Tuesday, October 21, 2008

How to Start / Create Your Own Website: The Beginner's Guide

Although broad-info.blogspot.com contains guides for a wide variety of issues faced by a webmaster, new or old, none of them provide a step by step A-Z guide for getting started with your website. As a result, I'm often asked by people who are absolute newcomers where they should start. Having an encyclopaedia in your hands is not much use if you don't know which articles you should read first, and which next. This tutorial attempts to fill in the gaps by providing you an overview of the web creation process from the beginning, linking to selected relevant articles on ritemail-adsense.blogspot.com that you will need to read

The Essential Step-by-Step Guide to Starting Your Own Website

STEP 1) Get Your Domain Name:

The first thing you need to do before anything else is to get yourself a domain name. A domain name is the name you want to give to your website. For example, the domain name of the website you're reading is "ritemail-adsense.blogspot.com". To get a domain name, you have to pay an annual fee to a registrar for the right to use that name. Getting a name does not get you a website or anything like that. It's just a name. It's sort of like registering a business name in the brick-and-mortar world; having that business name does not mean that you also have the shop premises to go with the name.

Here is the best free domain name & the best free hosting that I know. free advantages that being offered such as:

1. you can point your domain name to any Name Server

2. this domain registrar just reach 200,000s subscriber, mean that there are huge possibilities for you to a short domain name that related to your topic or content.

3. the free hosting company is giving you great features such as 350MB disk space, 100GB bandwidth, MySQL, Myphpadmin, 99% uptime, CRON for automatic update, Fantastico, etc

Ok, let start from how to get free domain name.

1)·This step is very simple, you just need to visit this registrar: http://tinyurl.com/653xf5

2)·Search the domain name you want, and then click check availability button

3)·if the message appear that you need to pay then check for the other name will related to your content or any name that you like. If it is free then we continue by clicking continue to registration button.

4)·click create an account now button. Fill in all necessary document as requested. Fill in all necessary document as requested. You need to write down email address name & its password for registration since you will need it later, example for renewal, for pointing DNS etc. Thick term of service box, and click create an account now button located at the button of page

5)·You need to set up you with DNS in 48 hours otherwise you domain name will be deleted. Just click set up button

6)·Manage you domain. You can point the DNS to any hosting if you have it, for this learning purpose we need to point to the hosting that will be share to you later so just follow the instruction below.

7)·Click 1 manage DNS. Fill in Name Server 1 with ns01.000webhost.com and Name Server 2 with ns02.000webhost.com and click setup

8)·Your change has been submitted now. Click OK and you will be redirected to notification page as below that informed you the domain has been set up on a certain date and pointed to Name server 1 and Name Server 2.

Let your registrar to propagate your domain around the world, it usually take within 24~48 hour prior your domain name can be used, but sometime the co.cc domain name only take some minutes. but no worries just continue to the hosting registration below.

STEP 2) Grab your free hosting:

Grab your free hosting:

I will show you how to grab your free hosting that offering good features such as 350MB disk space, 100GB bandwidth, MySQL, Fantastico, CRON etc.

Ok, let start.

1. Grab your account by visiting this free hosting: http://tinyurl.com/5cnypx

2. Click sign up

3. Fill in the form such as your domain name (remember, on the lesson how to grab free domain above that you had registered your own domain name), fill in your domain name that had been registered in the form, then click create account.

4. Check your inbox email that being used for registration above, and you need to open email from this hosting and click for the link verification.

5. once you have clicked your verification link then you will be redirected to the hosting with detail as screen shoot below. Click set up and wait till the set up done, it will take for some second.

6. Once the set up has been done, you will redirectered to your account information such as below:

Domain: yourowndomain.co.cc

User name: aXXXXXXX

Password: hidden

Disk usage: 0 / 350 MB

Bandwidth: 100,000 MB (100 GB)

You need to have a look on the rest of it, if necessary you need to print it out since you will need some data for file transfer later, or just write down the detail on the file upload detail section. To have a look on the sample of blogging using this domain name and hosting, just visit

Webisite Promotion Guide

Very often we receive emails with questions how to promote new website and get more visitors. While it's easy enough

creating new website from zero, everything becomes much more complicated when it comes to website promotion, online

advertising and traffic. There is no wonder, because website promotion requires lots of skills and experience, and not

all webmasters know how to start.

This guide was written to help you attracting more visitors and increasing website traffic. It should be useful for

newbies and advanced users, because this guide covers most aspects of successful site marketing and most of methods

are explained step by step. However, if you believe some methods are above your technical skills, don't worry. Just

skip these methods and continue to other. So enough chit chat, let's get started!

#1 – Search Engines Traffic.

Natural (or organic) traffic is type of traffic coming from all major search engines. If any visitor searches for some

kind of information and finds your site in results, you get organic traffic! Unfortunately, it can be really hard

(depending on your niche) to get website listed in the top of search engines. So one of things you may want to do –

submit your URL to all major search engines manually. Usually just visit any search engine (where you want URL to be

submitted) and type something like "submit URL" into search box. Engine will surely return a page where you may submit

your URL for indexing. If your sites contains sitemap file (like sitemap.html or sitemap.xml), be sure to submit sitemap

file as well - it will speed up whole indexing process.

#2 – Links Exchange.

External links never hurt. The more websites will link to you, the more traffic you will get. It's that simple! Swapping

links is easy enough. All you need to do – find related websites and contact their webmasters asking to exchange text

links with you. Ask webmaster to add your link to his site, and do the same for him. However, try exchanging text links

with high quality sites only. Having links on junk site (which has low number of visitors) will not help much. It's better

to have one link from big website instead of having 10 links from tiny sites, remember it when looking for links exchange

partners. If you want to know what is the easiest way finding links exchange partners, do this - visit www.dmoz.org,

select category related to your website, and then simply email webmasters of sites you like. Another way to find link

partners is searching on Google.com for your top keywords. For example if you are willing to rank for "blue widgets",

go to google.com and do a search for this keyword. You will get a list of top websites now try to contact owners of these

websites and request link exchange.

