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How_Not_to_Start_a_Website
| How Not to Start a Website
Are you planning on making your first website? Then please
don't do it this way ! Buy yourself a web editing
tool like Dreamweaver, Frontpage -cost: $150 Get a
web hosting provider that supports 100G storage, SQL database,
PHP, and anything else you can think of.-- cost: $100
Find out that Dreamweaver isn't so easy after all so you buy
a book. cost: $30 Still can't get the hang of it so
you go on a course --cost: $300. Decide you need to
learn HTML so you buy another book --cost: $10 Now
your really getting going and you start making the website.
After a few weeks you have written a few pages but you're
having a few doubts as it really isn't as easy as you though it
would be at the start. You manage to get the pages on the
web- You're really proud! You've submitted the site
to the 2,500 search engines- it only cost $30 but the
nice ad said that's all you need to do! A few weeks go past
and no one visits you're site. You try to find yourself in the
search engines but no luck. You're upset! You see an
ad promising to get you on the top page in Google and Yahoo only
$200. That's just what you need- You're happy
again! The nice man at the SEO company starts talking
to you about "keywords" and "optimization" and "SERPs" and you
get a nice warm glow. But you're not really sure what it's all
about and it's starting to give you a headache anyway. Not to
worry - he knows what he's doing! He tells you it's
no problem he'll get you on the first page in Google, Yahoo and
MSN for the following searches. "belly button jewellery", "Gold
plated belly button jewellery" etc. But you want to be found
for --jewellery. Because that's what you sell. He
says that's not possible and you become angry! You've had
enough of this website nonsense- It doesn't work anyway!
But then you get a nice email from someone- don't know him
though- he can get you 1000s of visitors. Now you're in
business! It's a bit expensive but not to worry you've come this
far! Just as the ad said, the visitors start coming- This
web stuff is easy! Now you're smiling. Oh! you think- no one
is buying- Now you're upset again. But wait- You remember
that other email that came the other day about emailing you're
ad to millions of people.........................
About the author:
Stephen Cope is a freelance trainer and the Webmaster at - making a
website and The
Niche Website Guide.
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