If you are using Plesk or some other control panel Webmin then please contact your web hosting provider’s tech support team. They should be able to guide you.

The process to transfer your domain to another web account yet from within the same web hosting provider is called ‘unassigning the domain’. There are some previous steps you should take to back up your email first before you delve into unassigning your domain.

SET UP YOUR NEW ACCOUNT WITH THE HOSTING PROVIDER

First set up your web hosting account with the your provider. It will make things easier later. Some providers will not allow you to initially set up an account when the domain is already associated with another provider or account. I underline the world ‘initially’ as this applies only to a brand new account. This is the case for Bluehost anyways. The workaround for this is to simply get a new domain. Some hosting providers will offer a free domain with new accounts so you can use this opportunity to register a new domain and then use that domain to set up the account. The reason for this is that when you first set up an account they will use the domain name as the account name. Every other domain is considered an ‘add-on domain’.

Setting up the new account will allow you later simply transfer the files over from one account to another using a good ftp program. I personally use Ipswitch but I believe CuteFTP has that capability as well as many others.

BACK UP EMAIL: BEFORE TRANSFERRING THE DOMAIN

IMPORTANT: First, back up all your email accounts’ folder and files. My current web host is Bluehost and it uses a Linux OS; thus, for my particular account, the email folders are located /home1/[account's name]/mail. For some reason, Bluehost has a number ’1′ immediately after ‘home’. It may simply be/home/[your account's name]/mail for your account. If you’ve set up your email accounts as IMAP then the download process could take awhile. Click on the image for a larger view.

A technician told me to the do the following though I did not test it and I suggest an alternative way to backing up your email (read below). Here is what he suggested: if you have your email set up on your client program using IMAP protocol then change your email accounts to POP protocol. This action will download all your emails to your client program on to your local computer. Essentially, you are downloading your emails off the server. This could take awhile so just be patient. IMPORTANT: please note this step should be completed for every email account. Once you’ve unassigned your domain and re-established your email accounts in your web hosting account then you may change the settings back to use IMAP. Now, the only problem I had with his suggestion is that, at least within Mozilla Thunderbird, one can’t readily change from IMAP to POP. Also, I’m not convinced (though, again, I haven’t test his procedures) that the client program will ‘re-upload’ all the emails you just downloaded from the servers (since you previously set your email account to use POP).

So here is my suggestion: simply back up all the folders, sub-folders and files from within the mail folder as suggested earlier in the first section. It’s the same as backing up your email. Once you’ve re-created your email accounts in your new web hosting account then simply re-upload the sub-folders and files to the appropriate folder. That’s it. It’s simpler. Remember, if the file sizes are large then re-synching your email accounts with IMAP may take awhile. Just be patient.

BACK UP DATABASE

Don’t forget to back up our database tables for this account just in case. I do not believe unassigning will delete those tables and database but it’s always a good idea to back them up.

UNASSIGNING THE DOMAIN TO TRANSFER

Click on the Domain Manager once you login to your CPanel control panel.

Select your domain from the domain list. It’s in your lower left corner.

Then click the unassign link.

TRANSFERRING OR UPLOADING THE BACKED UP EMAIL

Re-upload your backed up email to the servers.

If you’ve changed to another web hosting provider then you will need to update your incoming and outgoing mail server settings in your email client’s program. In my case, this would be Mozilla Thunderbird. If they are the same web hosting provider then most likely the incoming and outgoing mail servers will be the same so no need to change anything here.

RELOAD DATABASE

Then reload your database and it’s tables.

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Tim Drawback asked:


There are a few benefits that a domain registration private offers compared to public registration. First, the purpose of a private registration is to protect your privacy online. Offshore domain registries are located in jurisdictions where privacy has been written into laws. Such registrars usually do not require any personal details from its clients. And domain registration is usually a one click process that only needs your email.

The major benefit of a private domain registration is anonymous or private NameServers which look like ns1.findnames.com and ns2.findnames.com in WHOIS. These allow you to manage your domain by only changing the IP of your web host. IPs usually propagate fast and offer a hassle-free domain management solution. Whether you host on a shared or dedicated IP, you can always point your private domain to it within seconds and still keep anonymous NameServers in WHOIS.

The private WHOIS details are those of your private domain registry. If it is an offshore registrar located, say, in Panama, there will be the Panamian address, phone number and fax number. All inquiries about your domain will have to go through your private registrar. In this way you can avoid scam and spam emails about your domain. Serious inquiries will be forwarded to you by the registrar to your email.

At any time you may replace the private registrar’s details with your own or those of your company for your private domain. This gives you a lot of flexibility in managing your private and public information. If you work with trusted private registrars, there is no way you can lose your domain and offshore registrars actually add a higher level of security and privacy for you. There are no drawbacks for private domain registrations. It does not affect your domain’s search engine rankings, your admission to affiliate programs, etc. In fact, domain registration private gives you more flexibility, security and, of course, privacy online.

You can find more on domain registration private here

You may also want to check out this offshore private domain registry

oks in the public domain can be a great source of inspiration and suitable content for producing new material such as CD’s, DVD’s or ebooks. What’s more… and even better than this, is that if you use a public domain book you can take the whole thing if you wish and recreate it into your very own.

