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How do i get a website?

There are three steps you have to accomplish to “get a website”. These days these three steps have very blurred lines of distinction. The first thing you will need to do is to decide on a domain name (www.YourNameHere.com) and register that name. Registering your domain name usually cost on average $6.00 USD per year for a .com address. With the completion of this step you now own your own domain name!

Now that you have a domain name you need to purchase some “hosting”. Because you most likely do not have the type of dedicated connection nor do you have the technical expertise to run your own server you will need to buy some space on a server. This server will host your site so that everyone will be able to access it. Hosting comes in many different platforms and packages. Many companies will sell you a hosting package when you register your domain name with them. (Like I said the lines that divide these steps are getting harder to define) If this is your first experience with websites and hosting we STRONGLY recommend that you purchase your hosting with the same company that you purchase your domain name from. This way you do not have to deal with setting up your DNS servers as it will be done automatically for you. The price you will pay for your hosting will vary by how “large” of a space you need and how much traffic you expect to have. The price will range from $3.00 USD to $30.00+ USD per month.

The final step is the creation and uploading of your website. The creation of your site is where most of your budget for your project will be spent. Traditionally you would hire a graphics firm to come up with a look, logo and other images and a programmer would create a site using the images. The range of cost in this area can range dramatically depending on what you need. Dynamic sites are websites in which the owner can log into and administer. These type of sites cost much more than what most small business, churches and individuals need. The reason they cost more is because a developer that programs a site with dynamic functions will charge a firm much more than a programmer who is programming a static site (a static site is the “opposite” of a dynamic site) and rightfully so. A programmer who developing a dynamic site will most likely be using ASP.NET, PHP, ColdFusion or something similar. These types of programming languages take years of study and experience to become efficient at, which is why they will get paid more.

How much does a website cost?

The cost of a website can vary greatly depending you your needs. We cater our services to the small business, churches and individules and can usually design and implement a site for under 1,000 USD. When other design firms will charger thousands of dollars we are able to keep costs down using a number of different strategies.

How can you provide web design solutions as a fraction of the costs of the other guys?

Certain sectors of the I.T. industry is beginning to be viewed the same way that mechanics or used car dealers are viewed by consumers. Simply put: “You better trust them before you use them”. This mindset is unfortunate but sometimes grounded in some truth. We can provide design services at a fraction of the cost because of three reasons.
1. We do not generally ‘outsource’ our work to other firms.
2. We allow users to pick templates which keeps the hours you are billed down to a minimum.
3. We do not overcharge you like many design firms do. I’m not saying all firms do this, but many do.

What is search engine optimization?

According to wikipedia: “Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via “natural” (”organic” or “algorithmic”) search results. Typically, the earlier a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine.”
In other words SEO is the process of manipulating the content of a website so that it is easily read by search engines and so that search engines will “know” what type of content your site contains. The purpose of SEO is to get your site the highest possible ranking when relevant keywords are searched.

How do i get traffic to my website?

While most people will focus their marketing campaign on SEO there are many more ways to promote your site and get traffic to your site. A successful marketing campaign will cover multiple areas; hard copy advertising (newspaper, magazines and phone books), “paid advertising on search engines and other pages, building high quality web pages to engage and persuade, addressing technical issues that may keep search engines from crawling and indexing those sites, setting up analytics programs to enable site owners to measure their successes, and improving a site’s conversion rate.”

How do I make my own site Website?

If you want to do it yourself there are many options. The first is to learn HTML, CSS and do it yourself. This is the most time consuming but often most rewarding way to go. You are looking at about a 3-6 month period of time where you need to spend time studing the technical aspect of programming a webpage, learning the basics about graphic design and finally desiging and implemintiing your own site. Learning basic HTML and CSS isn’t very hard but ending up with a professional product at the end can be difficult. There are also many sites and programs out there that will enable you to create a website without touching any of the code. I have seen some sites built with these applications that are decent but in the end you will not be able to do everything that you can do if you were manipulating the code yourself. The last option is to hire someone to develop and implement a site for your.

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