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The 8 critical steps of setting up a website

A basic guide showing the 8 steps required to setting up your website.

1. Decide on what domain name you would like to use: www.yourname.com and/or www.yourname.net

2. Check if the domain name is not already registered by another party at this website: http://www-whois.internic.net/cgi/whois

3. Once you have found a name which is free to use, register your domain name with one of the many domain name registration companies or register your domain name through us at very competitive prices.

4. Build your new website and thoroughly test it before putting it live.

5. Find an internet server company to provide the Hosting for your new site. We offer secure, fast, reliable and Fully Managed Web Hosting at very competitive prices.

6. You or your Web Developer will upload your new website files to the server.

7. Your site is now "LIVE" and available for viewing by anyone on the planet.

8. Even though your site is available to millions, it is not going to be found unless you let the web surfers know it exists, you can do this through Search Engine submission, newspaper and magazine ads, flyers, brochures and so on. Some of the Major Search Engines like Yahoo now charge to be included in their search database. Your marketing method really depends on your budget and the target consumers for your product and services.

If your targeted consumers are global or national then the Search Engine Optimization is essential to have a chance of getting high in the rankings.

If your targeted consumers are local, then you could use more traditional marketing methods; a printed advertising campaign, business cards as well as contacting related local companies who have a website, and request exchanging links (Reciprocal Linking) with them, basically you place a link on your site and they place a link on theirs, thus guiding more traffic to each other's sites.

External links from other websites to your website is an important factor in getting excellent rankings on Search Engines.

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