10 Basic Steps on How To Create a New Website

Creating a new website can be a big question for the newbies, however, it is not difficult either. One might need to create a website for various proposes, however, all the purposes can be fulfilled by following the simple steps on how to create a website.

If you are looking for some basic information on how to create a website, then you need to know some facts regarding the same. Creating a website comes first, however, it is very important to maintain it after that.
So, lets begin!

Step 1
Deciding the Niche

One should know about the topic on which the website is to be created. One might need to create a website for enhancing the business, for selling the products, for writing some informative data or for playing games too. So, it is very important to decide the niche on which the website will be created.

Step 2
Registering the Domain Name

After deciding the niche, it is very important to buy the domain name that suits the niche. For example: If you are planning to create a website related to food, then it is always better to have the keyword “food” in the domain URL. However, if it is a brand name or your personal name, then that is also a suitable domain name. Before registering any domain name, it is important to check whether it has been already registered by some other user. This is automatically done at the time of registration. You can select the available extensions of the domain name like .com, .net, .in, .gov and .org etc.

Step 3
Buying the Web Hosting

Web hosting is the space on the server where the content and the images of the website are stored. This server space is provided by the web hosting company and they charge monthly or yearly for the same. Currently, may web hosting companies provide free domain names for one year web hosting. Thus, one can have web hosting space as well as the domain from the same company.

Step 4
Installation and Settings

After buying the web hosting and registering the domain name, one needs to apply the settings in order to launch the website. Also, installation of the Content Management System (CMS) is to be done on the website. All these steps are easily provided by the web hosting provider. Thus, it becomes very easy to complete the settings and the installation of the CMS on the website. The control panel of your account contains all the options to continue with this.

Step 5
Understanding the Content Management System

Wordpress is a very popular CMS or Content Management System that helps the administrator of the website add content to the website through the backend. One can start creating the homepage with appropriate header, favicon and title for the website. It is very important to make sure that the header of the website looks attractive for the visitors to catch attention towards the website. Depending upon the niche, the admin can start adding content to the website using the CMS.

Step 6
Understanding the Search Engine Optimisation

While adding data or writing the content to the website using the backend, it is very important to understand the importance of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) in content writing. All the images and the content of the website should be based on the techniques of SEO to get top ranking in the search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo.

Step 7
Generating Organic Traffic for the Website

After a few initial pages have been constructed for the website and it is launched properly, it becomes the right time to generate organic traffic for the website in various forms. Most of the traffic is generated by the search engines, however, the remaining organic traffic can be generated by posting the website URLs on social bookmarking websites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest etc.

Step 8
Website Marketing

In order to get the backlinks for the website, one needs to understand website marketing too. Website marketing is important so that we may have several backlinks of the website. The more backlinks you have is the more chances of better rank in the search engines, more popularity, more traffic and thus more business too. Website marketing can be done in various ways like Social Media Optimization (SMO), article marketing, email marketing and so on.

Step 9
Website Maintenance

Once the website has been created and has started generating the traffic, it is very important to update it regularly in order to maintain it. Website maintenance includes adding content to it regularly, keeping a track of the growth of the website and also maintaining the updates of the software installed on the website. Moreover, website maintenance also includes maintaining the rank of the website to increase the traffic. It also includes renewals of the domain and the web hosting. Most of the users forget to renew the website and thus they fail in the online business.

Step 10
Earning from Website

One would surely wish to start earning from the website since it is a good platform of earning while asleep. Generating traffic for generating sales and advertising clicks would be one of the best ways of earning online from the website. A common way of earning from the website is by applying Google Adsense to it.

These are the basic steps on creating a website. One would go on learning more as the website is created, launched, maintained and socialised. Thus, the above 10 basic steps on how to create a new website would be quite beneficial for the newbies, isn’t it?

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