Make Free Website

Make Free Website

A free website making service will allow you to create a website quickly and have it live on the web in just a few minutes. So let's start.

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1. Website. The needs of your website will dictate what kind of hosting service you should be looking for. If you intend to do business through your website, you’ll need to make sure that the host supports online stores. If you want to create a wiki, there are a variety of free wiki hosts that specialize in creating and maintaining wikis. If you want a blog, blogging sites can get you set up in just a few minutes.

2. Free Online Service. Most offer limited services for free sites and typically place advertisements on your site. Your website will most likely also be a subdomain of the host site instead of its own site. Some of the more popular free hosting sites include Wordpress, Drupal, Webs, Angelfire, Google Sites, Webnode, Wix, Zoho Sites, Wikia etc.

3. Compare Features. Each host will offer different services at the free level. Most hosts have a limit on how much data you can upload for your webpage, and this is typically very limited. This means that if you intend to have a media rich site with images and video, you may not be able to effectively use a free site. Different free hosts have different policies regarding creating online stores. If you intend to create an e commerce website, ensure that the service you pick can adequately support your goals. Most free hosts have low bandwidth limits as well. This means they don’t work very well as file hosts, as downloading files can quickly maximize your data allowance. Most free services have web page creation tools and don’t allow you to upload your own custom code. This works for most basic needs, but if you want to be able to create your own site, make sure that the host allows it.

4. Choose Theme. You can use your own prepared themes or the software's own available themes. Browse theme selling marketplace websites like Theme Forrest or others. Many hosts have specialized designs for their sites that help maintain a brand identity with that host. Find the design that fits your website’s needs the most.

5. The Costs. Even if the service is for free, the business has to make money to provide it to you. It might use adverts, or it might try to entice you to upgrade to get more features, which might come at a significant monthly cost. Whichever one you choose, make sure you know how much it might cost in the future if you decide to upgrade to get more features.

6. Sign Up. All free website hosts will require that you create an account. Depending on the service, you may not need to add any billing information unless you plan on upgrading to a paid account.

7. Domain Name. Free websites typically allow you to create a subdomain on the host’s domain for free, and offer regular domains for a fee. Some free hosts allow you to connect a domain you already own to their free host.

8. Top level Domain. Buy domain names like www.name.com for yearly fees, and connect that domain name to your free site. Be sure to check that your service allows this. Domain registration companies include GoDaddy, Register.com, Domain.com, Dyn.com, and many more.

9. Publish Your Site. It’s a good idea to create a welcome post explaining the purpose of the site and introducing yourself. This will help make readers feel more welcome when they visit the site and give them a quick breakdown of what the site is for.

10. Continue Creating Content. Do your best to produce engaging content that brings the reader back for more. Stick to an update schedule so readers can get used to when new content will be available. The number one way to increase traffic to your site is to consistently create good, engaging, original content. This will drive more viewers your way, and help to retain the viewers you already have.

11. Generate Passive Income. Place advertising on your site. Check with your host to see if this is allowed because many free hosts do not support ad revenue going to you when you are using free services. Placing ads on your site can help you monetize it, but may also deter people from reading your content if the ads are too intrusive.

12. Market Your Site. Once you have a complete website and are adding content on a regular basis, you can start advertising your site. You can pay to have your site advertised on other websites through programs like Google AdSense or you can promote your site.

13. Website SEO. You can start by submitting your site to search engines. Search engines crawl the web, matching content on websites with users’ searches. The process varies depending on the search engine, but almost all will require you to create a sitemap of your website first. For Google, you can choose to just submit your site’s URL, or you can submit the entire sitemap for more optimized searches. For Yahoo! Bing, you can submit just the URL, or submit your sitemap in a variety of different ways. Sitemaps should be in the XML format. Your can also do it through other social media such as Facebook or Twitter.

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Prepared by Major (R) Md. Lutful Huda, presently Chairman of TIDAC and Dreamwork Limited, Chief Editor of 'Crime and Judgement' Magazine