Just scan the pages and any illustrations into your computer, edit the wording if you want to and bring the language up to date for modern readers. Hey Presto you have created a product for yourself, one that you can sell and make a fantastic income from on a recurring basis, for life if you want to.

One of the easiest ways to find old books especially those in the Public Domain, is to have a browse around local second hand book stores or at jumble sales, boot fairs, craft markets etc.

However another good place to look would be on ebay, using their search facility for antiquarian books and also the illustrated section of the books for sale area.

All books from pre 1923 if from the USA will be found to be in the public domain and therefore available for you to use and recreate as your very own. Books authored prior to seventy years since year end of the death of the original author in the United Kingdom are also in the Public Domain and yours for the taking to recreate as you see fit.

There are specialist sites such as Project gutenberg, at www.gutenberg.org where you can browse massive databases in order to find a book of your choice in almost any Niche that you can think of.

Q) What do I need to produce my own eBook from the public domain?

A) You will not need many materials in order to produce your own modern ebook or any other product from the public domain.

As long as you have a computer with a scanner and printer you should be OK.

However if you are going to reproduce the book onto CD for regular sale then it would be wise to have a good software programme for turning your ebook into a CD version on a regular basis. Naturally if you want to sell your new product as a direct download ebook then you will need a PDF writing programme on your computer.

The best known one of these is Adobe writer, but there are a large amount of very cheap or even free to use PDF writing/ converting programmes available. I use one called Docudesk and it is extremely reliable and simplicity itself to use.

You only need to convert your book once and it is instantly ready for your customers to download as many thousands of times as you require. You can then sell it or give it away freely as an incentive to purchase another one of your more expensive products.

TO SUM UP THEREFORE!

1) Decide in what Niche Market you want be, then obtain your Old Book for this Market.

2) Go out and research for your products. Really simple all you have to do normally is browse around second hand bookshops, jumble stalls, boot fairs etc.

3) Buy your book, making sure that it is public domain material. IE: Normally older than 1923 in the USA or more than 70 years from the end of year of the death of the original author in the UK.

4) Re create your book using your computer scanner or by taking the pages to a photocopy shop or local printers and ask them to copy every single page in its entirety for you.

5) Scan the pages into your computer using a notepad or word file in order that you can make any alterations you desire.

6) Add in any illustrations wherever you see fit.

7) Change the title if you want to and even add your name as the author.

Your newly created old book from the Public Domain is now ready for you to market to the world and make money for you.

To market your book you can advertise it on places such as amazon, ebay, or even better join clickbank and sell it as an instant download item. Anything at all that you do to get your book known to the world at large will help you to make fantastic money every time someone purchases from you, for a very long period into the future.

For instance you could promote your digital ebook or even a printed version of it, by using social bookmarking sites or creating a blog for yourself.

You should also consider using article marketing sites so that you can write reviews and articles which normally allow you to mention your products at the end of the article.

You can usually have two links to your products or to the website’s which you use to promote them. These links are allowed in a special box, (commonly known as a resource box) which immediately follows your article.

Other methods of advertising your Old Books would be on the pay per click sites such as google adwords, but these can be expensive if you don’t know what you are doing and I recommend sticking to the free methods, at least until you have gotten a few sales and some experience under your belt.

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A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that allows individuals and organizations to provide their own website accessible via the World Wide Web. There are huge numbers of companies that offer web space on their server for their customers and also offer Internet connectivity in general in a data center. There can be various types of web site hosting companies. The main classification is the free web site hosting and the paid web site hosting service companies.

Some of the things you should look for when choosing a web host.

To begin, every website is hosted on only 3 platforms: Unix, Windows NT, Macintosh. Very few sites are hosted on a MAC server, so the majority of webhosts use Unix or NT. For these reasons we will focus on only those 2 platforms.

Reliability and speed of access

Speed, security and reliability are extremely important for the success of any online business. While choosing a reliable web hosting service you need to ensure      that this is taken care of. A site that is not available, not updated on time or is down, will lose many online visitors. Slow working websites are very frustrating. So how do you know if a hosting company is reliable or not.

Amount of web space:

A web hosting service provider would usually assign you a certain amount of space on their server. You need to ensure that does it have the right amount of space for your website. For the same reason as bandwidth, watch out also for those “unlimited disk space” schemes. Most sites need less than 10 MB of web space, so even if you are provided with a host that tempts you with 200 MB or 500 MB (or “unlimited space”), be aware that you are unlikely to use that space, so don’t let the 500 MB space be too big a factor in your consideration when comparing with other web hosts.

Multiple Domain Hosting and Sub domains

For those who are thinking of selling web space or having multiple domains or subdomains hosted in your account, you should look to see if they provide this, and the amount extra that they charge for this (whether it is a one-time or monthly charge, etc).

Data Transfer

You also need to see if the hosting company provides you with sufficient bandwidth for efficient data transfer. After all it’s your website and you need to ensure that you are getting the best services for the money you invest.

E-mail accounts

Many hosts will provide you with 10 or more e-mail accounts for your online business. The number of accounts you need may affect which host you choose.

Server type

Most web hosts have Windows 2000, Unix and Linux servers. If you plan to run a simple website, you will not need to worry about the server the web host provides because most simple websites run off one of these three servers.



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