How to Start a Website for Free

[Moe Bedard]

You can start a website for free but if you plan to use it for business it is advisable to shift to paid services later on. The main disadvantage of using a free website hosting provider is that it is clearly evident from the URL that you will use that it is available for free. A number of these sites will also add their own ads on your free website, you have less options, and some may have poor quality.

You may want to start with a blogging website if you want to begin with a free website and then plan to shift to a professional platform later on. Two of the most popular programs for blogging are Blogger and Wordpress.

Blogger is available at http://www.blogger.com/home and it is easy to use and wholly free. Wordpress at WordPress.com » Get a Free Blog Here offers a free blogging tool but you can transfer to a paid service later when you are ready.

You may also sign up with a free web hosting provider that also offers site building tools. One of these is Weebly at Weebly - Create a free website and a free blog. You can make adjustments to your choice of one of the more than 70 templates. If you have the capability to use HTML and CSS, you can also build you own site from scratch using the Weebly editor. What is unique about Weebly is that it does not put its own ads on your website.

Freewebs, which has changed its name to Webs, can be found at Webs - Make a free website, get free hosting. There are more than 300 templates to choose from. Its Page Editor also permits you to add widgets, images, videos, and text easily.

Google also provides a free website creation tool called Google Sites at http://sites.google.com/. You need not have any HTML experience because its editor is user-friendly. The website can be used mostly for personal purposes although it can also be used for sharing information via a company intranet.

[Wender]

Originally Posted by Moe Bedard

You can start a website for free but if you plan to use it for business it is advisable to shift to paid services later on. The main disadvantage of using a free website hosting provider is that it is clearly evident from the URL that you will use that it is available for free. A number of these sites will also add their own ads on your free website, you have less options, and some may have poor quality.

You may want to start with a blogging website if you want to begin with a free website and then plan to shift to a professional platform later on. Two of the most popular programs for blogging are Blogger and Wordpress.

Blogger is available at http://www.blogger.com/home and it is easy to use and wholly free. Wordpress at WordPress.com » Get a Free Blog Here offers a free blogging tool but you can transfer to a paid service later when you are ready.

You may also sign up with a free web hosting provider that also offers site building tools. One of these is Weebly at Weebly - Create a free website and a free blog. You can make adjustments to your choice of one of the more than 70 templates. If you have the capability to use HTML and CSS, you can also build you own site from scratch using the Weebly editor. What is unique about Weebly is that it does not put its own ads on your website.

Freewebs, which has changed its name to Webs, can be found at Webs - Make a free website, get free hosting. There are more than 300 templates to choose from. Its Page Editor also permits you to add widgets, images, videos, and text easily.

Google also provides a free website creation tool called Google Sites at http://sites.google.com/. You need not have any HTML experience because its editor is user-friendly. The website can be used mostly for personal purposes although it can also be used for sharing information via a company intranet.

Hi Moe-
I'm new to this....how would I earn money by using any of the above services? I tried a blog using adsense and if your blog is worthy, they post ads where you can earn income.

Do these work the same way?

Thanks,
Wendy

[integra777]

HI Moe,
I cant find a way to PM you, but I hope I can reach you through this post. I created my website about 2 months ago and I know Im missing a lot. I just want to know if you could give me some advice on what to add, redesign, or just basically how to make it better. Here is the site HONDA & TOYOTA CARS D-I-Y . Its currently making some money from google ad sense, but nothing too exciting. Please advise....Thank you.

[Moe Bedard]

Hey Wendy and Integra!

Sorry for the late reply, but I have been working on my work from home and making money online book/show. This is going to be my major focus in 2010. Teaching people how to do what I do.

As far as blogger and wordpress free websites, I would not go with a free website if it was up to me. Meaning, a website on your own domain / URL is much better. Like mine is www.LoanSafe.org as opposed to loansafe.wordpress.com . You can buy your own domain name from domain registers like www.GoDaddy.com for as low as $2.00-9.00. They can then host your site for as low as $1.99 a month so you don't have to worry about it.

Google Adsense is one of the best ways to make money online with your website. They will accept most anyone who has a non offensive and original website for their ads. However, you have to have visitors to make money because you only get paid when a visitors clicks on an ad. The more visitors, the more clicks, the more money.

Integra, great concept and this could go far. Personally I would go with a blogging platform or forum like this to build your site. They are what is called Content Management Systems (CMS) and they are mostly free or low cost. The home page is powered by wordpress blog and this forum is Vbulletin. My other blogs. www.loanworkout.org, www.moebedard.com , www.freeordie.org etc are all wordpress as well. Just custom designs based on this theme. I am going to interconnect them.

Find a cool car wordpress theme and change that website out. Then update it daily with good content that helps people. It takes time to make money. 3 months, 6 or maybe a year. Be patient. The patient one always wins......

[integra777]

Hi Moe,
Thank you for the reply. I've been wanting to create a forum, but not sure how to start it. I don't have HTML coding skills, so I need a software that allows me to just copy and paste and etc. I would really like to know how do you go about putting a forum together like this one? Does it involve HTML coding? The website I made is through fatcow.com and I use their template so it was really easy, except that I can't place the art where I like it to be. At least I don't know how to do it. Did you code this forum or did you use a template? I just don't know where to start. Please tell me what are the steps to creating a forum just like this one and do I need to know HTML coding? Thank you

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