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How Do I Build My Own Website? Start Out With These Simple 3 Steps...


If you are wondering, "how do I build my own website without expensive software and know-how", then you are in the right place. It really is easier than ever to build your own website these days.



Many people will try to make it super complicated. People will tell you it will cost thousands of dollars for someone to develop and host it. This is not a good idea when you may be just a few hours away from being able to make exactly what you want yourself for little or no cost.



Many people will tell you that you need expensive software like Dreamweaver to make a good site...NO YOU DON"T. Besides, you need to pretty much go back to college to learn a program like Dreamweaver, and it costs hundreds of dollars!



Many people will tell you to just "outsource the work", and don't worry about this kind of stuff because you don't want to waste your time learning it anyway. That can turn into a headache FAST when you need little changes done to your website and have to wait days for the outsourced worker to finally get to it!



Let's take our web presence in our own hands and make our own website!

STEP 1 to Build My Own Website- Get A Reliable Hosting Account 

The Hosting Account Will Supply the "Online Real Estate" On Which You Build Your Own Website.

Basically, this is one of the costs that we cannot get around paying if we want to build our own website.

It's okay, though. Web hosting is an extremely competitive market, so costs have been driven down with so many players in the market. You can expect to pay no more than $7 or $8 a month for this service. And it can get cheaper if you buy a longer subscription, which I recommend.

The software we will use to build our own website will also be included with a quality web hosting plan.

You can visit http://www.HowToHostaWebsite.org to see the top web hosting services that will give you everything you could possibly need to be a master website builder.

Basically, we want to make sure we have unlimited everything. That means unlimited bandwidth, memory, and domains allowed is some things you want to look for.

Learning How to Host A Website will make or break your website building experience.

STEP 2 to Build My Own Website- Choose a Good Domain Name 

Choosing a Good Domain Name Could Mean More Traffic Immediately

When building your own website, you want to really think about the domain name (what people type into the address bar to reach your site).

If you want to make a clever name of your website, then you are going to have to market that name in various ways across the internet and offline as well in order for people to find your website.

However, if I were to build my own website and make it about, say, "goat hair", then if I called the site www.goathair.com, then search engines would assume my site is about Goat Hair. SO, when people type in their search for "goat hair", then the search engine will see that my site is called www.goathair.com, so it must be about "goat hair", right? So we will naturally be raised to the top of the search engine rankings just with this one "trick".

**Of course, there are many other factors for a web site to be ranked high in the search engine rankings, but it is a good idea to use this!

STEP 3 to Build My Own Website- Install Wordpress On The Domain 

Use Wordpress to Make a Professional Looking Website...the Fast and Simple Way!

Building your own website using the free software Wordpress couldn't be easier.

Wordpress is an "open source" software, meaning it's free and constantly improved by the public. It's simple to use and can be used for many different types of websites.

Okay, so we have a Web Hosting account...now we want to install Wordpress on the domain. Basically you will click on "Fantastico" or "Simple Scripts" in the control panel of your hosting account and then click on install Wordpress.

Themes
In the Admin menu, click on add themes and search through TONS of free themes. You can make a real professional looking site using one of these free themes.

Plugins
Add different "plugins" that do everything you can think of. If you want your website to do something specific, there is a plug-in that can do it! For instance, install a plug-in that keeps track of Analytics of your website. Or add the "SEO Pack" plug-in so you can climb the search engine rankings super fast. There are a ton to take advantage of, so take a good look at the different types and you will get some good ideas of what your website will have on it!

The First Crucial Step Is Get Started! 

Get a Cheap Web Hosting Account With Everything You Need and Get Started Right Now!

Learn more about the Top 3 Web Hosting Services for building your own website.

http://www.HowToHostAWebsite.org

by BruceReed

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