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Resources Domain
name registration Network Solutions - Check to see if the domain name you want is available, and if not, who owns it. GoDaddy.com
-- You can't beat their prices or their ease of use. Just ignore
all the extra junk they'll try to offer you when you buy a domain
name. Plus, for a modest fee, you can have them "backorder"
a name that's taken. If that name expires, they'll grab it for you
as soon as it becomes available. LunarPages -- I have my own sites hosted there and several of my clients are also hosted by them. I've been impressed by their reliability and their customer service. Their "Shuttle" service ($7.95/mo, paid annually) is more than adequate for most non-commercial sites. You get a lot of features for the price, like the ability to host a "pointer domain" (a second Web site URL that points to your main site), a lot of email addresses, a good library of scripts ready to use, etc.
PoWWeb -- Rated very highly by all the Web comparison rating services. They have only one service plan ($7.77/mo.) and it's a good deal. They don't have quite as many features as LunarPages, though you probably won't need most of those features. Digital Space -- Their "Starter" hosting level ($3.00/mo) will work for a small site that doesn't get a huge amount of traffic. "Basic" ($6.95/mo plus a discount if you pay by the year) will be more than adequate unless you're doing eCommerce or have a site that gets tremendous traffic. Crystal Tech -- Again comes with high recommendations though I've never used it personally. Their "Standard Value" package is more than adequate. StartLogic -- Good prices, usually has a good promo deal. There
are really only three search engines that count for U.S. companies,
and here's where you can submit your sites to them. Google - http://www.google.com/addurl/?continue=/addurl Yahoo
- http://submit.search.yahoo.com/free/request MSN: http://beta.search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspx Some
articles on search engine optimization and Meta tags: Design your Web site to be search friendly How keywords impact search engine rankings A Dictionary of HTML META Tags Some straight talk from me about Search Engine Optimization Builder.com has a huge library of articles. This is a list of some on design: http://builder.com.com/1200-31-5084840.html http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-3513-6135947.html -- |
