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DrignacioRollins — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 13:21:59 GMT

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How To Make A Website - Free Tutorial

If you want to learn how to make your own website, you've come to the right place. Below you'll find a step by step tutorial that will guide you through the process, regardless of the type of website you are planning to make (i.e., it could be a website for your company, an online store where you'll sell affiliate products, a blog where you'll write about your interests and so on).

It gets even better. You don't need to have any technical skills, and most of the tools and resources we recommend are completely free. You'll only spend money for the domain name and web hosting, but that will cost you $20 at most. If you follow our guide you should be able to have your website up and running in a matter of hours, so let's get started!
Step 1: Choosing A Domain Name

The first step is to choose the domain name for your website, which is nothing more than its address (e.g., google.com, cocacola.com, soccerblog.net and so on).
Identifying A Good Domain Name

If you are not sure what you should look for in a domain name, here are 4 guidelines that will help you pick a good one:

1. Good domains are short. The shorter your domain, the better. Consider that one word domains like Mobiles.com or Pizza.com are worth millions of dollars. You wont find any one-word domains available, however, so aim to get a domain with two words, like MobilesHub.com or SleekPizza.net. Choosing a domain with three or more words is fine as long as the domain makes sense.

2. Good domains are easy to spell. Your domain needs to be easy to spell, or else your visitors will end up on some other website. This means that you should avoid tricky and foreign words if possible. For example, the domain CappuccinoBar.com might be problematic for English speaking visitors. Cappuccino is an Italian word, and not everyone is aware where the doubles are placed.

3. Good domains are descriptive. Your domain must indicate to visitors what your website is about. Why? Because most people will use your domain when linking to your website, and if the domain itself is descriptive, people will be more likely to click on it and to visit your website. For example, FitnessCentral.com tells people what the website is about right away, while MrJones.com doesn't.

4. Good domains have a .com, .net or .org extension. When purchasing a domain name you'll be able to choose from many different extensions. However, there are only three that you should consider. The first one is the .com, which should always be your first call. If you can't get the .com version of the domain you want, then going with .net or .org should be fine. Just stay away from extensions such as .biz, .us and .info because most spam and malicious websites use these extensions, meaning that both human visitors and search bots will get suspicious when visiting your site.

How To Make A Website - Free Tutorial
by Daniel Scocco

If you want to learn how to make your own website, you've come to the right place. Below you'll find a step by step tutorial that will guide you through the process, regardless of the type of website you are planning to make (i.e., it could be a website for your company, an online store where you'll sell affiliate products, a blog where you'll write about your interests and so on).

It gets even better. You don't need to have any technical skills, and most of the tools and resources we recommend are completely free. You'll only spend money for the domain name and web hosting, but that will cost you $20 at most. If you follow our guide you should be able to have your website up and running in a matter of hours, so let's get started!
Step 1: Choosing A Domain Name

The first step is to choose the domain name for your website, which is nothing more than its address (e.g., google.com, cocacola.com, soccerblog.net and so on).
Identifying A Good Domain Name

If you are not sure what you should look for in a domain name, here are 4 guidelines that will help you pick a good one:

1. Good domains are short. The shorter your domain, the better. Consider that one word domains like Mobiles.com or Pizza.com are worth millions of dollars. You wont find any one-word domains available, however, so aim to get a domain with two words, like MobilesHub.com or SleekPizza.net. Choosing a domain with three or more words is fine as long as the domain makes sense.

More resources:
[http://makeacomwebsite.blogspot.com/ make a .com website]

2. Good domains are easy to spell. Your domain needs to be easy to spell, or else your visitors will end up on some other website. This means that you should avoid tricky and foreign words if possible. For example, the domain CappuccinoBar.com might be problematic for English speaking visitors. Cappuccino is an Italian word, and not everyone is aware where the doubles are placed.

3. Good domains are descriptive. Your domain must indicate to visitors what your website is about. Why? Because most people will use your domain when linking to your website, and if the domain itself is descriptive, people will be more likely to click on it and to visit your website. For example, FitnessCentral.com tells people what the website is about right away, while MrJones.com doesn't.

4. Good domains have a .com, .net or .org extension. When purchasing a domain name you'll be able to choose from many different extensions. However, there are only three that you should consider. The first one is the .com, which should always be your first call. If you can't get the .com version of the domain you want, then going with .net or .org should be fine. Just stay away from extensions such as .biz, .us and .info because most spam and malicious websites use these extensions, meaning that both human visitors and search bots will get suspicious when visiting your site.

A Brainstorming Strategy

If you are having a hard time coming up with domains that respect all the guidelines above, here is a simple strategy you can use: come up with a list of main keywords related to the topic of your website, and then add prefixes (e.g., super, mega, fast, quick, hot) and suffixes (e.g., central, spot, corner, zone, bay, hub, home) to these keywords. For example, if you want to start a website about computers, your main keywords could be computer, computers, pc, tech and so on. By adding prefixes and suffixes you would then have SuperComputer.com, SuperComputers.com, EasyPC.com, ComputersHub.com, PCZone.com, ComputersCentral.com, TechBay.com and so on. You can change the extension on each domain too, from .com to .net or .org.
How To Find If the Domains Are Available

By now you should have a list of potential domain names for your website. But how do you find if these domains have already been registered by someone else, or if they are still available? You need a whois tool for that, which is basically a website that will access the database of registered domains for you.

DrignacioRollins

DrignacioRollins — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 13:21:44 GMT