So you have decided to have your own website whether it would be personal or you want to make your online presence strong or you want to make a blog for earning through Google AdSense.But before having your website or blog you need to consider few things in your mind:
1. Domain name:It is the name of the website or blog which you want.We have to choose the domain name very carefully as our whole site depends on it.If you have already decided your niche or topic on which you want to make your website then it would be advisable to have the keyword in your domain name as it turns better while search engine optimization.
But it is not a restriction that we must have the keyword in our domain name.Some times name of the website doesn't tell about content the website would have.People choose such types of domain for make the brand of their content e.g.this website http://www.geekishblog.net
Domain name can be purchased from any domain registrar.Some of the popular ones are godaddy,1and1,name.com,namecheap and many others.Usually a .com,.org,.net domain name comes around $10 or less for 1 year.Other domains like .info or country specific like .in etc. comes cheaper.
But if you want to get domains .com,.net or .org even more cheaper then most of the registrar offers the domain name for about $1 for 1 year for new registration during their some promotion period.So its advisable to keep checking their website to grab the domain name cheaper.
We will also timely publish about the various offers by the domain registrars.
2. Web Hosting:After having the domain name,you need to have a web hosting or web space where your website contents will be reside.Usually the hosting depends upon the types of code you are using for your website e.g.for most of the blogs and other cms the hosting with PHP with Mysql backend is used.
For websites based on asp.net you need a windows sever based hosting similarly for other types of code your need different types of hosting.
The web hosting companies offer them for different price e.g. for a unlimited disk space php hosting they charge about $100-$150 per year on a shared Linux box.
Some people prefer to have a VPS or virtual private server or even a dedicated server if they have some heavy content and website have a lot of daily traffic.They are a little bit costly in comparison to shared Linux box.
Although you can have a blog totally free on various platforms like Blogger,Wordpress but having name which is something like something.BlogSpot.com or something.Wordpress.com just looks unprofessionally so I advice to purchase a domain name at least if you are unable to purchase hosting
Tip: If you want have your website or blog simply in just $1 then grab a domain name while there is any offer by a company and simply point your domain name to blogger.
But if you want to get domains .com,.net or .org even more cheaper then most of the registrar offers the domain name for about $1 for 1 year for new registration during their some promotion period.So its advisable to keep checking their website to grab the domain name cheaper.
We will also timely publish about the various offers by the domain registrars.
2. Web Hosting:After having the domain name,you need to have a web hosting or web space where your website contents will be reside.Usually the hosting depends upon the types of code you are using for your website e.g.for most of the blogs and other cms the hosting with PHP with Mysql backend is used.
For websites based on asp.net you need a windows sever based hosting similarly for other types of code your need different types of hosting.
The web hosting companies offer them for different price e.g. for a unlimited disk space php hosting they charge about $100-$150 per year on a shared Linux box.
Some people prefer to have a VPS or virtual private server or even a dedicated server if they have some heavy content and website have a lot of daily traffic.They are a little bit costly in comparison to shared Linux box.
Although you can have a blog totally free on various platforms like Blogger,Wordpress but having name which is something like something.BlogSpot.com or something.Wordpress.com just looks unprofessionally so I advice to purchase a domain name at least if you are unable to purchase hosting
Tip: If you want have your website or blog simply in just $1 then grab a domain name while there is any offer by a company and simply point your domain name to blogger.
Thus you have your own blog just $1 which is better rather then xyz.blogspot.com.Similarly if you want to simple personal website then point your domain name to various free webhosts providing hosting.Some of them are x10hosting ,110mb etc..
3. Content: Make sure you have enough content for your website or the scripts or you already hire the coder to make your website and which is necessary ready to start your website or blog.It is advisable to purchase the domain name a.s.a.p..Many times the name you are thinking of is already registered or not available after some time.
When you ready with some of the content then go for web hosting and upload your content on the sever using tools like filezilla.Usually content is put in the public_html directory on the php based web sever.
3. Content: Make sure you have enough content for your website or the scripts or you already hire the coder to make your website and which is necessary ready to start your website or blog.It is advisable to purchase the domain name a.s.a.p..Many times the name you are thinking of is already registered or not available after some time.
When you ready with some of the content then go for web hosting and upload your content on the sever using tools like filezilla.Usually content is put in the public_html directory on the php based web sever.
After having all the things ready the next step is promotion which comes under the Search Engine Optimization which is the very crucial step for your website success.