What is required to get a website online?
A website is more than a collection of files and folders stored on the world wide web at a location online, like AlbanyAuction.com. The Internet is huge, in fact there are literally billions of websites online, the way your website is located is by giving your website a domain name or an Internet address. The place your website is located is much like owning or leasing a small piece of Internet real-estate.
To get your website online you need two basic items.
1. A domain name or an address where your website may be found. a small fee is paid to “reserve” your domain name each year, this fee varies from $35.00 yearly to less than $10.00 per year, there are a number of good alternative do- main name registrars that offer a reliable service for around $9.00. here are two that I use on a regular basis.
Godaddy.com NameCheap.com
2. A hosting account, (Internet real-estate ) An account you rent or lease by the month or quarter, this is the place where you put your website files and folders so that your website can be displayed on your visitors computer. A hosting account is an actual computer where your website will be stored. The locations or Hubs, are usually located in large cities, like New-York or Atlanta or Los Angeles, these locations have hundreds of computers all hooked up to the Internet. The monthly cost for a hosting account can vary from pennies a day to dollars a day. In the end you get what you pay for.There are some accounts that may be obtained for free, however the features and op- tions you get from these free accounts makes it almost impossible to effectively use the account for anything. There are also many low cost hosting accounts, you can find them on Ebay for next to nothing, consequently that is exactly what you get, almost nothing.
What makes for a good hosting account provider?
There are a number of service options available, one of the most important considerations is how long it takes to load your web page on your visitors browser. The longer amount of time this takes the less likely that your visitor will stay to see the next web-page, this is a problem many websites face. You could pay anywhere from hundreds of dollars a month for a hosting account to pennies, the problem comes in when a hosting provider over sells the space they have for hosting web sites, there are ways to test a hosting provider to see what level of service you can expect. One method is to PING the account, below is an example of pinging. this is from a host I recommend,
Frogee.com PING 216.67.225.254 (216.67.225.254): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 216.67.225.254: icmp_seq=0 ttl=51 time=51.863 ms 64 bytes from 216.67.225.254: icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=45.032 ms 64 bytes from 216.67.225.254: icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=51.594 ms 64 bytes from 216.67.225.254: icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=43.635 ms 3.99 monthly
below is another ping from another host,
the minimum cost for each host is included this is not an indication of the level of service you will receive from each host and you should consider your needs and budget before making any hosting decision. PING inetrage.com (68.178.213.48): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 68.178.213.48: icmp_seq=0 ttl=50 time=67.886 ms 64 bytes from 68.178.213.48: icmp_seq=1 ttl=50 time=80.536 ms 64 bytes from 68.178.213.48: icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=90.899 ms 64 bytes from 68.178.213.48: icmp_seq=3 ttl=50 time=84.212 ms 64 bytes from 68.178.213.48: icmp_seq=4 ttl=50 time=70.801 ms 4.95 monthly — inetrage.com
Down Time, this is the amount of time the host is “off-line” or not available. Naturally you want your web page available all the time, however even with the most expensive hosts you will have some down time, there is nothing more frustrating for a website visitor than to go to a web page and find that it is not online. This is one reason you will want to have the best hosting account your budget can comfortably afford.
Features and options When choosing a quality hosting account there are a number of options that you will want to consider, so many in fact that it can be a real task to find the best options at a reasonable price.
Types of hosting servers There are many different types of hosting servers. Unix, Linux, Red Hat, as well as windows and many more. The control panel is perhaps one of the most important considerations, this is the area where the user interacts with the computer. I recommend C panel since this is the easiest method of accessing an online server, however it is important to consider the level of service you get with your account. All C panel are not created equally, C panel is a Platform that runs on a web server, this allows the average person to control and upload information to a web server, however each panel is set up by the hosting company and may not run the same way. Over the last 10 years I have owned and operated several websites on many different hosting accounts, some were better than others, and some were just a waste of time and money, some start out fine but later develop may technical problems. I have yet to find the perfect hosting account, however the most important part of choos- ing a good hosting account provider is to find an account provider that will allow you to grow as your website grows, this allows you to start out on the minimum account and move up to a better more functional account as your need for resources increases.
This is sometimes easier said than done, with C panel, it is much easier, but be sure to ask you provider how easy or hard it will be to upgrade your account and if there is a charge to upgrade, (some providers may charge a fee for this, most do not) You will want to find out if they charge a fee, if they do I recommend to choose someone that does not charge a fee for upgrading, as well anyone who charges a “set up” fee is also to be avoided. As well there are database issues to consider, if you plan on running a program that requires a MySQL data base, some providers charge a fee to have a MySQL database, available, if this is the case avoid that provider at all costs, why? the reason is simple, the cost associated with using MySQL is minimal, anyone that charges a fee to rent a MySQL data base, is not the kind of web host you want.
Consider your choice with care, as it is usually a pain to switch servers later, since many times you will have to change your website to reflect the way it functions on your new host, always do as much research as you can to determine the best choice. © 2006 AlbanyWebs.com
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Advertising
How can Advertising work for your and your website?
Advertising is simple really you just slap it up and it goes to work right?
Well, yes, you can do it that way, however you may not be all that impressed with the results that you achieve.
What you want and what you need, is for customers to come and to click on advertisments they are interested in clicking on.
What you do not want is customers coming and clicking on an advertisment if they are not interested…
Why does it make a difference, you may ask?
Simple, everything these days is tracked, from how many clicks to how often a click becomes a customer or a new sale.
If your website is only producing cliicks and no new sales, eventually your advertising revenue will drop just as it does on TV when they show a commercial, it will be played as long as it is effective the moment it begins to degrade and become less effective they are not going to keep advertising, that is just how it works because advertising is expensive right?
Well, that all depends on how you look at advertising.
The most important thing from an advertisers point of view is revenue, as long as they are making revenue and as long as what they are doing results in brand recognition along with some sales, then that advertiser will continue to do what they do and that is to advertise.
When it no longer is effective to advertise they will stop advertising.
It is important to othe website developer to find methods of advertising and product placement that works, when you can successfully and consistantly do that, then your in high cotton as the old saying goes.
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building website traffic
If you build it will they come?
perhaps, it might be better to say
if you build it well they will come….
If you want to start an online business you need to develop a set of skills based on common knowledge that many websites avoid talking about because they tend to think that everyone already knows the information. The one thing that gurus will not tell you is that every single product every single ebook every single concept has one thing in common.
Developing website traffic by creating value and by comparison.
They all need traffic in order to succeed. Even if you have the greatest website and a product that no one could resist, if you don?t have visitors to your site you will end up with a great looking site that just sits there doing nothing.
Traffic is the one thing that they all websites need in order to develop a stable income online.
There are a number of ways to build website traffic.
Back linking Social marketing Article marketing Forum marketing SEO marketing
The best method is to produce great content that brings you more visitors by giving your website visitors what they want you can bring in even more traffic. Creative marketing is a solid method of developing content in this new digital age.
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