Before You Create Your Own Website

You have an idea of what you want a site for.

You're very excited over your topic and feeling very sure that what you need now is to get a domain so that you quickly start setting up a website or learn how to create your own website rightaway.

But wait...

Regardless of how sure you are over your niche, pause for a moment.

It's not a good idea to begin with buying a domain to make your own website. Not so soon.

While there's always this fear that the name you have in mind may be taken, that's normal; it happened to me years ago.

You do not need a domain at this stage.

What I am doing to this domain now is a web revamp. A repair job, so to speak.

You are able to see how I build a website from scratch.

While watching me, I hope it helps you understand the concept of site building and helps you to make it right the first time you build yours.

If you start on the wrong footing, you'll spend more time repairing than building

Before you start creating your website, spend time on creating a site blueprint

Here's how...

Niche Finder and Keywords Research for your website

The first step in creating a website is to start with a research - Niche and Keywords Research.

You may be surprised to find something else even closer to your desired topic or you may even be disappointed to find that the niche you have been thinking of doesn't have a market yet.

It's not what you're thinking - you got to get in the minds of the searchers to find out what are they searching for.

Let me give you an example.

Though I have decided that this web is going to be about how I build this website, I was thinking it may be a great idea to brand my domain like a book title.

Here are my smart titles:

Let's imagine I have a list in mind:

  1. Web building without tears
  2. How I create my website
  3. My web building secret formula
  4. Learn web building from Eskay
  5. If I can code, so can you

Next I go over to Google to check on the demand of my suggested titles.

https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Take note of the numbers of searches made per month and the amount advertisers are bidding for the top advert positions:

Except for "How I create my website" which has 1,900 searches and "So Can I", 22200, the rest produced a "Not enough data".

That means if I named my domain WebBuildingWithoutTears.com, (if it's available), there's a good chance any one who keyed in this search phrase, I would be listed #1 on the first page on most of the search engines.

But they're not smart search phrases...

The only question I have to ask myself is, "How many would?", since Goolge reported not enough data.

It's easy to be number one except that I may never be found.

The strategy here is to research for a Site Concept Keyword, a keyphrase that would match the theme of the site, not a fancy book-title-like phrase.

Then, there is another consideration. It may be easy to spot the most in demand and highest bidded keyword, but will I get top ranking if I were to use them?

What about the supply?

Would life be much easier if I had the tools to estimate the supply and demand for each keyword...

To have a better understanding of this Site Concept Keyword and the tools I use for this research, you may want to take a peep at the Action Guide that I use to create this website.

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Wish you every success in Making Your Own Website...