Free Website

Are Websites really free? Is there a place where I can have a website and not pay anything? Well it’s kind of complicated but the true answer is yes!  And No! Let me explain. There are places that actually do offer a free personal website, the accent being on "personal," and not business or commercial website. A personal website can be uses as kind of an online business card to promote you, or your talents, and allow you to put your personal website on a business card, if you're planning on having one made.

If you decide you want to have a free website that markets and allows you to sell a product or service, in other words a Website that you intend to turn into a revenue generator---that is where cost starts to creep in. The cost can be reasonably low, but costs just the same, and just enough to remove a business website idea out of the totally free column.

The good news is that paid websites takes a lot of the worry (and necessary technical expertise) out of the equation when it comes to maintaining your own paid website that is set up to be maintained by you or with very little supervision. A knowledge of HTML code is useful but not necessary even with the Free website choices that are available but your website will require maintenance in the form of updates and keeping up with search engines and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) changes and concerns.

There are plenty of people and services out there willing to set up and even maintain your website (for a small fee). If you have been thinking about starting your own website don’t be afraid to take the plunge, I believe you’ll find it a lot easier to swim in the online website world than you think, just make sure whatever method you choose to build your website has some pretty good Tech-support, because I have found that, as promised the set up and operation of a website, once you become familiar with the editor, is a piece of cake.

My problem came when I wanted to go beyond what was offered and try being fancy on my own when it came to adding things to my website to jazz it up and make it stand out; that is where the tech-support really came in handy. They were good with things like showing me how to back up material on my site, and helping me institute the different income generating devices on my site in a way that was SEO friendly.