It's one of those frustrating things that can happen when we're setting up an online business. The business idea, the name, and the details for all the other steps fall into place. Except…the perfect dot com domain for our site is already taken. Generally...

Job description: webmaster A brain surgeon was conversing with a famous writer at a party. "When I retire, I'd like to become a writer," he told her. "That's interesting," she responded. "When I retire, I'd like to become a brain surgeon." Running a w...

Webmasters and the New Year It's a time of year when people think about goals for the future. As webmasters of revenue-generating websites, we have these goals in common: - Attract more visitors to our sites - Convert more visitors to customers - ...

What do increasingly more owners of small and medium businesses know about having a Web presence? Enough to know that they need one. According to a 2000 survey, only 55 percent of small business owners found having a website to be cost-effective. Their...

Let's say that you're creating a website for Barb's Specialty Pet Products. Should the domain name be barbsspecialtypetproducts.com? Perhaps -- but don't stop there. Having the right domain name, or domain names, can bring more traffic to your site. ...

It's your domain, or so you say. One morning, you wake up to find that it's registered in someone else's name. Can you prove it's yours? Can you get it back? The sex.com story One morning, Gary Kremen woke up to find that the domain name sex.com,...

Reselling Domain Names September 2005 You offer web hosting services. Or web design services. Or both. When your clients need domain names for their websites, do you want to send them to another site, possibly to a competitor...

You've decided to create a website to market your products or services. More and more people start their information searches online, so having a website is the logical next step. But without web development skills or knowledge, how do you build and marke...