Why You Should Use a Website Backup Service

If you are like me then you can sometimes be very paranoid about losing your website data, your site going down, your hosting company screwing something up, a hacker doing damage to your site, etc. etc etc. (the more paranoid you are then the longer the list can grow). One thing that I do to help alleviate some of this paranoia is to consistently do full backups of all of my websites files and databases to multiple locations.

This is especially important if you are like me and you have multiple websites on multiple servers. Of course, doing complete website backups at least once a week and even better once a day is just plain smart even if you only have one site.

While it is true that many hosting companies offer automatic website backups for their customers it is crucial to never rely on your hosting company alone for your website backups because if there is a company wide or server wide issue then your website backup data will be lost right along with your primary website data.

With all of this in mind John and I recently created an automatic website backup service that lets you enter your website info in, schedule how often you want your website to be backed up (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.), and then select an option to receive email notifications whenever your backup has completed successfully.

Everything is automatic so you just have to enter the info in once and then sit back and let it do backups for you according to the schedule that you specify. This is nice because you can just set it and forget it without having to worry about anything technical. The site will let you backup an unlimited number of websites and it does a full backup of all of your websites files and databases and will store the last 30 backups for you to log in and download at any time if a website data loss occurs.

The plans start at just $7/month which is pretty cheap insurance against the catastrophe that could occur with a loss of website data. Of course, if you are paranoid like me then you will want to backup your websites in triplicate by backing up at multiple locations or even more but with just a few clicks then this website backup service may be one really good option for you take take advantage of. Try it out and let us know what you think!

Best Mozilla FireFox Plugins for SEO, Domaining, and Web Development

One of the reasons that FireFox is my favorite browser is the wealth of different plugins, extensions, addons, and themes that are available to use free of charge from the Mozilla community of developers. Here is a list of my personal favorite Mozilla FireFox plugins/addons/extensions for SEO, Domaining, web development, Internet marketing, etc:

1. Search Status – The Search Status FireFox plugin is primarily an SEO plugin and it lets you look up WhoIs information, backlinks, indexed pages, perform keyword analysis, highlight nofollow links, and much more for whatever domain you are currently visiting all with just one click.
2. Firebug – The Firebug FireFox plugin is a plugin designed for web developers that is an extreme timesaver for me. The plugin works by letting you see HTML, CSS, scripting, DOM information and much more in a little console box at the bottom of your browser with just one click. The feature that really sets Firebug apart though is that it will let you edit any websites style sheet on the fly and then in real time allow you to see the effect of those changes in your browser. Of course, you still have to change the style sheet on your site and then FTP it to your site to make the changes permanent but Firebug is a great way for both novice and experienced web developers to play around with the code and see how their changes affect the display of the site.
3. Colorzilla – The Colorzilla FireFox plugin is awesome because it lets you mouse over anything in your browser and it will tell you exactly what color it is both in RGB and in web safe HTML color code. Very easy to use and very useful.
4. Google Toolbar for FireFox – This one doesn’t need much explanation I would hope. BONUS: Use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+K to do a Google search in FireFox (doesn’t require the Google toolbar).
5. InFormEnter – This data entry FireFox plugin makes any field on a website a clickable drop down field where you can select information that you specify ahead of time to fill into the field with no typing required.
6. SearchKeys – This FireFox search engine enhancement plugin allows you to simply type in the number of a search result in a Google or Yahoo results page and it will take you there automatically without any mouse movement or clicking. This is pretty sweet when you combine it with the keyboard shortcut mentioned earlier. If you want to do a Google search you just hit Ctrl+K, type in your search term, hit enter, and then press the number of the result that you want to go to (i.e. press “1″ on your number pad for result #1)

Those are some of my favorites although I am sure that I am missing some that I have used in the past since I recently reinstalled FireFox on my new home office computer set up. What are your favorite FireFox addons and plugins? Also, would it be useful to you if we made any of our tools into widgets/FireFox plugins or addons?

