1. Web design new york : Part I
Build Your Site the RIGHT Way
If you want to learn the secrets of a well-made website, let me give them to you…
1. Plan ahead of time. Plan. Conceptualize. Think of an idea that will make your site standout. Think of
strategies that will keep the people from visiting. That way you can secure a good traffic for your web
site.
2. Lure visitors with your web design. Choose the right colors, layout and content. Be sure that these
three elements complement each other. They must make your site appealing, functional and attractive
to viewers.
3. Search for your web host. If you want to have it for free. There are lots of sites that are hosting for
free. Some may demand that their banner or pop up be placed on your site in lieu of the hosting
services. However, if your site is a commercial one, it is advisable that you get your own domain. Having
a commercial domain is not as expensive as others think. Subscription only costs 70 dollars for two
years. It really pays off to have one.
4. Start your first page. Basic knowledge of HTML is necessary in creating pages. You can create better
sites with the use of HTML compared to WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editors. To learn the
basics, you can ask your peers who are good at it to teach you. When no one is available try to have
tutorials.
5. Examine, proofread and edit your page. Be sure to have good loading and navigation. The contents
must all be purposeful and redounds to the function of your site. The text must be readable and the
colors are good to the eyes. Consider also other important factors that make a site productive. If there
are flaws or errors, correct them right away.
6. Continue doing other pages. If you are already satisfied with your first page, continue doing the rest
and follow the same procedure to check the quality of your site.

2. 7. Upload your web design to your host. If you are done with your web design, you can now upload it to
your host. That’s all it takes. Now you have a well-created site.
Regularly analyze the progress of your sites as well as your competitor’s in order to know what
strategies you have to employ to make it better from the rest. You can run optilinks to delve deeper.
Hiring a web designer to come up with the custom solution that you need can set you back a few
thousand bucks. But you can do the whole thing yourself and make it drag and drop simple for mere
pennies with a tool like Breezy Websites. See http://breezywebsites.com for details!
Web design new york : End of Part I
Building A Website Directory That Works
There are a lot of directories on the internet and there is probably room for a lot more although building
a directory that is beneficial to the users, webmasters who add their site and yourself takes a little bit of
forethought and a lot of work.
There are many types of directories including general directories and niche (often reffered to as vertical)
directories. There are also many ways these can be structured.
The first step in planning to build a directory is deciding what it will be a directory of. You could choose
to be general and have a vast array of categories and sub categories where a website on any topic can
be submitted or you can choose to have a niche directory which are often reffered to as vertical
directories. Vertical directories are becoming popular with users and webmasters due to the entire site
and it's listings being related to one topic.
Your next choice is whether to have static pages and create each page manually or use a script that
creates pages, manages your listings, site submissions and more. Using a script is the popular and
sensible choice and if you have programming skills you may choose to build your own. Otherwise there

3. are numerous directory scripts available and some are even free, for example: PHP Link Directory,
Barracuda Links Directory or WSN Links to name a few.
Once you have your directory up and running with all the categories relevant to a general directory or
your chosen topic the next task is get listings as without those it's not much. For other webmasters to
submit their link they need to be able to find your site so getting links from 'directory of directories' sites
are a good place to start in promoting your site. Although there may be catch, those sites may not want
to list yours if it's not populated with listings to some extent so choose some quality sites and add them
to your categories and sub categories.
For a start you may need to give free listings to get things going although there's something to watch in
who you list on your directory which is summed up by quality attracts quality and trash does trash.
Screen your listings and be sure they aren't banned by search engines,low quality sites, scrapper sites or
just plain spam. The quality of your listings will reflect the quality of your directory to users, webmasters
and to some extent search engines.
Your next choice once your directory starts to grow is how you will benefit from your work. Choices here
can be running Pay Per Click advertising, banner ads, affiliate ads or charging for links or maybe both.
To get submissions from quality sites and maybe payment for links webmasters will be looking at or for
Higher the Google PR the better, well web design new yorked title and category description, low density
of links/listings per page and the quality of the other sites listed. Here is a neat trick, add top ranking
sites under the appropriate categories and other sites trying to achieve top ranking for that particular
web design new york/category title will probably submit to have their site listed.
From there it is a matter of constantly promoting your directory via links to your site, advertising and
marketing.
Hiring a web designer to come up with the custom solution that you need can set you back a few
thousand bucks. But you can do the whole thing yourself and make it drag and drop simple for mere
pennies with a tool like Breezy Websites. See http://breezywebsites.com for details!
Web design new york : End of Part II

4. Building a Website the Easy Way
Being an entrepreneur, I was anxious to stake my claim on the web and join the community of those
who were making a living online. The only problem was, I didn’t have a clue how to build a website or
the patience or time to learn all that code.
So, what did I do? I started a search for an easy website creator. My thinking was surely some
ambitious entrepreneur had already realized the earnings potential of a website builder for the do-it-
yourself person? As you can probably guess, I found one. Well, actually, I found quite a few. Of course,
back then there weren’t nearly as many options on the fiber optic highway as there are today…so my
selection was a bit limited when compared to today’s market. Back then was approximately six years
ago, which at the speed of changing technology might as well have been the ice age.
I made my selection and started building a website. Was it easy? No. Remember I was inexperienced
and soon learned that not all site builders are alike. My first attempt was definitely with a stone age
product in a modern day world. Believing that all products, from a well-known company, are surely
quality was my first mistake. While this company offered several affordable services and quality
products, their easy website builder wasn’t one of them.
I began my search again. This time, however, I relied on the feedback from other website builders like
myself. Hence, ask someone who has already been there, done that. After garnering a few referrals, I
set out to try the mentioned services and finally settled on one.
Am I happy with my choice? Absolutely! So happy in fact I saved my money, earned on the web, and
purchased a partner’s program with the company. You see, I was referring so many people to their
services, I finally wised up and realized I might as well be earning from all those referrals….and now I am.
After much trial and error, I did learn a few important keys to online success and building a website.
Here are a few tips to help you get started and stake your claim on the world wide web:
•Target your market. Don’t try to be a website for everything. Find your niche and fine tune your site to
match.

5. •Stay away from dark background colors and wallpaper. Keep your site clean and easy to navigate.
•Add quality content. Keep your site content fresh and updated.
•Quality link exchanges do work. Exchange links with websites that fit the demographics of your site.
Stay away from link farms.
Now that you have your website online, marketing and maintaining your site will be the key. It’s not like
the movie, “The Field of Dreams - If you build it, they will come.” If you don’t market your website,
guess what? They don’t come. It’s that simple.
Marketing is such a big and hot topic that I won’t go into it in this article, however, I do suggest doing a
search on the web for web design new yorks, “website marketing.” You will discover there are millions
of responses and endless information and debate on what is the best solution. My experience: there is
simply no one solution for this issue as the internet is ever changing and updating. Make time to read
and learn about marketing your business online and locally. There are many great resources on the web
which can help you stay informed and updated.
Hiring a web designer to come up with the custom solution that you need can set you back a few
thousand bucks. But you can do the whole thing yourself and make it drag and drop simple for mere
pennies with a tool like Breezy Websites. See http://breezywebsites.com for details!
Web design new york : End of Part III