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Essential Precautions And Must-Knows For Web Domains

Posted: 02 Feb 2013 10:49 AM PST

Buying web domains without having certain knowledge can lead to a financial as well as a business fail. Sometimes availability of domains with the most suitable URL to your website or blog can grasp your interest in making a purchase. However you must ensure about the history of the domain that you wish to buy and cross check the records stored previously.

To help you cross check with the domain that you want to buy, for free, below are some online tools. This will assist you in a satisfied and risk free decision of acquiring the right and safe domain for your blog or website.

1) Archive.org

Essential Precautions And Must-Knows For Web Domains

This archive machine maintains the snapshots and pictures of the web pages. It will help you get the knowledge about the content that was maintained previously on the domain which you wish to buy. Sometimes offensive content history is found on different domains. This way you will stay away from porn sites.

2) Dogpile

Now you need to find the web pages on the internet that mention that domain name in their web content. You can search the domain name on different search engines or just search it on Dogpil which will simultaneously search multiple search engines like Google , Yahoo , Ask, Live etc collectively from a single page.

3) AdSense Sandbox

The next step is to make sure that the domain you wish to buy is not blocked by Google AdSense. All you need to do is type the URL of the domain in the sandbox to confirm that Google Ads are not banned and are available to monetize the website via AdSense in the future.

4) Yahoo! Site Explorer

Many web pages are linked together to each other on the internet. I always a good precautionary measure to find out that the domain you wish to buy is not attached with any offensive web page. This can be checked via Yahoo Site Explorer which ensures the details by collaboration with Technorati Search and Google link operator.

Do Not Forget To Bargain

Never be shy when it comes to bargaining with your domain broker. Thy do offer discounts and bargain prices. Just be confident and ask for a fairly reasonable and negotiable price. For e.g if the domain is priced at $1800, you can always ask to get it lower to around $1400.

Always Prefer Google For Reseller

Do not hesitate to search on google about the company you are buying the domain from. This might provid you with certain stats or customer feedback on about them different web pages. The credibility level increases and the risk of acquiring an unsafe domain fades away.

Do Not Ask For Feed Back In Public Forum

You should never give away the name of the domain, on the internet, that you wish to buy. Avoid questions like "Should I buy abc.com ?", another member of the same forum might get interested to buy. Hence chances of you acquiring the domain becomes less.

Beware Of The Copyrights

You must keep in mind that the domain you wish to get must not include name of any popular brand. Even if you manage to find a domain like micrsoft-store.com at a reasonable price, avoid building your business around it as someone alse holds the copyrights for it. You might b answerable to their lawyers if you do so.