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> Get Articles > Internet Marketing > Free Stuff: Redirection Services Free Stuff: Redirection Services Download as PDFRichard Lowe articlesinternet-tips.net Internet Tips And Secrets http://www.internet-tips.net Copyright (C) Richard Lowe Jr. and Claudia Arevalo-Lowe, 1999-2001. Permission is granted to reprint the following article as long as no changes are made and the byline, copyright information, and the resource box is included. Please let me know if you use this article by sending an email to mailto:articlesinternet-tips.net Article Title: Free Stuff: Redirection Services Author: Richard Lowe, Jr. Contact Author: mailto:articlesinternet-tips.net Publishing Guidelines: May be freely published w/bylines Web Address: http://www.internet-tips.net Autoresponder Address: mailto:article-226internet-tips.net (Autoresponder formatted for 65 character wrapping) Here is a selection of redirection services. What is a redirection service? These allow you to create a "better" domain name (usually a subdomain within a domain name) than the one you've got. Thus, you could create "clickto.com/internettips" or "internettips.clickto.com" or something like that. Why would you want to do this? Perhaps your site is hosted on a free server with a URL such as "http://www.hostingcompany.com/user/silconvalley/ab546/index.htm". This is very difficult for your visitors to remember so you could use a redirection service to make it easier. Why do these companies provide free redirection services? Because they want to sell advertising, of course. In return for the service, your visitors will be shown an ad in one of the following ways (depending upon the service terms and conditions). - In a pop up window when the page loads - On a delay page that appears before the user is redirected to your page - You can choose a position on your page that you would like to place the banner - A 88x31 button somewhere on your page - A banner on top of your page. There are some good reasons NOT to use this kind of service, however. - The names are usually considered "tacky" or unprofessional by many people. - You must show additional advertisements to use the services, or pay to remove the ads. If you are going to pay, why not just get a domain name? - The search engines really frown on these domain names, since they are often used in attempts to spam the search engines (by making a site look like two or more sites and thus getting listed more often). - Since the companies are usually advertising based, they tend to be unstable. Thus, you could heavily promote the redirected URL only to find it suddenly gone. Some popular redirection services are listed below. Atmypage http://www.atmypage.com/ These guys will give you "you.atmypage.com" in return for an advertisement in your choice of format. BeamTo http://beam.to/index.asp BeamTo offers "you.beamto.com" in return for an ad. Bravenet Web Services http://www.bravenet.com/ Offers the following redirected URLs: clix.to, clik.to, wakeup.to, trax.to, trak.to, get-me.to, takeoff.to, dear.to, slingshot.to, destined.to, devoted.to, committed.to, continue.to, embark.to Short URL http://www.shorturl.com/ Provides the URLs listed below. All you need to do is include a small 88x31 button on your site. You may choose one of the following URLs: you.shorturl.com, you.2ya.com, you.vze.com, you.filetap.com, you.mirrorz.com, you.alturl.com, you.spyw.com, you.funurl.com List of articles available for reprint: mailto:article-listinternet-tips.net NOTE: The following information must be included if you reprint this article: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Lowe Jr. is the webmaster of Internet Tips And Secrets at http://www.internet-tips.net - Visit our website any time to read over 1,000 complete FREE articles about how to improve your internet profits, enjoyment and knowledge. How useful did you find this article? This article can be downloaded freely from http://www.get-articles.com and used on your website or in your ezine so long as the author is credited and their resource box left intact. You should not change any links in the article, and where the article is used on a website it's links should be clickable. Please see our terms and conditions page for more information: http://www.get-articles.com/authors-publishers-terms.php |
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