Questions To Answer Before Using An Online Website Builder

My Top 3

The web holds billions of websites from around the world. The majority of the sites created are not even indexed in search engines. Being a college student, my generation is pretty familiar with everything that goes with surfing the web although there are still many people in my age group (twenties) who have not created their own website. A website does not have to be a place to make money or run an online business. Many sites are for the personal pleasure of the webmaster and those interested in what they have to say. Some people are beginning to buy cheap web space in order to brand themselves. Having a personal website can be a great place for people or employers to find out more about you. It is not uncommon to create a personal site that links to a resume and any achievements that are helpful in finding a job.

There can be a degree of anonymity to a personal website as well if that is what the webmaster chooses as in the case of a website created only as a tool to be hired. After deciding the main goal of your site there are a list of questions that need to be answered before choosing an online website builder.

Here are some homestead website builder questions to answer:

• Who is the demographic the site is geared towards?
• What are the optimal keywords to target traffic?
• What will the site structure comprise of (navigation choices, text links, flash/java, appearance)?
• How many page levels will there be and will they all be accessible from the homepage?
• Will there be a bandwidth heavy site to impress visitors as well as an option to enter a more quickly loaded text based site?
• Will the site be compatible on multiple browsers (Firefox, Internet Explorer)?
• How will the site fit on different monitor sizes? Will it center to any screen size?
• Is page rank or personal gratification driving the creation of the site?

There are obviously more questions to be answered before choosing a do it yourself website builder but those are generally more specific to the direction of a website. What I am trying to get at is there are many different bandwidth speeds, computer screen sizes and browser choices out there and making a site universal is your best bet for a site that has profit motives but may not be necessarily important if you are interested in wowing visitors.

I recommend using Dreamweaver if you are not happy with the choices available on a free online website builder. Those only interested in blogs should not have a problem finding a free do it yourself website builder through popular online services.