Make Your Own Website - An Introduction To Website Creation
Do you have an idea for a website? Well then, now is the time to make your own website! But where do you get started? Making your own website might sound like a complicated task, but really isn't once you learn the basics.
Let's assume that you already picked out the topic, and you're ready to make your own website. For ease I am going to use bubble gum as an example topic. Since we're going to make a website about bubble gum, we have our primary keyword. Don't worry if you think that this has nothing to do with how to make your own website, this will become apparent in a moment.
One of the first choirs you should get done before you make your own website is see how competitive your chosen niche is. In our example that would be bubble gum. This is a very important part of making your own website. If the niche you've chosen is too competitive, you don't have a very good chance of ranking high when a user performs a search.
Does bubble gum have a lot of competition? Go to the search engine of your choice and do an exact search for your keyword. How many pages come up when you perform a search? For sake of simplicity, lets say there are 1000 websites out there. Now, before you make your own website, you need to see how many people search for the topic.
This is done by checking the search volume for the word you enter in the search engine. There are numerous tools out there that give you this information.
Again to keep things from getting complicated, we'll say 500 people search for bubble gum each month. So from this we can see that there are 2 sites for every searcher. While hard to believe this is a good ratio, and a good niche to make your own website in.
We've seen from our initial research that we have a chance to rank for our theme. The next thing to do when you make your own website is register a domain name. You'll want to make your keyword part of your domain name. So continuing with our example, the URL could look like bubble-gum-example.com
When you make your own website, you will want to stay with a single theme. The more targeted it is, the stronger your content becomes, and the more authority your website will have. Many people make a website and fill it with anything and everything. While this is fine, if you want to make your own website and at the same time make it a successful one, it is important to stay focused.
One thing to keep in mind when you make your own website, the web is a very competitive place. And it doesn't matter if your reason for making your own website is recreation, sharing of knowledge, or to earn an income (better yet, all three), there will be competition. This is the reason you will want to stay focused on one topic of interest when you make your own website.
If you have lots of topics of interest, make your own website about each topic.
Now that we have a domain name picked out, it is time to make your own website. To do this, you will either need to learn how to code a page from scratch, use an editor (something I strongly discourage) or utilize content management or blogging software to make your own website.
One that I often suggest is WordPress. WordPress allows you make your own website easier and more advanced than if you would spend several years learning to code your own website. And the best part is that it can be modified with themes and plugins to suite most of your needs. This simplifies the task of making the task of making your own website. And the best part, WordPress has a vast pool of professional themes and plugins released by the community that you can download for free.
Now that we have covered the first steps involved in making your own website, lets talk about one of the last steps: Web hosting.
What is a web host, and what role do they play when you make your own website? Let's go back to our bubble gum example for a second. But instead of a website, lets look at it as a real world example. Your domain name is the equivalent to an address. But just because you have an address doesn't mean you have a store. An address can also refer to an empty lot in our real world example.
When you make your own website, you also need more than an address, you need the store. That is where web hosting comes into play It is like a building for your bubble gum store.
Just like with various qualities of property, not all web hosts are created equal, nor will they all meet your needs when you make your own website.
When you make your own website, you need to layout the different requirements your website will have. Is it going to be blogging orientated, requiring numerous calls to a database, use simple static pages, require credit card payments, or simply be a place for you to share photos with your family and friends. As you can see, these are just a couple of possibilities. When you make your own website, your own special needs will need to be addressed before you pick out your web host.
As I already mentioned you might want to look into WordPress. While most web hosts offer this as a feature, they might not have enough server power in their basic plan to give you adequate performance. Also it might be worth noting that in the future your website's speed will play a more important role for ranking in the search engines.
When you try a new host, you might want to make it a habit of only registering for a month. Most web hosts offer such a short time span. And while they usually make special offers if you register for longer periods, do you really want to be locked into a year long contract for a service you're not happy with? I have even seen one that offers a 45 day trial period, with the first month costing you only a penny. When you make your own website, especially when you register with a new host, a 45 day trial allows you to evaluate their service. If you're still not sure after a month, renew it for another month or look for another provider. But don't settle for a sub par host.
