When you first begin to consider a web presence you should carefully consider the where, what, how and who you are trying to reach out to, most small business and other websites really do not do this very well.

Are you ready to get started developing a website?

There are a number of things you might want to consider over time when planning a website.

You may have seen a website builder, that generates a website template type website however those types of websites that are built using a rubber stamp are not really that good, and likely you may have felt the same way when you were through setting up the page.

So now your looking at how to create and run a real website, glad you made it here because we have software that will guide you though the process of setting up a website.

You might already have a hosting account and a domain name, but what about the website itself?

However if you do not already have a domain name and hosting then you should google that or have a look at our guide to getting started online.  You can have a nice and professional website, because at the end of the day, if you buy a $4.95 cent website what have you got anyway?

WordPress and how it can create a professional publishing platform for your business.

What is the best platform to use when creating a website for the first time?

I personally think that wordpress is the best website and blog platform right now.

WordPress is quickly becoming the preferred website option for the creation of

new websites and blogs in fact it is becoming so popular, that there are literally

hundreds of hosting companies that are advertising and offering wordpress services.

One of the best things you can do for your website  is to create it using wordpress,

for many really good reasons not the least of which is that it is does not cost you a lot of money

to get started In fact you can start your own website for as little as one cent…

Now that is a deal…

So how do you know which host is the best and which account option is best?

The best advice I can offer is that you do a lot of research and really ask questions.

Another thing is to go ahead and send an email with a question and see how long

it takes to get an answer to your question.

That will give you an idea of the level of service you can expect.

Developing wordpress websites is really not that hard in fact, you can create a website in as little as two hours less if your computer literate.

The best method of creating your first wordpress website is to follow a good guide, you will need hosting, a domain name and an FTP client.

EasyWP config can help you get started and soon you will be able to download it from tucows.com

Inside this easy to use software you will find links to step by step videos that will guide you through the process of setting up your first wordpress powered website.

Our Software just made it on the TuCows server.

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What does getting indexed mean?

The search engines keep a cache of every web page in their index.

In English, this means: The search engines make a copy of every web page they visit and put in their records… ummm, I think that’s what I mean.

When you use a search engine the results list relevant pages to your search, usually ten results per page.

Each result includes a live “link” to the page, and a “cache” or “snap-shot” of the page, recorded the last time the spider visited that page, at some time in the past.

If you wish to get a website indexed, first you must have a website… preferably a real one that you own, not a “free” website a’ la Geocities etc.

It only costs about $8 to register a domain name, and about $5 a month for cheap hosting, while $10 a month will get you very good quality hosting.

To get indexed fast, I recommend you start a blog on your site. This can be with any blog software, but I think that WordPress is the best…

If you get good quality hosting, it will include cPanel and Fantastico scripts. In fantastico scripts are about 50 scripts you can automatically install on your server with one click… and WordPress is one of them. The alternative is to manually install wordpress yourself.

Once you have built the basic barebones website (Main page, ½ a dozen content pages, and a sitemap linking them together, it’s time to get indexed in the search engines.

You can “submit” your site to the search engines if you wish, but that is too slow.

Here’s where the blog comes into play… post articles or messages to your blog on a daily basis, and don’t miss a day for the first few weeks at least. The posts must be interesting, and relevant to your site.

Configure your blog to automaticlly “ping” the blog directories every time you publish a new post.

Here’s what happens… Google, Yahoo, MSN and the other search engines are always looking for fresh content to serve up to their search visitors or clients, and one place they look for fresh content is in blogs. Search engines absolutely love blogs, because they are dynamic — updated on a regular basis by their owners – as apposed to normal website pages which largely remain static – unchanged for months on end.

If you update your blog every day by adding fresh articles or other content, the search engines will notice, and they will soon be visiting your blog every day like clockwork.

I include a link to my regular website pages by adding a link to either my homepage or sitemap, in the sidebar (menu) of my blog.

The second best thing Search Engines love after fresh content is “links”… they will literally die for links, and if they find a link anywhere that they’ve not seen before, they make a record of it, then follow to to where ever it may lead… and if the link they find is on your blog, youbetter make sure it leads to the sitemap of your website. Double check that it does, by clicking on it after you make
it.

Yahoo and MSN will list your website pages as soon as they visit them, and will usually index them within a few days. As soon as they are indexed, people can find them in search results.

And that’s how easy it is to get indexed fast.

If so do you have a plan where you can actually take the right steps to accomplishing your goals.

Do you have a plan?

With all the tools and all the Ebooks online and offline, books, and resources, you just have to wonder about how you can really make money at all online. This may be the eternal question, I started out learning about html, and programming, over 15 years ago, I have spent countless, hours, studying and learning, new things, I have spent literally thousands and thousands, of dollars just to get where I am at right now…

If you were to follow in my footsteps…

The logical end result of that statement is that you would end up right where I am at right now, typing on a keyboard and talking about your experiences, no matter where you are at in your own personal learning journey, it is what you do next that will make all the difference.

There are literally hundreds of things you should do, but what will you do?

The better question is this, are you in a position to profit?

If your answer to this question is yes, then skip right to the next button, if your answer if no or I just do not know, then keep reading…

Most likely you have heard of the old saying that you have to spend money to make money…

This is true, however what they do not tell you is that you really have to be in a position to profit from that knowledge.

You just cannot throw money against the wall and expect to make money on the idea that spending money makes money.

Most of us have already learned that hard lesson the hard way, however how do you know that you are ready to profit?

There are really, just a few surprisingly, simple steps, although these are not written in stone.

Profit Potential…  versus Profit Positioning…

The simple idea that your individual circumstance may be better suited to learn how to profit than others who may not be in a position to profit.

1.  Be able to afford a hosting account, usual price between, 10 and 30 dollars per month depending on your needs.

2.  Own and operate, a domain name, or website name.

3.  Website traffic.

If you have those things, then chances are you are in a position to profit, but that does not mean that you will profit.

If you are not in that position, then you should seriously consider putting yourself into that position.

So now you may have a little better idea of what it takes to be in the right position to profit from spending money, that spend is in the form of a website, hosting account, templates, running a website, creating content, and a huge amount of other smaller things, that just seem to keep coming, no matter what you do you seem to find that you need that one more tool to make it all work, that may be true, but often it may not be.

One good example, is a group of software users, that have designed some software that fakes traffic, What?

Yes, you heard correctly, they have a piece of software they are selling, that fakes traffic to your website, this is so that it will trick the search engines, into

thinking you are a popular site, (do you really believe that)  If you do I have some swamp land in the desert to sell you.

That is just how crazy it is out there, some people really believe that if they fake traffic to their websites, then they can make money…

Ok, if that sound just as stupid to you as it does to me, then you are in a good position to move up the ladder of profit potential.

Profit potential, the likely result that you could profit if the circumstances are right to do so.

If you are trying to profit but you have no website, or a domain name, or any skills, then you may not be in a good position to profit.

That may not be the news, you wanted to hear, but it is fair, if you are trying to make money promoting other peoples products, without having any time or

skill to bring to the table then the chances that you are not in a position, to profit is greater than the chances you could make money.

Does that mean that you will make money, No, but it does mean that your chances of success are better than your neighbors and that can make all the difference.

So what will you do next…