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Do-It-Yourself Website Design

Article by Janet Hatch - August 21, 2008

It doesn't matter if you pay someone to build you a website or you create one yourself for you or your business, the first thing you will absolutely need to do before you even start is that you need a domain name. For those of you who are complete novices at this, a domain name is your "URL" (or in other words, your website name). For example, if you "Google" the words "Buy a domain", there are a number of places out there on the web that will pop up where you can buy a name....but which one is the easiest to work with?

You probably know by now that not always the best of anything pops up to the top of the Google list. Because you can get a domain name from any one of these companies (and a domain name that no one else has), you may think that getting one from anybody is okay. They are all about the same price, right? But some are not that easy to work with when you actually have your website created and want to launch your website.

My longtime experience with building websites recommends to you to just go to www.GoDaddy.com to get your name. They are inexpensive and easy to work with. They have a very user-friendly website. And they have great online customer service. And what is really key....is that they are super easy to work with when it comes to launching your website later. And believe it or not, GoDaddy does not always come to the top of the Google list. If you are new to this, you may not have heard of GoDaddy....even if it seems like an obvious domain staple to the rest of us.

Are you the type that thinks..."I know nothing about websites or 'html' coding, how am I going to do this!?" or "I can't do this! I don't even know computers very well! I'm going to have to pay someone to build me a website, and this might cost me hundreds or even thousands of dollars!" Well, no more! You can take a deep sigh of relief as there are easy ways to create your own website from start to finish, and not have to take out a loan to do so.

If you'd like to learn more, please go to my website www.website4idiots.com - I will show you which website programs are the best. And which is the easiest or the cheapest. I will direct you to a couple choices that have all of the above! But there is one that trumps them all! (And no, I don't get a commission from them for referring them! They are just too good to pass up, and I want all of you to find out about this great resource as I have!) Even my grandmother who does not know computers, can walk through my easy step-by-step process! Would you like to learn how to do your own website from start to finish in just a few hours? You do not have to buy expensive software to do this either. You will find this information amazing....and will ask where has this "discovery" been? It's twenty-times easier than anything else!

I know! Because....I WAS THE SAME WAY! I spent months and months and MONTHS! researching the possibilities (and my money) and I now have done the homework for you! I have learned from my own trial and errors.

If you are interested in learning more, please go to my website www.website4idiots.com .

About the author
Janet has been doing website maintenance for corporations since 1992, working with many different programs such as Frontpage, Dreamweaver, Netscape and 1&1, etc. She left the corporate world, and wanted to find something user-friendly that she could use to create and design websites, yet be easy enough for her clients to "pick-up-the-ball" and maintain themselves easily - even for the most novice computer person. She spent many, many mon



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