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Is a free website practical?12.29.09

Anything is practical if it serves its purpose well. That same fact holds true for free websites. A free website can be very practical for those who want personal or family pages. They require no financial outlay and usually have an easy design interface. However, if your purposes in creating a website are more professional, a free website loses its practicality very quickly.

A Free Website is Practical

An enormous number of people who know nothing about web design, coding and design languages, internet business, or web applications still want a website. The reasons for wanting a website are virtually endless. Some want a simple page for the family to post updates, photographs, and plans. Others want to display their collection of baseball cards or china kitten statues.

 

Whatever the reason, a free website is a practical choice for them.

The most attractive thing about free websites is the fact that they are, in fact, free. People who want to make a personal fun page do not want to go through the hassle and expense of registering domain names, researching hosting, and learning web design. Besides costing absolutely nothing, most free website hosting services offer easy-to-use website design modules. These can include your choice of colorful templates or a simple WYSIWYG editor.

A Free Website is Not Practical

The moment someone starts to think about making money online, or creating any sort of professional recognition, a free website loses all practicality. Sure, saving that bit of money is attractive for budding internet entrepreneurs, but the trade-off can be detrimental to your business’s health.

Free websites have subdomain names. These online addresses are the

http://yourwebsite.freewebsitedomain.com things that people must type into the address bar in their browsers to find your site. Subdomains are cumbersome and hard to remember. They also reek of amateurism. Since a top-level domain name can be as little as five dollars, the free website option is not a practical choice.

Free websites offer multiple templates, but not one of them is unique or professional. Nor can they be adapted and tweaked for your particular needs. If 1,000 people sign up to a free website hosting deal, and there are ten templates to choose from, that means 100 people are using each template on average. With those types of stats, how can you possibly make your business website stand out from the rest?

Free websites usually host ads on each page. Whether they require you to keep an Adsense banner in the header or have an included ad bar on the side, free website hosting still needs to make money. They make money by usurping part of your website and using it for their own purposes. Not only does this look horrible in most website designs, it negates the possibility of you posting your own advertisements on the website. And, if you are trying to make money on the internet, not being able to post ads is the most impractical thing imaginable.

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Make Money with Your Blog - Five Easy Methods12.22.09

I make money with my blogs, and so can you. That’s not a come-on. It’s a fact. It is really not that hard to make money with your blog. Set everything in place and then build traffic.

Make Money with Your Blog - Five Easy Methods

Millions of people have online blogs. Blogging has become the preferred method to share your thoughts with the online community. As a communication tool, or just for fun, blog are great things to have. However, there are ways you can turn the entertaining blog pastime into a lot of money.

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Spread Too Thin: How to Fail to Build an Income Online12.15.09

There are hundreds of ways to make money online. Some popular methods are through get paid programs, ecommerce, online auctions, affiliate programs, and contextualized ads on niche sites. You can also write content articles, get paid to post on forums and blogs, get involved with a dropshipper, or multi-level marketing.

Knowing which money-making method to choose can be difficult. However, making that choice is the most important thing you can do to build an income online.

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Internet Marketing Made Easy: The comprehensive guide to Internet Marketing for Small & Medium sized Businesses (Paperback)12.11.09

Internet Marketing Made Easy: The comprehensive guide to Internet Marketing for Small & Medium sized Businesses

Today the Internet has matured to the point where every self-respecting business has a website. However, many small and medium-size businesses are struggling to keep their website up to date, to promote their site and to generate sales from this channel. On the other hand the opportunities the Internet provides, are huge. Many people try to set up their own Internet based business, of which 90% are failing due to a lack of understanding how to properly market the site and generate enough traffic to produce an income. Whether you run your business from an office or from your home, this book will help you to promote your business on the Internet and generate more traffic to your site.

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Web Marketing for Small Businesses (Kindle Edition)12.08.09

Web Marketing for Small Businesses

When it comes to marketing and competing against the giants, small businesses have always had it tough. But now there’s a way to level the playing field like never before. Web Marketing for Small Businesses shows entrepreneurs how to take advantage of the marketing opportunities on the Internet to get the word out about their business and win new customers. Stephanie Diamond, founder of Digital Media Works, has over 25 years experience in the marketing world and served for eight years as Marketing Director of AOL. She helps small business owners through topics such as: -Working with social networking sites -Creating mindmaps -Selling your story in a compelling way -Choosing the right tactics -Choosing the right tools -Evalu (more…)

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