| There are many ways to start a new website. The | | | | to their website. They may offer free games to play |
| very first thing you must do is choose what the goal | | | | and then a subscription or membership to the other |
| of your new website is going to be. | | | | games or in some way restrict access to parts of |
| Personal Websites | | | | the site to members only. This type of site generally |
| If the goal of your website is to post information | | | | combines advertisement with membership fees. |
| about you or your hobbies, etc. you will probably | | | | Company Website |
| want to get a free hosting account from geocities, | | | | Sometimes companies just set up websites to inform |
| angelfire, or myspace. There are many places on the | | | | their customers of company specific information like |
| internet that offer free website space. | | | | phone numbers, store locations, closing times, etc. |
| Business Websites | | | | While they may not bring in any money they may |
| The goal of these websites is to make money in | | | | promote the business and bring more customers to |
| some form or another. Even the free websites | | | | the physical building thus increasing sales. |
| offering free services or fun games to play are | | | | Get A Webhost |
| making money from their websites. Let's break down | | | | With any business website you will need a web host. |
| the different types of business websites. | | | | While it is possible to host a website on your own |
| Informational Website | | | | computer, if you do not have the skills and resources |
| At this type of website you may find any sort of | | | | to do so, it is much more practical to sign up for web |
| information from "How To's" to "Reviews". If this is | | | | hosting through a web hosting company. Web hosts |
| the type of website you would like to create you | | | | range anywhere from a few dollars a month to a |
| may be wondering how does giving away free | | | | few hundred dollars a month. Unless you have a |
| information make any money? The answer is, they | | | | specific need for some of the fancier things I would |
| make money the same way radio stations do, | | | | recommend getting a cheap web host that is reliable. |
| Advertisement. The internet however, has an | | | | Register a Domain Name |
| unlimited amount of ways to advertise and get paid. | | | | After getting a webhost, you will need a domain |
| Affiliate Programs | | | | name. A domain name is the internet address your |
| Many companies offer programs that you can sign up | | | | website can be found on. Many web hosting |
| for to earn commission on sales that were generated | | | | companies offer plans that come with domain names |
| from your website. You add a banner or link onto | | | | as part of a package. If your web hosting company |
| your website with an "affiliate code" that tells the | | | | does not offer this, you can always register your |
| company's website that, that person came from | | | | domain from another website like or |
| your website. In the event that they purchase | | | | Choosing a Domain Name |
| something you generally earn a percentage of the | | | | When choosing a domain name you may want to |
| purchase as commission. This is an excellent way to | | | | consider some search engine optimazation tactics. |
| earn money from a website. | | | | You will want your domain name to be easy to type, |
| Standard Advertising | | | | easy to spell, and easy to remember. Your domain |
| After awhile a website may grow to be a major | | | | name should also contain keywords that will be used |
| destination on the internet. This sort of website may | | | | to find your website. For example, if you are creating |
| offer advertisers a way to place ads on their main | | | | a website about race cars, you would want to have |
| page or even in their newsletters or ezines. This is | | | | race cars in some form in the domain name. This |
| generally very costly and a big informational website | | | | really helps your rankings on search engines for those |
| can earn a lot of money doing this. | | | | particular keywords. Do not include dashes in your |
| Pay Per Click Engines | | | | domain name and try to get a .com as it is easiest to |
| Furthermore, webmasters may sign up for a pay per | | | | remember. |
| click advertisement program, such as Google's | | | | Building your Website |
| Adsense. Something like this would put a small section | | | | If you don't already have skills in HTML, PHP, or other |
| within your website that has links to other websites | | | | programming languages, you will either have to learn |
| that match the content of the page. When people | | | | them, hire someone to build your website, or use a |
| click on these links Google pays you a percentage of | | | | prepackaged website. Yes, as a webmaster you will |
| what they earn. | | | | come to love open source projects. Open source |
| Product(s) or Service(s) Website | | | | projects are software programs that are built with |
| Most product and service websites will generate all of | | | | anyone having access to the code used to create |
| their income from pure sales. It seems to be a | | | | them. You can find projects like this that you can |
| popular notation that these sort of websites do not | | | | easily install on your website like postNuke, a content |
| like to "plague" their customers with advertisement. | | | | management system that is good enough to actually |
| To get started with a product or service website | | | | be an entire website by itself. There are all sorts of |
| you would need at the very least a shopping cart. | | | | projects like this for almost anything you can imagine, |
| Prepackaged shopping carts can be found on the | | | | and people are constantly improving them. You can |
| internet for free such as osCommerce, a very nice | | | | get a message forums, photo gallery, content |
| shopping cart and very popular choice. | | | | management system, blog, and shopping cart just to |
| Recreational/Fun Website | | | | name a few. |
| Other websites shoot for fun games to bring traffic | | | | |