Create a Website

Building your web site is simple if you are clear about your niche. Firstly Identify the purpose of building a web site.

Step 1 - Register a Domain Name

Choose a search engine friendly Domain Name. As far as possible your domain name should reflect the sole purpose of your website.
We can have several types of domains to choose from other then .com alone. You can select a .net, .org etc. .net are generally meant for Internet Service Providers and .Org are usually for Organizations. You can even go for country/Regional level domain names like .uk (United Kingdom), .ca (Canada), .in (India)

Step 2 - Web site Hosting

When you register a domain name, it does not necessarily include web hosting. Most of the domain name registrars charge extra for web hosting.

There can be many criteria's based on which you can choose your webhost

• Speed
• Operating System - (Windows NT / 2000 / XP and UNIX / Linux)
• Supports POP based email accounts like sales@yourdomain.com
• Support for CGI (UNIX, Linux) or ASP (Windows)
• FTP access
• Control Panel
• Analytics
• Web Space
• Monthly Bandwidth (Critical for High Traffic Sites)
   

Keeping all these factors in mind the following are the top Web Hosts for 2008

Step 3 - Web site Designing (Template Design, Target Audience, Content)

Step 4 - Uploading web pages - FTP

Step 5 - Search Engine Optimization

Step 6 - Web site maintenance