The #1 Reason Why Your Domains Are Not Making You Money

Whether you park your domains, develop your domains, or really no matter what you do with your domains – I bet that I know why your domains are not making you much money (or at least not as much as they could be making you). I bet that I could tell you why your domains are performing so poorly before I even know what they are or what’s on them. You want the answer?

The answer is TRUST. Let’s face it most domainers do not have trustworthy looking e-commerce web properties. Here are some clues that you are losing a LOT of money because most users do not trust what they see:

1. Your domains are parked and they look the same as they did in 1997. Web users are becoming more and more sophisticated. The same person who visited your parked domain in 2003 and would happily click away on various “search results” to their hearts content and drive your PPC earnings through the roof will now arrive at your site and then hit the back button as soon as they see this girl’s smiling face.

2. Your developed domains look like they were developed by a domainer and not a web developer. Let me be the first to say that I have had some domains that I have personally developed back in the day before I knew what I was doing that look truly horrendous (and some of them are still floating around and in dire need of an overhaul). Let me also say that taking a risk and developing your domains all on your own is admirable because it is much better than just sitting back and doing nothing.

That being said, be honest with yourself and if your domains have flashing lights, weird little animated figurines, or any other number of things that scream “bush league” or even worse “scam” then it’s time to get real and start making website overhaul plans if you really want to maximize your earnings.

Before you get too cocky about how great your site looks just because your site doesn’t offend as bad as this one then check to make sure your site design looks current and you have other trust signals like an about us page, a privacy policy page, a contact us page, a site map, a testimonials page, etc.

3. Your domain name sends all the wrong signals. No, I don’t just mean that your domain name can be construed as meaning something other than its intended to. What I mean is that the very first thing that a potential customer, client, or user of your website sees is not your website design but it is your domain name. We can’t all have a domain name like cars.com but come on; do we really think that most people feel comfortable about wanting to submit their personal information on a site with a domain name like 123-fast-cheap-online-car-deals.info?

Trust is king. Use our domain name tools to consistently find money making, trust inspiring domain names. Sign up for a $3 premium membership trial today!

Getting Your Online Startup to $1,000,000 a Year

I recently watched one of the best business/entrepreneurship/technology videos that I have seen in a long, long time. The below video is a presentation by the creator of Ruby on Rails and partner of 37 Signals (creator of Basecamp), David Heinemeir Hansson. The presentation takes place at Startup School 08 (Startup school is an annual free conference for hackers interested in startups).

If your goal is to take one or more of your domain investments and turn it into a full fledged web startup then this is a must see video for you. Sure you can monetize your domain names by just parking them but why not take a creative risk and have some fun to boot? Hansson gives some practical and sometimes downright hilarious advice about startups and specifically startups in the technology niche.

The video is 31 minutes and 53 seconds long including the question and answer time at the end and even includes all of the slides he used at Startup School 08. Check it out:

What did you think?

3 Month Plan for Building Traffic to a New Website

Here is my down and dirty 3 month plan for building traffic to a new website. Of course, these are just general things as every niche will be different and you will want to devote more time to certain websites than to others but generally speaking here is a great action plan for building traffic to a new website.

Day 1

Register a great domain name using tools like our type in traffic finder, dictionary domain name finder, geo domain name finder, etc. etc. (Shameless plug yes – unimportant definitely not. Understanding how to choose a good domain name is a crucial first step to success).

Day 2

After the nameservers resolve and you have set up your hosting account then your goal is to put up some nice meaty, on topic, original content on the home page and on 3-5 additional pages of your site.

I like to use the Google Adwords Keyword Tool to do my research. Typically I will try and map out the site architecture from the very beginning and maybe even plot out a publishing schedule. Break the site up like this: long article focused on the main site keyword for the home page and then build the main navigation menu using related keywords from the Google tool and place a fairly long article on each of these menu sub theme pages.

Pay particular attention to making sure that these 5 or so pages of content (excluding your privacy page, site map, XML site map pages, etc, of course) are very high quality well written articles that you would have no problem showing a “real person” and asking them to link to.

