Making a website is not as easy as it looks. It takes a lot of work, determination and confidence to keep going. But once you have done it, it is a great achievement. The first thing you need before you do anything is an idea. You need to decide what your website will be on. For example, a website on the latest gadgets. Once you have this, you should have a structure on how you will set up your site

1. Get a domain name and Web Hosting: You need a domain name and web hosting to set up your site. If you are a beginner, you may be interested in using something like free webs, which a free sub domain and free web hosting. Microsoft office live basics are also offering a free domain name and web hosting. However, if you are serious, you need to be willing to pay a relatively small amount of money.

2. Start making your pages: Your website does not need to have hundreds of pages to be successful or good. As long as the content is good, that is all that really matters. You need to have a homepage which is easy to use and hyperlinks to make navigating through the site easily. In addition to having a homepage, a contact us page and a site map is a good idea.

3. Get traffic You need traffic otherwise you will get no visitors. A good place to start is to put your site into website directories. Once you have done this, you should attempt to have your website listed into the major search engines like Google and Yahoo. However don’t accept to get a top ten ranking

4. Improve Traffic You need to get links from other websites to yours. Reciprocal links is a good way to start, where you get a link in return for giving the other website one. Getting one way links is hard to get, unless you pay for them. You could entice the other websites with one way links but it is very hard.

5. Make revenue of your site: You can place ads on your site, and if people click on them, you can get money. Google adsense will give you ads free based on the text on your page. You can get between 10 cents and $1 for each click.

Vishal Sheth
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