Escort Website Design & Marketing Services Blog

Last month I explained what hosting was and how it worked, this month I’ll tell you a little about domain registrations. There’s not that much to it but I thought some of you might find it useful.

A domain name is a website’s address, what you can type into a browser to visit it. eg our domain name is escortdesign.com so if you type that into a web browser you’ll land on our site.

Domains are great because they mean we don’t have to remember a list of numbers like 172.16.254.1 to find our favorite websites. The use of domains by you or I is strictly rental. When you ‘buy’ a domain what you’re actually doing is buying the right to control the use of that domain for a period of time, eg you pay $30 to register a domain for a year, then at the end of that period you’ve got the right to renew and continue using it.

Prices generally range from about $10-$30 per year for the standard .com, .net etc but some of the exotic country domains are more expensive.

The corporation at the center of it all is ICANN, who give domain name registrar’s the right to control the reservation of domain names. The largest domain registrar is Go Daddy, through a company like them you can reserve domain names for multiple years but you’re still only renting it, you don’t own it per se. If you do register a domain and let it lapse, you will have a 30 day grace period in which you can renew the domain before it goes back onto the open market and anyone can snap it up.

Just as a quick aside, I’d like to point out the difference between a domain and a subdomain. When you signup for a free site with us you’ll get a subdomain like:

yoursite.escortfiles.com

but if you’re a premium member you can register a domain for yourself like:

yoursite.com

Subdomains do not need to be registered like domains, they are just add-ons to existing domains.

There’s a lot to think about when deciding on a domain name for your site, I wrote about how to pick an domain name for your escort site last year. In addition to what I wrote there, it can be useful using your country’s cctld (eg .com.au here in Australia) as it can’t hurt your chances of ranking well in your local google search results page.

You’ve worked hard to build up your reputation and you’ve got some great reviews, time to show them to your website visitors! Here’s a quick guide on how to add a link to an outside review to your site. The technique can be used to create a link to any website once you’ve mastered it for reviews.

What if you could skip forward 2 years in time to see how your website and business looked? Although success today may be required for your business to be alive in 2013, try stepping back and thinking about the future for a moment. Below are traffic stats for 2 websites I own. The first I’ve kept up marketing pretty consistently and the second not so much. Both sites are in the same niche with similar content, one I optimized well for search engines and kept collecting links for and the other I started with a flurry but slackened off:

Site 1: Consistent marketing over 2 years…

Adding links to your escort site is important for your marketing, whether it’s adding return links to directories or links to other escort websites who are returning the favor. Here’s a guide to adding links using our website manager.

Time to checkout some of the great escort agency sites you guys have been creating – admire and be inspired!

Perfect Diamond Escorts (”Diamonds” template theme)