Owning And Managing A Website?

[ObsessiveAddict]

Hello. I am woundering what it takes to manage/own/maintain a website?

I know my way around a computer. Would I need to higher somebody to manage a website or would I be able to edit/update it myself?

Does basic website updating/maintanence take special training? how hard is it..

[adweb00]

Hello. I am woundering what it takes to manage/own/maintain a website?

I know my way around a computer. Would I need to higher somebody to manage a website or would I be able to edit/update it myself?

Does basic website updating/maintanence take special training? how hard is it..

I own a I.T business and get this everyday. There is no reason why anyone can't go out and organize server hosting and then upload there own website. Depends what you want to get out of the project?? If it's a money making venture or a business much better having a company look after it yes it does cost but its one less thing u have to learn how to do

[KRS1]

Read up on SEO and go to Hostgator to read up on the knowledgebase - dont recommend them as a server host though, use to work there and its not pretty.

You may want to look into Wordpress to get started until you evolve. No point in making a site if no one can find it - study SEO, then ask the company that makes your site what they will do to optimize it, SEO isnt a mysterious trick - its simply filling in all the blanks that are there to be filled in, and 75% of the companies out there dont fill them all in - if all they tell you is 'content' and 'blogging'...find a different place.

Once you understand what public_html is things will be clearer and get to know CSS, by yourself a copy of Dreamweaver from Pantip to play around with.

Name registration - $11

Server $30 with multiple domain hosting

[mowgus]

Yes you can easily set up a website and hosting. There are plenty of very cheap options out there that allow you to choose a template and then customize the content to your liking.

HOWEVER, you may be wasting your time depending on what you want. You have to ask yourself what you want out of the site. If you're looking at sales of products, you really need to hire a professional. If it's just information for the hell of it, go nuts. If it's to help promote your business then you will need to do this right. As mentioned before, just because you have a website doesn't mean anyone will go to it. You need to properly set it up and then promote it with the search engines so that it comes up in a search. If it's not properly set up, the search engines will not list it (or at least not list it where you want it to be listed). There is software and packages to help promote your site so keep an eye out for that when shopping around.

[CharlieH]

A variation of the other thread you started ?

http://www.thaivisa....things-to-know/

It really depends on what the website is, full e-commerce or just adverts generating clicks etc.

The complexity depends on the content and use, intended market, which then effects the design and technical attributes, what you are asking with the information given is comparable to "how long is a piece of string". It can be straight forward or it can be very technical and extremely time consuming.

The more information you can give the better the advice and guidance.

[UKJASE]

Read up on SEO and go to Hostgator to read up on the knowledgebase - dont recommend them as a server host though, use to work there and its not pretty.

You may want to look into Wordpress to get started until you evolve. No point in making a site if no one can find it - study SEO, then ask the company that makes your site what they will do to optimize it, SEO isnt a mysterious trick - its simply filling in all the blanks that are there to be filled in, and 75% of the companies out there dont fill them all in - if all they tell you is 'content' and 'blogging'...find a different place.

Once you understand what public_html is things will be clearer and get to know CSS, by yourself a copy of Dreamweaver from Pantip to play around with.

Name registration - $11

Server $30 with multiple domain hosting

What server people do you recommend KRS1?? i run some ASP sites and could do with some more hosting, but for 10 domains in the UK it is costing me nearly 200 pounds a year, for windows space, but i dont want to splash out for another 10

[garro]

It depends on what you mean by a website and what you want from it. If you just want a steady stream of people you will need regular fresh content that is of reasonably high quality. It does help to know a bit about SEO, but if you can write well about things you are passionate about this is more important. A blog is a good option and you can set something up for free using Wordpress.com or Wordpress.org. I highly recommend that you purchase your own domain name.

If you intend to use your website as a business then you should get professional input all the way, and you will need to be willing to spend a good deal of money.

[KRS1]

Read up on SEO and go to Hostgator to read up on the knowledgebase - dont recommend them as a server host though, use to work there and its not pretty.

You may want to look into Wordpress to get started until you evolve. No point in making a site if no one can find it - study SEO, then ask the company that makes your site what they will do to optimize it, SEO isnt a mysterious trick - its simply filling in all the blanks that are there to be filled in, and 75% of the companies out there dont fill them all in - if all they tell you is 'content' and 'blogging'...find a different place.

Once you understand what public_html is things will be clearer and get to know CSS, by yourself a copy of Dreamweaver from Pantip to play around with.

Name registration - $11

Server $30 with multiple domain hosting

What server people do you recommend KRS1?? i run some ASP sites and could do with some more hosting, but for 10 domains in the UK it is costing me nearly 200 pounds a year, for windows space, but i dont want to splash out for another 10

Hawkhost is awesome. Look for their coupon codes. If your a first timer with them theres a 50% off coupon.I have 2 accounts with them and still received 40% off the second account. They use cpanel.

I tried godaddy and almost cried. Got to be the worst in the industry.

