How to make a Website Work is all about helping you get your content on the front pages of the search engines. If your pages don't get seen your website isn't working.
The future of Search Engine Results
The search engines have gotten more and more efficient at putting Original Content on the front page of their results. They want to put the best most keyword relevant articles on the front page of their search results.
Original Content vs Duplicate Content
This is a Huge subject to me. This is one of the most important factors if you want to Make a Website Work. Here is an article that explains Original Content vs Duplicate Content.
Traffic to your Site
If your Website does not get traffic it cannot work. The whole potential value to your site will be if you can get traffic to it. I prefer to do this without paying for traffic. I prefer to get traffic to my site by ranking for keywords in the search engines.
Online Business Models
There are a lot of online business models. This is not a list of all the types of websites, just the online models I either have an opinion on or some experience building.
Content Site
Authority Websites
Small Business Listing Site
Small Business Ecomerce Site
Multiple Adsense Sites
Auto Blogging
Article Directories
Directory Sites
Affiliate websites
Blogs
Scraper Sites
Personal Site
WebBuilder Website Companies
There are several WebBuilder companies you can use to make a website that have domain purchase, website builder and hosting combined. I call these WebBuilder Companies. Some of these companies have very extensive educational programs combined with there service and others are more like here is the program, go learn it.
Homestead.com
Quicken Websites
Site Build It.com
Easy site build it.com
Yahoo Site builder
Easy to build. com
Building a Website with a Website Hosting Company
There are several options for making a website that usually require separate hosting. I do not think these models are the best way to start a "How to Make a Website Work" project unless you have a lot of website building knowledge. If you have a lot of Web Building Knowledge you probably aren't on this website. But many very knowledgeable website builders do not know how to get Traffic to their sites.
Free Hosting
Wordpress with Hosting*
Joomla with Hosting*
Xsite Pro with hosting
Flash website builder
Blogging
Website Hosting
There are a thousands of Web Hosting Companies. These companies for $75 to $150 a year will host your website on their shared servers.
There are a lot of things to look for in your Web Hosting company if that is the direction your website building is going.
Domain Name Hosting
There are a lot of companies that offer Domain Name Hosting. I am writing an articles about What is a Domain Name, Domain Naming Tips, Choosing a Domain Name, The best place to buy your Domain.
Articles in Process
I also have a lot of articles that will help your Website Work for You. What do I mean by that? If you build a website and millions of people do, but you are the only one that sees your site then your website is not working. My "How to Make a Website Work" theories and "Original Content Focus" will run throughout my articles.
Beginning Seo on How to Make a Website Work
I am giving away my Beginning SEO for your website class. It is a ten week email class on getting your website listed and ranking. Each weekly email will have the action steps you can take this week to get your site moving up in the rankings. Most weeks you will be able to accomplish what you need to do in two hours or less.
How to Make a Website Work Updates Get the latest Updates to How to Make a Website Work. Do you want to build an Online Business or do you just want to build a Listing Site for your Brick and Mortar Business?