Day 3-15

The goal for the first 2 weeks is to try and participate in the community that your site is in.

This means leaving well thought out comments (making sure to include your site URL) on blogs in your niche, posting on forums in your niche, and contacting webmasters to try to establish a presence in the community and introduce yourself and your site.

Set up Google Alerts for your site’s main keywords so that you can participate in blogs that are related to your site’s main keywords.

Work though a list of “DoFollow” forums and use the site Comment Hunt to find good sources for links that do not have the rel=”nofollow” attribute.

The main priority is to start to slowly build up lower quality backlinks (you do not want to make the mistake of creating an unnatural linkbuilding profile by acquiring too many high PR links right away as that may appear manufactured in the eyes of the search engines) and perhaps more importantly start building some traffic from referring links on other sites.

Day 16-30

In addition to your continued participation in the community you now want to start to add more content to your site. Aim for one new article every other day at a minimum for these 2 weeks. Be sure and structure your internal linking structure to achieve maximum benefit by using anchor text wisely.

Day 31-60

In addition to all of the above it is now time to start writing unique content and publishing it not only to your site but also to other sites. Start off publishing articles to article directories like ezinearticles.com and then begin to use some of your newly acquired webmaster contacts that you hopefully gained by participating in the community of your site’s niche to offer to write guest articles and guest posts for that include a link back to your site.

Day 61-90

In addition to all of the above it is now time to think about some creative ways that you can start to attract some high quality links. Widgets, tools, high quality reports, controversial content, and other similar types of interesting and valuable content are all things that can attract both quality and quantity of links if done properly.

Get Started!

There you have it. This is of course an overly simplistic view of just very basic things that one can do to build traffic for a new website but I think this rough outline is certainly helpful because if you are like me then it helps to have some sort of goal to shoot for. What are some things that you would add to the 3 month plan?

Do it Yourself Website Development vs. Custom Website Development

Once you have made the decision to develop your domain(s) the first major question that usually pops up is “Should I do the website development myself or should I hire someone?” There are obviously pros and cons to each which I will discuss below.

However, before you go any further please take a look at our newly released website development tutorial videos and our custom website development services by visiting our tutorial videos page and our pricing page respectively.

The website development tutorial videos are designed for those people who want to take a “do-it-yourself” approach to developing their domains and “watch over my shoulder” as I take a domain and develop it from scratch into a fully functional money making website.

The custom website development services are designed for those people who just want to pay someone to do their website development for them (Domain Superstar premium members receive a 25% discount on all website development services including professional copywriting, graphic design, and hosting).

You can view Tutorial Video #1: How to Choose Domain Names That Will Make You Money (available to everyone) by viewing the YouTube video in the sidebar or you can view the full screen video by clicking here.

Premium members can view Tutorial Video #2: Using Wordpress to Get a Professional Looking Website Online (available to Premium Members only) just by logging in. To view a full list of all upcoming tutorial videos then please visit our tutorial videos page.

Ok, let’s get right into the pros and cons of “Do-it-Yourself” website development and custom website development (paying someone else to do the work for you).

“Do-it-Yourself” Website Development Pros and Cons

Here are some of the pros and cons of “Do-it-Yourself” Website Development:

PROS:

1. Cost – The #1 benefit is that if you do your own website development then it doesn’t cost you any MONEY although you should be sure to factor in the value of your time. If your time is more valuable purchasing domain names, dealing with customers/clients/advertisers, running your business, etc. rather than attempting website development then by all means spend the money for someone else to do your website development.

2. Learning – Another great benefit to doing your own website development is that you will likely learn a great deal as you go along. Granted, you may not have as much of a polished looking site when you are done but you will most certainly improve.

3. Agility – If you do all of the website development yourself then you can become very agile and nimble when you choose to attack a niche. You could very well watch our tutorial videos, build a site, and monetize a site all in a matter of a few short hours.

