What I've found is that when people try to quickly buy a domain name and then immediately launch a web site, there isn't a lot of traffic generated from search engines like Google for at least 6-12 months. This is often called the "Google Sandbox" effect.

Basically, Google knows when you bought a domain name (they're officially a domain name registrar, but they don't sell domain names that I know of - they just did that to get better access to domain name information). So if a newly purchased domain name all of a sudden has 300 links pointing to it, then they figure something's fishy. For a site to naturally get a lot of links pointing to it, it'll take 6-12 months.

So, Tony, are you saying you have to wait 6-12 months to launch a web site?

No, you can do it right away but you'll have to rely on buying advertising to get traffic to your site versus organic search engine results.

When I think of a domain name that I might want to eventually develop or sell sometime in the future, I've always just set up a parked page (of my own, which is one step better than the one given to you by the domain registrar maybe) and put a Google AdSense ad on it to try to make some money while it just sits there. The problem is, that page didn't have any real content on it and it never changed. The other issue is, Google, Yahoo! or MSN doesn't send their spider to visit sites that don't change very often. There are billions of web pages out there and they're only going to daily spider the ones that change most often, right?

Content is really what people go on the web for, right? If they somehow get to a site that offers no content, they'll just leave right away, not bookmark it and not click on any ads on that site because it's not what they're looking for. Traditional domain name parking offers no value to visitors, it provides little reason for a visitor to return to your website and it will only diminish a domain name's value over time. Visitors are quickly becoming used to seeing the same parked pages with little or no valuable content.

So what's a web developer / entrepreneur to do, you ask? How about this... park a domain name at a place where you can instantly create content-rich web sites based on your keywords and get free hosting.

Oh sure, easier said than done, Tone! It takes time to come up with content and I have 50, 60 or 100 domain names to do this for. That doesn't seem worth the time at all. I've got other sites to tend to - ones that are actually developed, which is too much work by itself.

The solution: set up your domains at WhyPark.com where you get:

• Real content articles (based on keywords you choose) automatically added to your website daily. This keeps search engines coming back to spider your site and see what's new all the time.
• Keyword rich titles on every page.
• Easy to follow index pages and automatically updated site maps.
• Pages with high keyword density, making your domain name relevant for the keywords that you've chosen.
• A selection of templates to choose from with images automatically included
• Page layout and code optimized for search engines.
• Free hosting. They host it for you.

With WhyPark.com, you can:

• Create custom pages for your web site - thus adding in your own content and links.
• Put in your own ad affiliate programs like Google AdSense and you keep 100% of the revenue.
• Change your keywords at anytime and your site is updated automatically - no technical knowledge required.
• Free professional support and helpful tips - they help you build traffic to your domain names.
• Add in stats code - like Google Analytics - to keep accurate statistics on your web site and domain.
• Set up a link to sell your domain names or decide to develop your web site later - and when you do, you'll have a site that's been active for a while and already gets attention from search engines.

This is really a no-brainer. Here's a sample site of mine to check out: www.MadisonRenting.com

What you get is an account to host up to 100 domain names (or add more later) with hosting and automatic content updating for just $99.95. That's less than $1 per domain per year - wow, that's an amazing deal. Doing this will save you time and build value on domains that are just sitting there, doing nothing. Oh, and you'll easily make that cost up just by running something like Google AdSense ads on your sites.

Yeah, truly a no brainer. You can thank me later. Gift baskets full of money are always accepted. :-)

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