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Computer certifications haven't lost their value and they have. These are two opinions and depending who you ask or which forum you visit, you will get both these answers. There are those that think certifications aren't valuable any more and those that do.

You can only speak from your own experience and here is mine:

Computer certifications have helped me get my foot in the door in finding an IT job when I wanted to change careers. For years I was a secretary and grew quite bored with the role. My first cert, the Comptia A+ landed me that first IT job. It paid very badly, and the hours were longer than they should have been but I wasn't nave to think that one cert with no experience was going to get me a high paying job. I just need to get my foot in the door.

As years went by I got more certifications under my belt. My knowledge base grew, my salary grew and my resume looked pretty darn good, what with the letters after my name but most importantly the experience. In fact never did I have the confidence to attend interviews until I started getting certified because I knew I had an edge.

And here is where I will put a side note and state that certifications mean very little without the experience. Certs show you are willing to learn new things, you are a go getter and employers feel much more confident with you because of that. But a cert without experience is just a piece of paper that says you know stuff (hopefully).

This is what I have found:

• Some employers value certifications - others don't
• If you do contract work, certifications impress - they are needed
• Recruitment agencies also love them; the more they can impress clients with, the better
• Some certs help you advance your career, others don't

So should you certify or not?

If you don't, you are missing out on opportunities. For a while I was in charge of hiring and from those that came into the door, only the certified and experienced made it through the second interview.

Certifications haven't lost their value - it's just that they are not the 'new thing on the block' any more. Certifications used to be an extravagance. Now they are the normal thing that you should have.

I wouldn't have continued certifying if they didn't bring me value. I've got better things to do with my time and spend my money on. But I know that they pay off - proving I choose my career track carefully and plan where I'm going.

If you are thinking of going the IT career route, have you done your own research? Which career path will you follow? Decide, then follow that up with certs that will ultimately raise you to the position you have always dreamed of.

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If you've been around and have built your own dot-coms for quite a while, it probably is safe to say that we hear about webmasters complaining about the lack of good domain names all the time. Back then, I bought that line of thinking for a while but it simply served me no good.

The problem is ... it makes you lazy and trust me, it won't force you to be innovative when thinking about your next domain name.

Good news is ... somewhere along the lines, I've already gotten rid of that belief. Fact is there are still plenty of good (if not excellent) domain names that are waiting for you to be registered for either your own new website's purposes and even for speculation.

Just 2 days ago, I was able to register yet another domain name which in my opinion was an awesome domain name. I registered internet-marketing-affiliate.com!

Some weeks ago, i had done my research and had a shortlist of names which I felt were pretty good. One of them was weight-loss-cure.net. I had ideas as to what I would do with the domain name if it was mine. For some reason or other, I did not register it. Only reason I can think of was because of INACTION (or what we would normally term as PROCRASTINATION) . Indeed, procrastination is one of the biggest causes of failure (i'll be the first to admit that I'm a victim of it).

Anyway, back to the topic. Some days past (since I checked weight-loss-cure) and sure enough, one morning as I got up to check on my shortlist of names, lo and behold, someone had already registered it while I was in "another world". It was the classic case of "you snooze, you lose". I was slightly pissed.

So here's what I suggest, if you've been wanting to register a domain name for some time now and have not done so, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? And if you've been giving yourself excuses such as "there are no more good domain names left", start wearing your thinking cap and get to work. There are LOTS of excellent domain names (as there are lots of pretty single ladies) that remain unregistered till today.

Remember ... you snooze, you lose!

Kelvin Chan has been an active internet marketer since early 2000 and has since built different sites with different niches. He is also an active currency trader/coach and loves to inspire others.

His "FREE 7 Explosive Techniques and Principles for HUGE Internet Success" e-Book can be downloaded at http://www.trafficlicious.com