[KRS1]

It depends on what you mean by a website and what you want from it. If you just want a steady stream of people you will need regular fresh content that is of reasonably high quality. It does help to know a bit about SEO, but if you can write well about things you are passionate about this is more important. A blog is a good option and you can set something up for free using Wordpress.com or Wordpress.org. I highly recommend that you purchase your own domain name.

If you intend to use your website as a business then you should get professional input all the way, and you will need to be willing to spend a good deal of money.

blogging only helps if your title, meta descriptions,urls, h tags, alts and links have the keywords your blogging about contained within - SEO. I have pages with no content and with only the aforementioned items filled in and get first page google in a competitive market.

IMO now is a good time to get back into internet business...Many large companies still aren't optimized for 3 word keyword phrases. That would require a complete file restructure and page renaming of their entire website. Many people took the blogging path without realizing good SEO and gave up with only bleeding fingers to show for it.

But if you blog and filled in the tags...good for you !...its sure to pay off. Filling in those tags takes almost as much time as blogging itself.

[Yme]

Buy your own domain name and quality hosting (don't scrimp a couple of dollars a month) directly so the account is always sent to you and charged to your credit card. Use a content management system such as WordPress. Clearly define what your site is going to be for. Use an open source software. Use a flexible template such as Weaver II for WordPress. Use a design firm that will show you how to update the site and provide you with a manual. Ensure that you're as committed to the project as the design firm, ie, if you are supplying content then have it ready. Ensure SEO is included in the site construction cost. Pay the designers a monthly fee to fix anything you break, perform updates and SEO whatever content you are uploading yourself. Recognize that designers have to eat so that means paying a reasonable fee for what you are getting. There's a huge difference between a bt5,000 website and a bt25,000 website.

[Ta22]

Owning is the easy part ,

Now you got to consider running and managing it .

If it a simple blog . wordpress would be easy for you .

you can get tons of theme out there which you can pay between

$20 - 50 for it ..

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now managing it .

that would depend on what you are looking at .

a website that you update your children outing photo or writing a post on how you cook the best tomyum chicken .

over a website that is cater to business update and reaching out to client is totlaly different .

.

i know many people own a website but not many people run it like a business or make a living with their website .

if you have any question feel free to let me know and i see if i can help you ,

if you are in chiangmai ..

maybe we can meet up and you buy me a coffee and i teach you what i know .

[garro]

It depends on what you mean by a website and what you want from it. If you just want a steady stream of people you will need regular fresh content that is of reasonably high quality. It does help to know a bit about SEO, but if you can write well about things you are passionate about this is more important. A blog is a good option and you can set something up for free using Wordpress.com or Wordpress.org. I highly recommend that you purchase your own domain name.

If you intend to use your website as a business then you should get professional input all the way, and you will need to be willing to spend a good deal of money.

blogging only helps if your title, meta descriptions,urls, h tags, alts and links have the keywords your blogging about contained within - SEO. I have pages with no content and with only the aforementioned items filled in and get first page google in a competitive market.

IMO now is a good time to get back into internet business...Many large companies still aren't optimized for 3 word keyword phrases. That would require a complete file restructure and page renaming of their entire website. Many people took the blogging path without realizing good SEO and gave up with only bleeding fingers to show for it.

But if you blog and filled in the tags...good for you !...its sure to pay off. Filling in those tags takes almost as much time as blogging itself.

I break many of the golden rules of SEO, but I still manage to do reasonably well for myself - thanks Quality is king – in my experience.

[Crushdepth]

Your primary concern should be providing high quality information and services. If you aren't doing that, no amount of SEO voodoo can help you. And check out Google's SEO guides, its not brain surgery you can do it yourself, don't get sucked into hiring a consultant.

Get quality web hosting. The first time your budget host goes down you will spend far more time and energy trying to get it back up than you saved.

If you don't have the time or patience to learn how to manage a site yourself and just want something simple then you are probably better off using a hosted service such as Squarespace or similar where the site maintenance is handled for you.

[KRS1]

It depends on what you mean by a website and what you want from it. If you just want a steady stream of people you will need regular fresh content that is of reasonably high quality. It does help to know a bit about SEO, but if you can write well about things you are passionate about this is more important. A blog is a good option and you can set something up for free using Wordpress.com or Wordpress.org. I highly recommend that you purchase your own domain name.

If you intend to use your website as a business then you should get professional input all the way, and you will need to be willing to spend a good deal of money.

blogging only helps if your title, meta descriptions,urls, h tags, alts and links have the keywords your blogging about contained within - SEO. I have pages with no content and with only the aforementioned items filled in and get first page google in a competitive market.

IMO now is a good time to get back into internet business...Many large companies still aren't optimized for 3 word keyword phrases. That would require a complete file restructure and page renaming of their entire website. Many people took the blogging path without realizing good SEO and gave up with only bleeding fingers to show for it.

But if you blog and filled in the tags...good for you !...its sure to pay off. Filling in those tags takes almost as much time as blogging itself.

I break many of the golden rules of SEO, but I still manage to do reasonably well for myself - thanks Quality is king – in my experience.

Thats what i use to think too, then i found out it was the biggest trick Google ever pulled.