CONS:

1. Lack of Professionalism – Have you ever seen one of those sites that you recognize right away as being designed by its owner? Yes, we’ve all seen those type of sites and while well intentioned they are most likely a conversion disaster. Don’t turn off potential customers and leave money on the table by putting up a sub par looking website just because you wanted to do it on your own.

2. Lack of Scalability – You may be the best web developer in the world and pretty darn fast to boot but chances are you won’t be able to really scale your efforts in order to maximize all of your domain’s earnings. Sometimes a multi layered approach will work. Build some of your websites on your own and then pay someone else to develop some of your other websites.

3. Cookie Cutter - After a while almost anyone is bound to start making a lot of their sites look somewhat similar. Not necessarily a bad thing but if you want someone else to add another perspective then it is probably a good idea to enlist some help. This is especially true if you have a lot of sites in the same niche and want to ensure that they do not all look like they are owned by the same company.

Custom Website Development Pros and Cons

Here are some of the pros and cons of Custom Website Development:

PROS:

1. Specialization – If what you do best is buying/selling domains, monetizing domains, running a business, etc. then your time is probably better off doing those very things. Let someone who specializes in website development build your site out.

2. Professionalism – Yes, of course your website can look professional whether you designed it or someone else designed it. However, chances are that letting a professional web developer take a crack at developing your domain names will make all of the difference in the world. The better looking your website is (as long as it is functional and properly designed to get the best SEO bang for your buck) then the better it will convert. Because who wants to throw away money by letting visitors leave your site never to return?

3. Scalability – You will hear me mention this word a lot in other posts as well. There is absolutely nothing wrong with working out of your basement all by yourself but if you truly have high aspirations and want to take your business to the next level then consider outsourcing as much as you can. Guess what? You can still keep working out of your basement if you want to but if you can outsource and scale a winning business model quickly then you can start adding some extra zeros to the end of your revenue stream even while working out of your basement. Do what you do best and then try to find others to fill in the gaps.

CONS:

1. Cost – Yup, it’s going to actually cost you some money to hire someone to build you a website or monetize your domains with some real content. If your time is worth more than what it would cost you to do it yourself, or if you know that you will realize a positive ROI in the long run, or if you just plain aren’t confident enough in your web development skills then you shouldn’t let cost hang you up.

2. Lack of Control – One negative to letting someone else develop a website for you is that you will not be able to control every little detail. Yes, this will save you some time and possibly a headache but for all of us super anal people then it can be difficult to get used to at first. Keep in mind though – you most likely are in the domaining/online business/small business/MONEY MAKING BUSINESS and not in the business of building websites (excluding all of the professional web developers who are reading this). If your goal is simply to take a domain name and then turn it into a money making asset as quickly as possible and in the best way possible then you will likely have to get used to giving up some small form of control.

3. Time – If you snag a great domain name and are just itching to get it developed into a full blown money making website then if you hire someone else to build the site for you it may take longer than you had hoped.

What Web Development Method Should You Choose?

So what method should you choose? Whether you are a “do-it-yourself” kind of person or someone who prefers to outsource web development (or maybe you are a little of both) there is something that we hope is of value for you with our premium membership. Tutorial videos for the do-it-yourselfer’s and custom website development services for the outsourcers. Sign up for premium membership now to get started finding great domain names with our super premium domain name tools and then turning those domain names into money making assets!

Do You Make These 7 Mistakes When You Develop Your Domains?

Ok, so you already know how to choose a domain name, you know how to choose a hosting plan, etc. etc. You may know how to do all of that BUT if you are making the plunge into domain name development and shooting to make quite a nice sized chunk of change then you had better plan ahead to make sure that you do it properly. Are you making any of these 7 mistakes when you develop your domains?

Mistake #1 – Forcing All of Your Domains into the Same Business Model

One of the biggest mistakes that you can make when you develop your domains is to treat them all the same. If you do this then you will most likely leave a lot of money on the table. This is even more true with premium domain names.

