Dan Goodwin writes:

Given the ease and low cost of buying and hosting a domain and setting up a redirect, I think it’s a great idea.

You could take it a step further if you had different niches, for example:

FitnessArticlesByBeth.com
SalsaArticlesByBeth.com

and so on…

Anything that makes it easier for people to remember your URLs can only be a good thing.

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Thomas Cummins writes:

positively brilliant good job Jeff Herring

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Juhani Tontti writes:

I like Dan`s comment, where he underlines the keyword usage with the name. This combination is more search engine friendly plus more like a brand.

…I liked the idea.

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Connie Ragen Green writes:

Dan’s idea is brilliant – after Jeff’s, of course. I will get ebookarticlesbyconnie and Jeff could get articlearticlesbyjeff.

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Hope Wilbanks writes:

This is a terrific idea! I like Dan’s idea, too, of including a niche keyword, when possible. Smart thinking!

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Edward Weiss writes:

It sounds like a good idea, but it may not be as practical and hard working as it appears.

After all, how many people “hand out” or mention their URL’s to others. On the other hand, you could use something like this for a hyperlink and then direct them to this site.

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Mark Clayson writes:

Cool. let me add http://www.articlesbymark.com

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Connie Ragen Green writes:

Edward – you would be surprised at how many people ask me where they can see what I have written. The last time I was asked that question I was on a cross-country flight. By the time we had landed I had a contract worth more than 25K. This was because they had seen my articles and knew I could do the project they had in mind. ArticlesbyConnie.com rolls off my tongue and right into my bank account!

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Azhar Victor writes:

Neat idea. Easy and effective articles/author name association. Please add http://www.ArticlesbyAzvic.com

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Pat King writes:

Absolutely Awesome!

Just added mine.

http://www.ArticlesByPat.com

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Russell writes:

What a great idea! Thank you for sharing all you do and keeping us updated about the trends and things you’re noticing here on EzineArticles via Twitter. I really appreciate that, Chris. :)

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Christopher M. Knight writes:

No prob!

http://twitter.com/EzineArticles

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Angela Booth writes:

Excellent idea.

Here’s mine –

http://www.ArticlesByAngela.com

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Drop a dress size fast writes:

Very cool. Following you guys on Twitter has already paid off a couple of times.

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Aakash Shah writes:

This is a good idea. I was actually thinking to have a blog site with all my published articles for my clients. Now i have redirected that to this.
http://www.freelancecontentwriter.com

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Nikki Pilkington writes:

Great idea – I’ve registered articlesbynikki.com :)

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Mark Nelson writes:

It almost sounds too easy but what a great idea.

I’m on my way to register.

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Hendry Lee writes:

I agree that is a great idea. At least Alex Mandossian and Jeff Herring use teleseminars extensively. That may be very useful to show their articles.

Tip: Either use the cPanel’s redirection or put

Redirect 301 / http://ezinearticles.com/?expert_bio=Your Name]

in .htaccess in the root directory of the domain. Substitute with 302 if you don’t want to use permanent redirection.

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Tara Kachaturoff writes:

Yes, thanks to Jeff, I bought http://www.articlesbytara.com It’s a great idea. Thanks Jeff.

Tara Kachaturoff

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Audrey writes:

Ok…so here’s a question, I love the URL, but why is it coming to EzineArticles? Why not just the site articlesbyme.com and then listing all your articles on this new domain you’ve just purchased, where you can also have links to your other sites etc? Just wondering why everyone is pointing these new domains to Chris? And of course Chris I mean no disrespect.

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Audrey writes:

Ok..I just bought articlesbyaudrey.com I really do believe the concept is BRILLIANT.

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Dan Goodwin writes:

Audrey to answer your question on comment no20, I think the simple answer is because it’s quick and easy!

Setting up a website for your articles is easy enough but if you’re publishing a high volume you’ll spend more time maintaining and updating your article site than producing new articles.

I remember listening to a teleseminar with Jeff Herring ages ago where someone asked how he backed up or archived his articles once he’d published them on EzineArticles. He said he didn’t – EzineArticles WAS his archive.

As long as your articles here have good resource boxes back to your own website(s), why not direct people here where they’re all convenient organised?

Dan

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Audrey writes:

Thanks Dan. As I said, I bought the domain yesterday.

What I really should do is take a new picture, one a bit more professional looking, rewrite my bio as it’s quite old and my first attempt and then redirect the domain here.

I’m pretty excited. I wrote about a dozen new articles yesterday. I submitted a few that were proofed already. I hope to proof the rest today and submit them today or tomorrow. Right now I only have a few hundred articles. I see some of you have in the thousands and yes that would take forever to index on your own site. Here on EzineArticles.com Chris already allows the searcher to sort by date, by category etc.