Making your own website should be a fun experience, and while it has a higher learning curve, it is always a rewarding feeling when your website goes live.
Let's assume that you already picked out the topic, and you're ready to make your own website. For ease I am going to use bubble gum as an example topic. Since we're going to make a website about bubble gum, we have our primary keyword. Don't worry if you think that this has nothing to do with how to make your own website, this will become apparent in a moment.
One of the first choirs you should get done before you make your own website is see how competitive your chosen niche is. In our example that would be bubble gum. This is a very important part of making your own website. If the niche you've chosen is too competitive, you don't have a very good chance of ranking high when a user performs a search.
Does bubble gum have a lot of competition? Go to the search engine of your choice and do an exact search for your keyword. How many pages come up when you perform a search? For sake of simplicity, lets say there are 1000 websites out there. Now, before you make your own website, you need to see how many people search for the topic.
This is done by checking the search volume for the word you enter in the search engine. There are numerous tools out there that give you this information.
Again to keep things from getting complicated, we'll say 500 people search for bubble gum each month. So from this we can see that there are 2 sites for every searcher. While hard to believe this is a good ratio, and a good niche to make your own website in.
We've seen from our initial research that we have a chance to rank for our theme. The next thing to do when you make your own website is register a domain name. You'll want to make your keyword part of your domain name. So continuing with our example, the URL could look like bubble-gum-example.com
When you make your own website, you will want to stay with a single theme. The more targeted it is, the stronger your content becomes, and the more authority your website will have. Many people make a website and fill it with anything and everything. While this is fine, if you want to make your own website and at the same time make it a successful one, it is important to stay focused.
One thing to keep in mind when you make your own website, the web is a very competitive place. And it doesn't matter if your reason for making your own website is recreation, sharing of knowledge, or to earn an income (better yet, all three), there will be competition. This is the reason you will want to stay focused on one topic of interest when you make your own website.
If you have lots of topics of interest, make your own website about each topic.
Now that we have a domain name picked out, it is time to make your own website. To do this, you will either need to learn how to code a page from scratch, use an editor (something I strongly discourage) or utilize content management or blogging software to make your own website.
One that I often suggest is WordPress. WordPress allows you make your own website easier and more advanced than if you would spend several years learning to code your own website. And the best part is that it can be modified with themes and plugins to suite most of your needs. This simplifies the task of making the task of making your own website. And the best part, WordPress has a vast pool of professional themes and plugins released by the community that you can download for free.
Now that we have covered the first steps involved in making your own website, lets talk about one of the last steps: Web hosting.
What is a web host, and what role do they play when you make your own website? Let's go back to our bubble gum example for a second. But instead of a website, lets look at it as a real world example. Your domain name is the equivalent to an address. But just because you have an address doesn't mean you have a store. An address can also refer to an empty lot in our real world example.
When you make your own website, you also need more than an address, you need the store. That is where web hosting comes into play It is like a building for your bubble gum store.
Just like with various qualities of property, not all web hosts are created equal, nor will they all meet your needs when you make your own website.
When you make your own website, you need to layout the different requirements your website will have. Is it going to be blogging orientated, requiring numerous calls to a database, use simple static pages, require credit card payments, or simply be a place for you to share photos with your family and friends. As you can see, these are just a couple of possibilities. When you make your own website, your own special needs will need to be addressed before you pick out your web host.
As I already mentioned you might want to look into WordPress. While most web hosts offer this as a feature, they might not have enough server power in their basic plan to give you adequate performance. Also it might be worth noting that in the future your website's speed will play a more important role for ranking in the search engines.
When you try a new host, you might want to make it a habit of only registering for a month. Most web hosts offer such a short time span. And while they usually make special offers if you register for longer periods, do you really want to be locked into a year long contract for a service you're not happy with? I have even seen one that offers a 45 day trial period, with the first month costing you only a penny. When you make your own website, especially when you register with a new host, a 45 day trial allows you to evaluate their service. If you're still not sure after a month, renew it for another month or look for another provider. But don't settle for a sub par host.
Making your own website should be a fun experience, and while it has a higher learning curve, it is always a rewarding feeling when your website goes live.
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