I've Got a Domain Name--Now What???: A Practical Guide to Building a Website and Web Presence [Paperback]

Jean Bedord (Author)

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Product Description

Setting up your own domain and website without a readily available office expert can be challenging, even for the technically savvy. You have to choose from multiple options, from simple to complex, to configure web technology to meet your needs. Individually, each software component is not difficult. It's the oh-so-important details involved in putting them together that can be problematic.

This book is your guide to the many technology tools that can be utilized to build your web presence. Stages from registering a domain name to creating a website and utilizing your domain for email and internet marketing are outlined.

Top 5 things the reader will walk away with after reading the book:

• 1. Set up a domain registration correctly for asset protection, email and a website.
• 2. Evaluate options for building a website.
• 3. Become aware of alternative email configurations for domain names.
• 4. Make their domain and website findable using simple internet marketing techniques.
• 5. Learn basic online and offline tactics for driving web traffic to their website.

Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: Happy About (December 4, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 160005109X
• ISBN-13: 978-1600051098
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #402,021 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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35 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Only Honest Review Here - DO NOT BUY, January 20, 2010

By	Chuong Nguyen (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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This review is from: I've Got a Domain Name--Now What???: A Practical Guide to Building a Website and Web Presence (Paperback)

Before purchasing this book, I was skeptical of all the 100% glowing reviews, and went on a mission to my local bookstores to peruse this book before making the purchase on Amazon. My many local different bookstores did not stock "I've Got A Domain Name: Now What?" I decided to take the plunge anyways, and bought it on Amazon. I just received this book about half an hour ago, and now I realize why local bookstores don't stock this 'book':

It's a pamphlet.

The author and the people they contracted to do the reviews here on Amazon should be ashamed. At 116 pages, in what looks like huge 24 point font, there's barely any material here. There's as much information in here as there is on one of About(.)com 's web pages, and less current. There's probably more text on the disclaimer page of a commercial drug in your magazine than in this entire book. And as for the content? Useless, irrelevant. When reading the title, you would think this book would show you all the ins and outs of making and promoting a website for business. Nope -- look at just a few examples of WHOLE CHAPTERS for this book:

- CH. 1: Understanding the Domain Name System ; -- Okay, I don't know about you, but I figure someone who already has a Domain Name (as the book's title would imply) already understands this system, otherwise they would not already have a domain name. Topic in this 'chapter': "Choosing a Domain Name" (ARE YOU SERIOUS? The book is called "I've Got a Domain Name: Now What?"... and you have this topic??)

- CH. 2: Registering a Domain ; -- Wow. Getting past the obvious reason why this shouldn't even be in this 'book', it pretty much lays out what the start pages of GoDaddy's ordering process would look like. Only, the writing in this book is even more technical and confusing.

I was going to actually post a video of this review, and let Amazon shoppers know how little is in this 'book'. But I'm currently in my pajamas, and this drivel I ordered is not worth the effort. I also was going to really tear into this 'book' in detail, but it's just frustrating to flip through the half empty pages. The author, Jean Bedord, should really be ashamed. How could you possibly charge twenty dollars (the MSRP on the back flap is 19.99) for a pamphlet? A small free booklet at your local Small Business Administration has more information than this pamphlet.

Please use the Amazon's Look Inside feature for this book, and look through the first few pages. That's it. You've pretty much seen half of this 'book'. The table of contents itself should tell you that there isn't enough here to fill a decent flyer, let alone booklet. If anyone else has bought or read through this, please post your honest review. We have to let people know that they should not waste their time here, and let us counter all the 5-star 'reviews' that Jean Bedord has paid for. I thought this would help me out, since I have some Dreamweaver books, a few entrepreneurial books on start up businesses, and a few more on actual website design. This book covers nothing. It describes what a domain is. That's it. Go to the wikipedia page for "Domain" and you will find ten times more useful information than you will in this book.

10 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great way to introduce someone to the basics, February 14, 2009

By	Kim Flournoy (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: I've Got a Domain Name--Now What???: A Practical Guide to Building a Website and Web Presence (Paperback)

While this book is geared towards beginners, I'm finding that it's very useful to me when I'm talking with clients who might be confused about the basics of website development. If I'm struggling to explain something clearly, I can just pull this book off the shelf and get some ideas on how to communicate these concepts. The book even talks about search engine optimization and buying ads on Google, which are definitely areas that are of interest to new website owners. I'm going to read through it again and highlight key concepts, so I can find them again when I need them!

4.0 out of 5 stars Covers Basic Info, May 5, 2010

By	Mike Wallace (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I've Got a Domain Name--Now What???: A Practical Guide to Building a Website and Web Presence (Paperback)

I read the PDF version of this book and found it covered a lot of basic info. If you are new to creating your own sites and don't understand the basics of registrars, and hosting, and how to set up a site or a blog this should help answer your questions. It starts with the basics of what a domain is and how to register one. Then it has quite a bit of information about domain emails, in fact, I even learned that you can set up your gmail account with multiple emails.

This book pretty much covers everything from creating a static site to a blog using WordPress, Blogger, or Typepad. It also touches on keyword research and link building. This book seems to be intended as an overview for beginners. If someone was confused by the structure of setting up their own sites, after reading this, they would have a good idea what to research next.

It's not the end all and be all of web information, but it is a nice starting point and a thorough overview that covers all the bases.