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This page isn't about how you go about creating a website but one route to take is to pick up some webpage building software such as
FrontPage
or
Dreamweaver
or XSitePro and learn how to put webpages together. There can
be a steep learning curve with this approach if you're not at all familiar with HTML or how websites are built in general.
Another option is to hire a web developer. However, if you're on a small budget, then this is an expensive option as all the knowledge remains with your developer and you'll need to rehire them to make changes to your website.
A third option is Site Build It!. I'd heard great things about this and was finally recommended to use it by a friend who'd started building her own site through it. I was also curious as to how different and easier it would be to build a site using Site Build It!'s point and click interface. While, for me, it was a bit of an adjustment not being elbow-deep in HTML code, the tools provided are eminently simple and anyone (and I do mean anyone) who can click a mouse can build a website, and if you follow the Site Build It! philosophy, it'll end up being profitable. For this reason and the amount of tools and handholding they provide, Site Build It! gets top ranking. If you want to find out more about Site Build It! then check out The Complete Site Build It! Reference Center. There are even some freebies and you can check out some aspects of their system.
If you're familiar with building websites and all you're looking for is somewhere to host the site, then take a look at the list of recommended web hosting companies below. All provide excellent service.
If you are building an online business, then stay clear of the hosting companies that offer free hosting. They're fine for personal pages. In order to make them pay, the free web hosting companies automatically display a number of popup ads over which you have no control. This can make your site look amateurish and cheap and the number of ads is intrusive and annoying for your visitors.
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Site Build It! 
The 2006/2007 Highest-Rated Web Hosting/Building Company. |
9.8 |
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BlueHost
BlueHost was founded in 1996 and is known for their quality web hosting plans with a lot of great features! They use Cpanel with all their plans but also feature support for such emerging languages as Ruby on Rails. They focus on just shared web hosting. Hosting fee: $6.95 per month. You even get $50 free to use on Yahoo Search Marketing. |
9.7 |
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HostGator
HostGator is one of the web hosting companies that have many positive customer reviews. Their prices are not the lowest I've seen, but they're certainly among the lower. For the money that they ask for you get a lot of space and data transfer and, according to most of their clients, you also get very good support. Hosting fee: from $6.95 per month. |
9.4 |
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LunarPages
LunarPages provide a wide range of professional facilities, all in generous quantities, and at a great price. Their support services are prompt and efficient. Recommended to anyone looking for a professional, value-for-money Web server hosting service. Hosting fee: from $6.95 per month. |
9.3 |
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Host4Profit
Host4Profit is the place net-savvy people go or so we're told. A couple of years ago, its 300Mb of webspace, full CGI support, a functional shopping card, MySQL, PHP, mailing lists, autoresponders, secure server access, Frontpage support and support for anonymous FTP all handled through an incredibly easy to use control panel was a pretty good feature set. These days, many web hosting companies provide equal or better packages for a substantially lower monthly fee (Host4Profit charge $24.95 per month). True, Host4Profit does offer one of the best referral programs - for each account you refer, you get $10/month as long as it remains active. Technical support is good and their contention ratio is lower (i.e. better) than other web hosts. Host4Profit is also home of the Internet Warrior Forum where all the top internet gurus hang out. This forum is a goldmine of information and resources that you won't find anywhere else. This may be one very good reason for joining Host4Profit as the advice and information you get on this forum is outstanding. Many of the internet gurus hang out there. |
8.0 |
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Shared hosting is the general way people host their websites. If you're not familiar with the term, Shared hosting is Web hosting where the service provider serves pages for multiple Web sites, each having its own Internet domain name, from a single Web server. Most Web hosting companies provide shared hosting. Although shared hosting is a less expensive way for businesses to create a Web presence, it is usually not sufficient for Web sites with high traffic. These sites need a dedicated Web server, either provided by a Web hosting service or maintained in-house. These are also known a Virtual Private Servers.
If your website receives a huge amount of traffic and you're using shared hosting, that traffic can impact the response of other websites on the same server (and lead to very unhappy webmasters). A typical scenario is where hundreds of blogs are being created and accessed (using a tool such as The Blog Solution). In such cases, a dedicated server is the preferred method of hosting.
Below, you'll find some recommended companies that provide such a service.
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ServerPronto
ServerPronto was awarded the Best Dedicated Server Package award in 2005. This award is given to companies that offer outstanding performance and value for dedicated servers. Included in the reviewing process are the price, technology, reliabilty and overall performance of the hosting company. ServerPronto is the best resource when it comes to the world's most affordable dedicated servers. They offer the lowest prices on dedicated servers available and they own their own data center. ServerPronto has the right dedicated server to handle whatever you need. Prices start at $29.95 per month. |
9.8 |
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