| If you want to build your own website but you are | | | | need to remember that when it comes to website |
| new to website design, there are many things that | | | | design, simple is good. |
| you have to take into consideration. | | | | Make Navigation Simple |
| Do You Create or Hire a Professional Webmaster? | | | | Having a site that is easy to read and making it easy |
| The first thing you have to consider is whether or | | | | to find your products, services, blogs, etc. is |
| not you are going to create your own website from | | | | important. If someone comes to your site and finds |
| scratch or if you are going to use a premade design | | | | that it is too cluttered or difficult to find information, |
| that allows you to put your own content onto it. | | | | they will go to a competitor web site to find what |
| While using a template design will certainly be easier, | | | | they need. |
| creating one from scratch ensures that you will have | | | | Content Should Match Your Business or Service - |
| an original site that is truly yours. | | | | SEO |
| Finding an ISP and Getting a URL | | | | Lastly, you need to ensure that, as a beginner, your |
| After you have decided how your website is going | | | | new web site pages include interesting content that |
| to be created, you need to find a site to host your | | | | is relevant to your products or services. |
| website. If you choose an out of the box design, | | | | Why Content is So Important |
| then you can probably use their hosting system as | | | | Since Google, Yahoo, MSN and other search engines |
| well. | | | | list your site based on the relevance of the content |
| Do Some Shopping for the Best Internet Service | | | | to your key word marketing and so on, if you do |
| Provider | | | | not keep your site page relevant, then it will not be |
| If you do this, you need to read their fine print | | | | listed when someone does a search for what you |
| carefully as they will often approach you with | | | | are offering (or what you want them to look at). For |
| different recurring payments for monthly URL fees, | | | | a business, this means they are not going to buy |
| domain name fees, email charges and so on. It is | | | | your products or services. |
| important to compare hosting sites to ensure that | | | | Make Your Site Visually Appealing |
| you are getting the best deal possible. | | | | Using pictures, verbiage and video relevant to your |
| Planning Your Site | | | | site will ensure that your website gets the rankings |
| The next thing you will want to do for your beginner | | | | that you want and hopefully the visitors will enjoy |
| website design is to create a layout for your web | | | | the visit as well. After all, who is going to bookmark |
| site. While this step may seem like a no brainer, you | | | | a web site they do not find enjoyable? |