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ICAAN announced on 26th June 2008 in Paris, what could be the biggest revolution on the internet cyber world in 40 years! Now you can name your own domain names & you do not have to restrict to the existing 21 approved names like .com, .net, .org & country codes like .uk (UK), .us (USA), .in (India), .cn (China), .de (Germany) etc. (All the approved domain are listed below)

ICAAN would start approving the new top level domain (TLD) names from the first quarter of 2009. Added to that, top level domain names would also appear in many new languages, including Arabic.

However, estimates say, that depending on the top level domain name you choose, it could cost you as much as USD 100,000.

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Designing websites & blogs is tricky. And designing your blogs on your own & avoiding the common design mistakes is very difficult if not impossible.

For 2 reasons : One, you have so much information to share, and so little place to put it so that they all appear in front of the reader at once. Two, there are so many softwares, tools & functionalities available to a designer, and most of them free, that you find it hard to choose one & eliminate 2 others.

In this post, I shall share my experience in creating very simple yet effective blogs & websites. Sure there are no golden rules but there are things that you should do to make your blogs & websites work effective for you with minimal problems.

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Many times even when you have excellent content on your websites & blogs, there are constraints that discourage visitors from spending time on your site or even coming back repeatedly.

You may be losing valuable readers not because of your content but because of technical & cosmetic issues that you may not realize even exists.

It may be worth to take a look at the top 5 reasons why people could go away from your web page or not return to your website anymore. I have added a few suggestions & recommendations to each of these top 5 website problems that could help you retain your readers & make your visitors keep coming back.

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How often do you watch the comments left on your blogs & posts? If you are a cautious blogger, you should be watching the comments on your posts frequently. Not all comments are meant to be kept. Cleaning them up once a week is a good practice, especially if you have just started to build your rank site & blog’s rank with the Search Engines.

If you search Google about the best practices of leaving comments, a great many will show up. I will analyze the other side of the coin. This analysis will help you understand & either keep favorable ones or eliminate the harmful ones.

When I say "harmful" I do not mean it from a social point of view. When I say "harmful comment" I mean that the comment could lower your page’s authority with search engines. Yes, comments could help build your credibility with Search Engines or ruin it.

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So now you have a website or a blog. You have spotted a niche area. Even if you have not, you have identified enough good content to publish. And you have a strategy to engage with the audience.

And now you need sponsors & advertisers to help you sustain & grow your enterprise. So how do you go about looking for advertisers and sponsors? And when you do, how do you fix the revenue ?

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