Understanding The Internet
Domain Name Tasting
A good domain name not only makes people more likely to visit a
website, but it can also increase search engine rankings. This is
because search engine bots index websites based on keywords found
both in its content and domain name. Yet, how does a webmaster know
if their domain name is going to be profitable? Usually most don't
until they put it into practice. Hence, there is the practice of
domain name tasting.
What is domain name tasting? Domain name tasting is the process of
registering a domain name and seeing how much traffic it brings to a
website during whatever grace period the domain name registrar
offers, (which is normally five days). If the domain name brings in
a lot of visitors, the webmaster will keep it. Otherwise, they will
cancel their registration and get a refund.
Does this sound interesting to you? Well, before you decide to do
domain name tasting for your site, first consider the ethics of the
practice. Domain name companies lose millions of dollars every year
due to domain name tasting. While some may not feel sympathy for
them, if domain name tasting continues without any legal
restrictions, DNS enterprises may strike back by making their prices
higher. Such a consequence would also hurt customers who intended on
buying the domain name outright.
Another ethical dilemma involved with domain name tasting is the
issue of good domain names not being eligible for more serious
customers. Some may feel that in a system of free capitalistic
enterprise, domain name testers have every right to access however
many domain names they can. Yet, if they aren't really going to buy
them, why shouldn't these domain names be available to individuals
who may need them more? Many would argue it is better to sell a
domain name to a company that is serious about using it as their
brand than selling it to a person thinking they can use it to get
quick traffic.
It is also important to keep in mind that a good domain name is not
a sole indicator of whether or not a site is going to be successful.
Domain name tasters are fooling themselves if they think their
practice of domain tasting is what has brought about their success
with website traffic. Granted, an expired domain name might have a
little bit of traffic associated with it, but to get one that is of
value, a person would have to pay hundreds maybe even thousands of
dollars. Many domain name tasters wouldn't have the funds for such a
domain name, so they may instead deal with cheaper ones. And most of
these cheaper ones probably do not have their own traffic stream.
Indeed, the type of website that gets a lot of traffic is one that
has: a decent domain name, keyword-enriched content and lots of
inbound links. Even if one doesn't see anything ethically wrong with
domain name tasting, doing it may not accurately reflect whether or
not a domain name is valid. In fact, if a person does domain name
tasting and their website did not have the other elements that make
for proper traffic-building, they could potentially be throwing away
a domain name that could be a gold mine in the future.
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