Monday 11 July 2011

Making a Website For Free

There are many reasons why making a website for free can be of interest to you. In this article I will explain how and the best way to go about it... depending on your reasons for wanting a website. That’s right you don’t have to spend a penny to get a website up and running, whether it be for information, family, marriage or making money online. I will show you how and where.

Informal Personal Websites

Making a website for free that is just for your family and friends is very simple and easy to do. Most people use a blogging system to create a blog. They are easy to use, there are many ways of doing it for free and most of them get indexed within a day (meaning it is registered with Google within one day, a website can take 3 months). The quicker your blog or website gets registered (indexed) the quicker people can find it. The best blogger websites are Blogger.com and Wordpress.com, both are free and easy to use so your blog can grow as you develop your blogging skills and both rank well in Google and Bing search engines.

Making an Affiliate Marketing Website

Making a website for free that will generate an income is easier than you may think. You can use the same system as above and the two blogging websites mentioned are perfect for this because they are indexed very quickly. In fact most marketers these days use the blogging system to promote affiliate products. If you don’t know what affiliate products are, they are online books that people hopefully buy through your website or blog and you get a commission from the owner for selling it.

So for example your hobby is dog training and on your blog down the right hand side you have links to dog training eBooks... which pay you commission when purchased by your visitors. An affiliate product is a whole other article but many people are making money from selling other peoples products on blogs they have created for free. Visit Cashpointmonkey.com for more information on Affiliate Marketing!

Selling Products Online

A website where you can sell products is known as an ecommerce website. This type of website is a bit more specialised and it isn’t really achievable for free. However, if you only have a few products it is possible to put them on your free website. You can also for a small fee use Auctiva Commerce which is a template based system for people wanting to sell many products online and it’s very cheap and simple to use.

Making a Website for Free

The best place to go for free websites is moonfruit.com, freewebsites.com, webs.com, gbbo.co.uk (Google UK), Wordpress.com and of course Bing. They all use templates so you don’t need any programming skills. Most have video help and great support lines if you get stuck.

If you are thinking of building a website or blog don’t be put off by the technical side of it, it really isn’t that hard, just take your time and read as much as you can and watch all the video help and you will be amazed how easy you will find making a website for free.

Visit www.webdesignmonkey.org for more information on making a website for free!

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