Design Your Website
If you don't design your own life plan, chances are you'll fall into someone else's plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much. - Jim Rohn
The Internet is a good way to earn money if you know how to do certain things. If you have the right product or service for the right people and promote it to them skillfully, you will definitely succeed: you will make good money online. You do not have to be a genius to make money online. Millions of people are making money every month working from home, running simple websites. How to start? Which way to go? What do you need to know?
What is Web Hosting?
The World Wide Web is an enormous collection of websites hosted on computers (web servers) worldwide. The web server (computer) where your website is located is called the web host. The web host is a company that provides space on a server it owns for use by its clients. It also provides Internet connectivity, usually in a data center. Web hosting clients upload their websites to a web server which the Internet service provider (ISP) maintains to ensure connection to the Internet. Some web hosting companies are better than others. By choosing a web host you will have to consider the following three factors:
1. Reliability
You will most probably want to choose a reliable web host: you do not want your website to disappear one day.
2. Quality
Quality means network connectivity with minimal downtime (99.9% uptime guarantee) as well as support whenever you need it.
3. Pricing
Pricing is related to amount of storage, transfer allowances (bandwidth), free domain name, free setup, free site builder, free email account, domain privacy registration, free search engine submission and other important features.
What is Website?
Some people use free web hosting service. Free web hosting service is usually supported by ads. In fact they do not provide a real website. They provide only a sub-domain which is not considered as a website.
Free web hosting has many limitations:
1. No security guarantee
2. Very small bandwidth per month
3. Limitation on the size of hosted files
4. Sub-domains are not allowed in businesses
5. Pop-up ads which bring profit to ‘free’ web host.
Web hosting service companies usually practice free web hosting to introduce their services. Later on they start charging even more than other paid hosting services.
What are the Options?
If you want to design a website you have two options, either pay money to a professional website designer or design a website by yourself.
1. Hire someone to create a website for you.
It is important to choose the services of a professional designer. Website quality is an important prerequisite for your future business.
2. Design a website by yourself.
If you want to design a website by yourself, you have two options:
Option 1 (experience required): Website design knowledge, skills and experience is required. You will need to spend a lot of time to learn and acquire all the necessary skills; you will spend much time at designing and building the website. If you have time and are willing to learn or you are experienced in using HTML – this is the right choice for you. If not – there is another, more simple solution – Option 2.
Option 2 (simple, by using website builder): Use pre-designed blocks readily available online. You put them together, add or take away clearly described stuff there, and you have a professional looking website. In this way, you save time (and money!) if you have no technical skills. It is easy and simple – there is no other, simpler way than this. Many busy ESL teachers have designed their websites in this way.
Step by Step
Having decided upon your needs, you can take the following actions.
1. Choose a web host
2. Choose a domain name
3. Register your domain name
4. Start building your website.
There are good web hosting companies that can provide you with your own domain name ( www.yourbusinessname.com) and easy-to-use website building tools. You do not need to know much about HTML or imaging software. If you can surf the Internet, you can build your own professional looking website and start your busines step-by-step, with all the necessary explanations. You can start building your website easily. To start with, you can go to free website providers and try free website building tools. You will find reliable web hosts if you click HERE...
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