Thanks again.

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Christopher M. Knight writes:

http://twitter.com/askleo/statuses/845456214

One more to add to the list:
http://articlesbyleo.com/

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Audrey writes:

I am pretty excited, my URL http://www.ArticlesbyAudrey.com is now working :)

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Patti McMann writes:

This idea is absolutely brilliant. I just purchased ArticlesbyPatti.com. How do I set it up to point to my articles here?

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Connie Ragen Green writes:

Congratulations, Patti. Forward and mask the domain to your expert bio page here on EzineArticles. Take a look at http://www.ArticlesByConnie.com to see how it works. I have found this to be invaluable to my online business.

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Christopher M. Knight writes:

Patti,

Your web host can help you.

Tell them you want to 301 permanent redirect/rewrite the domain to: http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Patti_McMann

Some domain registrars offer URL rewriting service for a small fee.

Domain forwarding, URL rewriting, or whatever you want to call it is usually a very inexpensive server process… ie: They create the forwarding rule and forget about it. It’s largely a DNS (Domain Name Service) function.

If all this sounds like tech-speak… contact your domain or web host to find out more.

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Nikki Pilkington writes:

My domain host keeps telling me that http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Nikki_Pilkington is an invalid redirection :(

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Shailendra Dubey writes:

This is a great idea to give a domain to Ezine Article Expert authors. It will give more exposure to expert authors.

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Patti McMann writes:

Chris, thanks for the help. http://www.ArticlesbyPatti.com is up and running! :)

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Connie Ragen Green writes:

Patti, change it to expert_bio so it goes directly to your expert bio page with your picture and your stats. Also, mask the domain so it shows Articles by Patti on the title line.

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Cathy Perkins writes:

Great idea, Jeff. Thank you. I now have http://www.articlesbycathy.com. Just need to write more articles.

My domain is not masked, as some have suggested to do. I want Chris to have full credit for his hard work!

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Patti McMann writes:

Thanks Connie. I changed my redirect to my bio page but the domain masking didn’t put Articles by Patti on the title line, even though that is what I entered when I set up the masking. I noticed that yours doesn’t either. Did you also use domain masking?

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Donna Marie Laino writes:

I jumped on this right away when Jeff suggested it for our Mentor group.

Woo-Hoo!!

I can give out my information so easily now and people do not have to remember a long url address.

http://www.ArticlesByDonnaMarie.com

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Connie Ragen Green writes:

Way to go, Donna Marie! And look how many articles you are writing. That is a great tribute to Jeff’s teaching style and ability. I would not have any articles if it was not for receiving his training.

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Juliet Johnson writes:

Actually, while I was on the call listening to Jeff Herring mention the idea I went over and bought

http://www.ArticlesbyJuliet.com

And then I posted it everywhere!! I can’t tell you what a sense of accomplishment it gives me. My own book is on its way, but that I am a Platinum Expert Author, and ranked #1 in my niche at EzineArticles feeds and soothes my ego (and determination) quite nicely thank you!!

Thanks for the profile ranking, Chris. That’s a terrific feature, too.

Juliet

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Jo de Jong writes:

Here’s that newbie butting in again. I’ve been using that technique to get .com domains that I really wanted. Variations to use where appropriate are ‘with’ and ‘with grace,’ meaning doing it gracefully, not the name Grace. A little judgment is required; in some cases you just don’t want the same as someone else has, and I wouldn’t try it well well-known brands unless I wanted to go to court.

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Racheli writes:

Another Great Idea Jeff.
I was surprised to see my author page come up on Google on My name search.
For a while I’ve had http://www.ArticlesByRacheli.com I never knew how to use it
NOW I Just need to crank many more Articles.
It has to have a value. In time we’ll know how much.

Racheli YourMortgageCafe.com

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Sam Manfer writes:

I love Dan’s idea. I now have http://www.articlesbysam.com but I’m going a step further with this. What the heck a domain name is peanuts in the greater scheme of things.

PS – I love the professionalism or EzineArticles.com — good job – 5 stars

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Audrey writes:

Great idea by jeff but we gotta thank Chris to let us know about this great idea.

If any EzineArticles members are looking to get their own domain name we can help them get their own domain for only $1.99 This offer is only for members here.

Once again Chris you do a great job here and keep letting us know more great ideas.

Thanks

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Charles writes:

I feel like the last guy on the train since I have had my articlesbycharles.com domain name for over two months and just today redirected it to my profile on EzineArticles.com. Now I have even more incentive to get my article count up. Thanks Chris and Jeff for being so generous with your genius.

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