How Long Should I Register My Domain Name For?
Jul 30th, 2007 by Do
It’s said that registering your domain name for 5-10 years is the best option.
There are three reasons why this is true:
1) Google takes your site more seriously if you’re registered for longer lengths of time and will give you a higher search engine ranking than someone registered for only one year.
2) Inflation. While domain costs haven’t increased a lot in the last few years, that’s not to say they won’t, so registering for a longer length of time now can save you money in the long run.
3) Saves you time and hassle. The less you have to deal with small details like renewing domain names, the more time you have to devote to making your business successful.
If you’re following the suggested advice and also registering not only your .com domain name, but also, .net, .biz, .org, etc., these costs can add up. If this is a problem, I recommend registering the .com address for 5-10 years, while the other ones can be for smaller lengths of time, just renewing them as needed. Because your site is actually ON (being hosted at) www.yoursite.com and not www.yoursite.biz, your search engine rankings will not be affected as long as .com is registered for a larger amount of time.
Keep in mind that Google and other search engines use hundreds of different tactics to rank your site and give it search engine placement, so just doing this one thing is not the only answer. In addition, search engines change their tactics regularly and it’s not always spelled out clearly what will and will not work, but more on this later. At this point, we’re doing every little thing we can to make our site as successful as possible.
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Again I need to know more, about google, and making the all important decisions right now, are crucial to internet businesses.
A must read for all small business people, thinking of getting a presence on the net. Great information!
Thank you for the valuable info. See I figured I’d go on the year to year plan and see how my sites worked out. Guess Google takes a “wait and see” attitude also.
Good to know, especially about emphasizing the .com, rather than having to bump up all the others that I’ve “cornered”.
Thanks again.
Brennan
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