#3 – Link Directories.

There are thousands of link directories on the Internet. Some of them are free, and others are paid. This time we will

focus on free directories only. Having links on directories not only helps increasing search engine rankings, but also

help getting more visitors who come from directories to your site directly. The biggest free directory on the Internet

is dmoz.org, but it accepts only very high quality websites. If you believe your site is really high quality, try

submitting it to dmoz.org. Also you can find other directories easily. Just go to Google (or another favorite search

engine) and type "free link directories", "link directory", "backlinks directory", "links exchange directory" or

something similar into search box. You will find hundreds of link directories waiting for your submission!

#4 – Social Networks.

Social bookmarking networks works in similar way like link directories, but there are some differences too. The main

difference from link directories is popularity. Social networks get millions of visits per day, so you may get more traffic

too. However, to become successful in social networking, your site must contain high quality content. When you submit your

URL to social site, other visitors can rate it. If rating is high, your URL is moved into main page where more people can

see it. Adding links to social networking sites also will help getting better rankings in search engines. This work is

pretty hard, so you may submit URLs manually or use any automated social bookmarks submitter software – it's up to you.

And here is the list of top 30 social bookmarking sites (where you may submit your URL) - http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social30

#5 – Forum Traffic.

There are thousands of webmaster forums around, and most of them have special sections where members can reveal their

websites for reviews and criticism. After posting a message about your website, you will get not only a direct backlink,

but also professional tips and criticism from other community members. So you will know what needs to be improved. However,

be sure to read forum rules before making any post (especially if you are a new member to forum). Different forums have

different rules, and if your message will not comply to these rules, your account will be banned and message deleted. It's

better to spend minute reading basic rules, instead of posting message with your URL and getting everything deleted shortly.

If you want to find forums where you may submit website for review, use "webmaster forum", "site showcase", "show your

site forum", "site reviews forum" and similar terms in search engines – you will surely find hundreds of forums waiting

for you.

#6 – Signatures.

Many message boards, blogs and other websites allow visitors using signatures. If links in signatures are allowed

(once again, read forum rules first), add one or more links (most sites allow adding up to 3 links in signatures) in your

own signature. Once you will post a message, signature with backlinks to your site will be automatically inserted below

message. Nice and easy way to build traffic, isn't it?

Well, there are many more ways building traffic and attracting more and more visitors every day, but these tips should be

really good start point for most new webmasters. Yes, there are even bad and unethical ways of website promotion and money

making online, but we will not cover these strategies at the moment. However, we'll try updating this guide often to reflect

the latest changes on the Internet and deliver you the best results possible. Don't worry if you don't see the results

right after starting – experience will come

AdSense Directory

While Google's AdSense program may be considered as a lucrative

venture for web authors and developers, an AdSense directory, on the

other hand, may arguably be regarded as a reliable source, final

product, on how to earn money online. Just from the layout and the

list of topics and categories included in an AdSense directory, one

can already have a clue on how many people are visiting the site and

how much profitable the entire business is.

Basically, an AdSense directory works like any other kind of

directory; it lists down things people usually look for under several

categories. A website starting out as an AdSense directory may have

few categories at first but once visitors pour in and the number of

clicks increase in the site, categories may pile up as visitors

request for more information and things in the directory.

The aforementioned outcome may be seen as both advantageous and

disadvantageous to both creators and users of the AdSense directory.

On one hand, the increase in the number of visitors and clicks could

mean more profits for the directory and more stability for the site,

in terms of visitors -- thanks to the right keywords. On the other

hand, the directory could function less like a directory since not all

information for the keywords and categories are automatically or

necessarily provided.

With the growing number of sites posted all over the net, doing

business on the Internet may result in saturation, and hence, less

visibility of other relevant sites. Website owners even have to

compete just to enhance traffic flow and volume as well as promote

their sites. Given these challenges, it may be best for any online

directory to not just have the right AdSense tools but also the

appropriate and important information to serve its proper and primary

function, and be a truly helpful guide for those searching data on the

Internet.

Some of the blog directories are :

http://www.blogmad.net

http://blogvillage.gotop100.com

http://www.blogexplosion.com/

http://www.blogsoldiers.com

http://www.easyhits4u.com

http://trafficg.com

http://www.iwebtool.com

http://www.blog-search.info

http://www.bloggeries.com

http://www.weblog-index.com

http://www.blogpoint.com

http://www.myblogdirectory.net

http://www.sgblog.com

http://www.dmegs.com

http://www.bloggapedia.com

http://www.getblogs.com

http://dir.blogflux.com

http://www.blogs-collection.com

http://www.blogoriffic.com

http://www.eblogzilla.com

http://www.2-review.com/l

http://www.blogoozle.com

http://www.myblog2u.com

http://www.blogarama.com

http://www.topblogging.com

http://www.topblogarea.com

http://www.blogratedirectory.com

http://www.lsblogs.com

http://www.search4blogs.com

http://www.topblogging.com

http://www.topblogarea.com

http://www.blogratedirectory.com

http://www.mybloggingarea.com

http://www.mybloggingarea.com

http://www.topbloglists.com

http://www.blogtoplist.com

http://www.blogelites.com

http://www.aveblogs.com

http://www.goblogz.com

http://www.fuelmyblog.com

http://www.bloggingfusion.com

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