While it is certainly important to find a winning business model or domain monetization strategy and then scale it quickly (see #2 below) – you should only scale and duplicate your business model across domain names from your portfolio that are similar in nature. Do not assume that just because the best way to monetize your mortgage domain names is with a mortgage lead generation affiliate program then that a lead generation affiliate program of some sort is the best way to monetize your music lyrics domain names as well.

Treat every new niche as a chance to craft a new business model. Stay away from blanket statements like “AdSense is never the best way to monetize a domain name” (that is usually true though by the way) or “You should sell advertising on all of your websites”. Take the time to plan out your business model and do it before you begin designing your site.

Mistake #2 – Failing to Scale Your Web Development Efforts

By all means put up a test site to work out some of the kinks in setting up an affiliate program, or creating a membership site, or creating a downloadable ebook BUT once you have put your business model into practice then scale your solution across all of your sites within that same niche.

To quickly scale up your web development efforts then consider using a combination of the following solutions:

1. Wordpress – (Wordpress is much more than just free blogging software and can very easily be used as a CMS for an entire website. Minus our domain tools dashboard this entire site is run on Wordpress).

2. cPanel/WHM – Choose a host that offers cPanel and WHM (Web Hosting Manager). Some of my favorites include HostGator and HostMonster. Along with being compatible with the other mass website development options that I will mention below and offering many other features cPanel also offers an install of Wordpress with just a couple of clicks.

3. Mass Account Manager – MAM is a software package that you upload to your server and use to interact with WHM and cPanel to create and manage multiple packages and accounts. Using this software it is a cinch to create hundreds or even thousands of accounts on your server so that each of your domains will be set up and ready to go. MAM also has functionality to allow you to schedule cron jobs to mass upload files across multiple sites via ftp. This means that if you want to update a file or folder on say all of your nutrition sites then you can just with a few clicks instead of having to connect via FTP to every single one of your sites that you want to make the change on.

4. WP Auto Installer/WP Auto Upgrader – These 2 Wordpress plugin (not free) are well worth the price if you are planning on installing Wordpress on a lot of your domains and want to keep them upgraded to the newest version of Wordpress. You may think that you don’t have to worry about purchasing plugins like these but let me tell you once you start to install and manage more than 10 or so Wordpress installs on different domains then it can quickly become a huge time suck if you don’t plan ahead to scale your efforts with these plugins.

5. WP Cloner – This plugin is my absolute favorite Wordpress plugin (not free and again well worth the price just like the preceding plugins) and I use a lot (until I get around to writing my own list of Wordpress plugins Michael Fortin has a great list). WP Cloner allows you to clone the pages, settings, themes, options, posts, categories, you name it from one Wordpress blog onto as many others as you would like. This is a huge time saver and it is pretty flexible as far as being able to select via check box which things you would like to clone over and which you would like to just leave alone. Just like MAM this plugin is also another great way to update multiple websites at once although with WP Cloner of course you can only update your sites that have Wordpress installed and with MAM you can update all of your sites whether they have Wordpress installed or not.

6. Manage Multiple Blogs Plugin – I confess that this plugin is not one that I have used myself but I keep meaning to try it. I also would like to try out Wordpress MU and although I do not know too much about it I know that Barry Goggin of Predictive Domaining does and I may have to see if I can get him to weigh in on it in detail (I did buy his ebook and it is pretty well detailed and full of good information but it does cover a lot of basic Wordpress material for the first portion).

7. Premium Wordpress Themes – If your site looks like crap then people won’t buy. There I said it. Now I feel better. Go out and purchase some high quality premium Wordpress themes from a place like WooThemes or Studio Press (formerly known as Revolution Two – this site currently uses a modified version of the Revolution Church Wordpress theme developed by Brian Gardner). If you are smart and thinking ahead then you will buy a developer’s license so that you can install the themes on as many different domains as you want.

Mistake #3 – Letting Your Site’s Content Get Stale

This is self explanatory. Some niches will need more attention than others. At a minimum you should keep some kind of website tracking sheet so that you can periodically check up on your websites (even the ones that you are not continually adding fresh content to). Again, this is where using a very easy to use free software package like Wordpress can be a huge time saver.

