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Building a Professional Web Site on a Budget

This is the initial in a many part round of articles about creating a fantastic web site cheaply. The objective audience for this assignment is folk with some experience (or maybe you know someone who has experience), and you want to build some sort of internet manifestation with a minimal investment.

To make this essay simple I am going to go with a firm called godaddy.com for the domain registration and internet hosting. While this article isn't supposed to be a explicit endorsement of godaddy, I have been happy with their offerings and utilizing them allows me to put up some real dollar figures.

Choosing a domain name. This may very well be the hardest part of starting your internet site. There are a couple of angles we should take a closer look at.

- Will you be attempting to promote your product or products? - Are you attempting to achieve good search engine results? - Will you be attempting to convey an idea?

I'd bet will you be are attempting to do part of all three. Just remember this, without patrons, your brand name and concept are bordering on pointless. Attempt to get a appropriate balance, but remember to decide on a domain name with one or two keywords that you are attempting to address in your SEO (search engine optimization). If you are unfamiliar with the concept of SEO, you can find all kinds of information and mis-information on the web about it. Some of my future articles will further explain this, so depending on when you are perusing this you will want to try one of the world wide web sites listed in the author resource box for more information.

Is your domain name not already taken? Ok, you've picked a domain name, but is it attainable? Go to http://www.godaddy.com and do a domain name search. Most domain registrars have this ability and it will be prominantly displayed on their home page. There will be no charge for checking if your domain name is vacant. If it is, then it's time to make a buy, if not, most services have alternative suggestions. Occasionally they get it right, but the majority of of the time you'd be better off to come up with another concept. Keep in mind, be patient on this one, it is an important decision.

Buying your domain name Have a visa or mastercard? Then most of your work is done. Just follow the on screen directions, be sure to take your time filling out the information, I have heard stories of webmasters who've had their domains invalidated due to incorrect information (bad phone #, address or e-mail). About the e-mail address specifically, make sure it's one you're going to have for a long time. I near lost the initial domain I registered as the renewal request was delivered to an e-mail account that Was no longer active.

What extras should i buy? During the process of paying for your domain, godaddy will ask you "do you want fries with that?" Or the internet analogy anyway. They will bombard you with a handful of options, all of which can be paid for later. Also, for now the only one you might want consider is internet hosting. I myself chose the deluxe internet hosting package (on linux) which was %5.59/month for a period of two years. It gave me a ton of space and plentiful bandwidth. Along with that, allowed me to access MySQL databases, Java and PHP all of which were urgent to my design. Also, the web (http) portion of the server is from apache, which I have some prior knowledge of and most online guides are designed for.

Godaddy gives me the ability to set up a pile of 10MB e-mail accounts for my personal use. So, if you're going to add anything at this time, the hosting would be it.

There you go, you've purchased a domain and some hosting. You've taken the first step to having an internet site. Your next step will be preparing your site for content...but that my comrades is another report.

For more information on setting up a web presence cheaply, visit one of my web sites in the author resource box.

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