MAKE YOUR OWN WEB PAGE Pt2

Business Computing Tips

      By Karen Fainges

So now you know what to write, where do you put the page? There are quite a few free web sites available on the web that help you build your page with templates. You follow the steps and from 20 minutes to an hour later, there it is. Some examples are http://www.eccentrix.com and http://virtuallyfree.com or just type free web page into your search engine for hundreds more. Many of these also allow you to load your own pages onto their sites. They do have conditions though, so be sure to read them before hand to see if you can handle them. Mostly it comes in the form of advertising.

Otherwise, most Internet Service Providers, ISPs, provide a free webpage with your normal access. My own site is on one of these http://www.users.bigpond.com/sagatech. The address is a bit long compared to a domain name and not as personal but it is free. If most people will find your web page from links in other sources, it is not a major issue. It does not have the free advertising and extra windows problems of the totally free sites and they do sometimes have registries of sites hosted in this way which is another form of advertising, though not a major one.

A domain name is the most effective of all but it costs extra. It must be registered and hosted. The $125 price you often see is just the registration price and does not actually include putting your page somewhere where others can see it. That is called hosting. A domain name allows you to call the site exactly what you want. It also often helps with getting higher rankings on search engines especially Yahoo. An example would be http://www.microsoft.com.

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Karen Fainges holds a Bachelor of Business, and a Grad. Dip. of Vocational and Educational Training. All that is nice but it's the 14 years of having to make sales or starve that make her think she has really learnt what does and doesn't work. A tutor for all ages, she specialises in helping people get started on the long road to technology.

"It has to be practical, it has to be cheap, and it has to work."

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