How to start a website?
Are you feeling of starting a website or blog after you read my previous post - I Got My First Google Adsense Cheque?
Here are some tips you can count on.
Tip 1 - Select A Good Niche
Select a good niche you’re passionate with, and of course it’s better to have experience on what you’re going to show and talk about. A website doesn’t mean you must make it as a blog. There are many CMS(Content Management System) free engines can help you to create forum, online database and e-commerce site easily. If you purchase your webhosting with cpanel support, you can even install these CMS engines through your fantastico within 5 minutes.
Tip 2 - Get A KEYWORD-RICH Domain Name
After you have decided your website’s niche, you should start to think for a good domain name. Choosing the right domain could BOOST your search engine rankings. By having a KEYWORD-RICH domain name is an important factor of Search Engine Optimization. You can check for KEYWORD-RICH domain name’s availability here.
Tip 3 - Get A Webhosting
If you’re Malaysian, I would like to suggest you to get a local webhosting plan instead of foreign webhosting plan. The reason is simple - stupid Streamyx “lets” you load the local sites and servers much more faster than foreign sites and servers.
I am currently using Datakl.com’s linux webhosting plan with cpanel support. Everything is fine so far and they really provide me a very good service(7 days 24 hours technical support). Moreover, the price of their package offered is reasonable.
Get the cheapest webhosting package+1 domain name = RM165 per year only. Remember type in the promotion code before you put your order so you can get the discount up to RM50.
Tip 4 - Installation
Select the most appropriate softwares in fantastico and install it.
If you’re going to start a blog, WordPress is the one you shall install it.
Then, you can select thousand of free WordPress themes and install free WordPress plugins to enhance your blog.
Tip 5 - Make Money Online & SEO
Read k-director.com to learn how to make money online and how to deal with SEO.






Sunil Parmar said,
Wrote on July 18, 2007 @ 9:24 pm
Hi there,
Nice tips.
Tip 6th can be:
Fully test your site on your pc before uploading and better if you first try to start your free blog somewhere before opting for a hosted one.
kay said,
Wrote on July 18, 2007 @ 9:27 pm
“Fully test your site on your pc before uploading”. This is a great idea. Sunil Parmar, can you explain more about this idea?