Mistake #4 – Failing to Market the Site

Sure, I will give it to you that sometimes it is a good strategy to just put up a quick website with a couple of pages of original and well written content so that the domain can at least get indexed by the search engines and start to age a little bit. However, if that is all you are doing with all of your websites then you may be in for a rude surprise when all of the type-in traffic that you were expecting doesn’t necessarily monetize as well as you had hoped. Build backlinks to the site slowly, participate in the community of the niche that the site is in (leave blog comments, post in forums, etc.), and slowly but surely your marketing efforts will start to pay off.

Mistake #5 – Ignoring Basic SEO

It is really amazing to see some web developers ignore or just flat out violate basic and commonly accepted SEO good practice guidelines. When you are building a lot of sites at once it can definitely be easy to overlook common things like adding a keyword rich title tag, properly structuring your site’s internal link structure, arranging your site into a properly themed silo structure (since I am in the mood to mention a lot of good Wordpress plugins here is another good one: Virtual Silo. This plugin makes creating silo themed Wordpress sites a snap)., etc. If it helps make a list so you won’t forget. If you don’t know where to start or you just want to stay abreast of what is happening in the SEO world then purchase the SEO Book membership from Aaron Wall or go get a PRO Membership from SEO Moz.

Mistake #6 – Thinking You Know it All

If you want to consistently build great sites and scale your web development up so that you are publishing to more than just a couple of websites then you need to be willing to learn. Do all you can to study up at places like TUTS+ or enlist the help of a mini site developer like Bradley from Site Graduate. There is always something that you could use to sharpen your skills or someone who can offer some fresh insight.

Mistake #7 – Giving Up at the Wrong Time

Notice that I did not say that just plain giving up is a mistake. Why? Because sometimes quitting a particular course of action can be a smart business move. However, make sure if you quit it is for the right reasons and not just because you would rather watch TV for 6 hours every night and stuff your face with Twinkies (although you could of course actually still keep working from your laptop while doing both of those things but anyway…) Read The Dip by Seth Godin to figure out when you should quit and when you should persevere.

Getting Started

There you have it. Check out our tools for finding great domain names (you can access the tools directly by heading right on over to our dashboard) and then get started making some money by developing your domain names into full blown content rich websites!

Domain Superstar Launch: 25 Best Domaining, SEO, and Internet Marketing Websites, Forum and Blogs

To kick off the launch of DomainSuperstar.com I thought that it would be fun to show people a little bit about who we are and what we want to accomplish by yes, talking a little bit about us but also making a list of our favorite blogs and websites in the SEO, domaining, and internet marketing niches.

In a nutshell, we are all about trying to help you find great domain names – over and over again. Whether you are a full time domainer that wants to be able to weed through a lot of the junk available in auction domain names and find the gems (you can do so using our All-in-One Domain Auction Tool or our personalized Domain Alerts), or maybe you are an SEO that wants to grab a great exact match keyword only domain name (like those you can find using our Type-In Traffic Finder or Keyword Domain Repository) to help you rank for a specific keyword phrase, or maybe you just want to find a great domain name for your business (you can find it quickly using our Instant Domain Search Tool) – we can help.

You can view a description of how all of our tools work by selecting a tool from the drop down menu at the top of the page, you can compare the features that free vs. premium members will have access to on our pricing page, and you can access all of our tools directly to try them out right now for free by navigating to our dashboard.

Without further ado, here is our list of the very best domaining, SEO, and internet marketing websites and blogs that we love to visit and read.

Best Domaining Websites, Forums, and Blogs

1. Domaining.com – Domaining.com is of course the owner of the absolute best domain name possible in the domaining niche and the content of the site matches the premium domain name. Francois (the owner) has been adding some very cool new features that serve the domaining community as of late including a domain name marketplace, customizable domaining news feeds, and more.

