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Make Your Own Website Guide for Beginners

by Tem Balanco

How can you make your own website? Well, for most that don't have background of site building this question can be quite intimidating. The truth is, all you need to know are the seven basic steps to actually make your own website.

1) Develop a website development plan that is incorporated with your overall marketing processes. This must be constant like the graphics/images consistent with your overall branding, style guide, color use, etc.

2) When you make your own website, try not to be so in love with the latest design technology. Meaning, avoid bombarding it with graphics, plug ins, GIF garbage, etc. But, conversely, check work at your design well as there are too many crappy sites that turn visitors away. A decent design is all you need.

3) Pay attention to the "loading times," or how long it takes your site to load on various modems and connections. When your web page doesn't load quickly, then your visitor would lose patience and will click away.

4) Try to keep it clean and simple. Construct a website that is easy on the eyes and is easy to move around in. Keep as much details on top of the "cutoff point" at the bottom of a monitor. Do not use horizontal scroll bars unless absolutely necessary.

5) When you make your own website ensure to develop content that is both web-enabled and reader-friendly. Keep your paragraphs short, not more than two to three sentences each. Put in white spaces between your content as it will give your readers' eyes room to breathe.

6) Make sure that your site is optimized for search engines by making out 8-12 keywords that people will use to find your site. These keywords must be integrated in your site content to impel relevancy with search engine bots. Why? It is projected that about 70% of all traffic comes through search engines. So to attract visitors, get lots of links to your site.

7) As you website could be seen across continents, think global in your overall web page design. Loading times are again very important, and do not create content tackling colloquialisms that may not be understood by those who don't speak the same language. If it is possible, make your own web site content available in diverse languages.

-Want to make your own website? Worrying that you are not a professional so it is not possible? Well, worry no more as building a website these days is not as complicated as it seems. All you need to know is the basics of web design and web content development as there are a lot of site building assistance available online.

Published October 13th, 2009

Filed in Business, Ecommerce, Web Design

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