2. Chef Patrick – Chef Patrick is a key example of a person who has chosen to go the route of using and marketing a very brandable domain name (this requires more work than using a generic keyword domain name but he appears to be pulling it off quite nicely). Chef Patrick offers a great mix of content that has recently included videos of weekly domaining news.

3. Rick Schwartz – Rick’s blog is the home of the “Domain King”. Rick could very well be considered one of the Godfathers of domaining. He is a founder of the ICA (Internet Commerce Association), and he is CEO, President and Co-Founder of eRealestate.com and T.R.A.F.F.I.C.

4. DN Forum – Great domaining related forum.

5. Name Pros – Another great forum for discussing domain names and everything related to the buying and selling of domain names.

6. Domain State – Top domain name forum with a LOT of posts to read through and learn from.

7. DotSauce – Mark Fulton is the Founder and Editor of the DotSauce Domaining Magazine and has really done nice job.

8. Elliot’s Blog – Elliot Silver’s blog about all things related to domain name investing and domain news. Elliot has some very nice in depth posts on a wide range of domaining related topics.

9. Predictive Domaining – Predictive Domaining is a blog that is run by Barry Goggin who is a full time scientist and a member of the NY Academy of Sciences but a domainer on the side who manages to keep his blog updated quite frequently with some pretty good stuff.

10. DotWeekly – DotWeekly is a weekly domain name blog run by Jamie Zoch. DotWeekly has a number of great domaining resources.

11. Domain Habit – A domain name forum with not quite as many posts as some of the others but has some quality content and discussion nonetheless.

Best SEO Websites, Forums, and Blogs

12. SEO Book – SEOBook.com is run by Aaron Wall and the blog is constantly updated with very high quality SEO and internet marketing nuggets.

13. SEO Moz – The SEO Moz team headed up by Rand Fishkin is continually on the cutting edge of Search Engine Optimization. A great source for both beginner and advanced SEO learning.

14. Search Engine Land – Chock full of SEO information and information related to all things search.

15. Stomper Blog – The Stomper Blog is a good source of SEO information.

16. JenSense – Ok, ok the JenSense blog isn’t truly about SEO as Jennifer Slegg focuses on all things related to contextual advertising (both with Google AdSense & the Yahoo Publisher Network) but still worth a read to broaden your knowledge of how the search engines “think” (it’s pretty much all about money).

17. High Rankings – Known more for their SEO newsletter, the Jill Whalen High Rankings Newsletter is a very popular newsletter for search marketers.

18. SEO Roundtable – Solid SEO information and SEO news.

19. Search Engine Journal – Loren Baker’s Search Engine Journal is a tried and true place for great SEO news and information.

20. Matt Cutts – Of course you knew that the blog of everyone’s favorite Google engineer would be in the list didn’t you?

Best Internet Marketing Websites, Forums, and Blogs

21. Digital Point Forum – THE forum for learning about everything related to internet marketing, search engine marketing, coding, graphic design, copywriting, and more. Really this forum could be in any of the above sections as it is quite literally the most active webmaster related forum currently on the Internet.

22. MichaelFortin.com – Michael Fortin’s blog focuses primarily on copywriting and marketing tips as well it should as he is the “Internet’s number one copywriter”… and actually very well could be.

23. Shoe Money – Shoe Money’s blog (run by Jeremy Schoemaker) is quite possibly the most entertaining of all of the blogs on this list and one of my personal favorites. Jam packed full of very practical tips and advice for succeeding in internet marketing.

24. Copy Blogger – Copy Blogger probably takes the award for most consistently offering extremely high quality material. This stuff is so good that it really almost shouldn’t be free.

25. Perry Marshall – Perry Marshall is an AdWords guru who isn’t afraid to tell it like it is. Perry has a great way of just plain telling the truth in a way that if applied will tend to make some people a lot of money.

Submit Your Favorites

I know that I am bound to have forgotten some of the best. Submit some of your favorite domaining, SEO, and internet marketing related websites, blogs, and forums via the comment form below and then check out our tools for finding some great domain names today!

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