Creating an online website is not a simple thing. You have to consider a lot of things from the design to the lay-out. Before that you have to come up with a good site name and check with a domain registration website if nobody has come up with your unique idea. Coming up with a unique domain name makes you realize if there is really such a thing as a unique idea because it seems everybody has beaten you to it. Then there are the web hosting and other nitty gritty details to think about. Then when you have your website up and running, you have to find ways to get a lot of traffic to your site, so you sign up with thousands of directories that judge your website unworthy. Then you encounter terms like search engine optimization or conversion rate optimization and other similar jargons. What in the world are they talking about?! I guess it really pays to have a friend who knows about these things, if you don’t have the inclination to learn. Of course, in order to be really successful in the web sites and blogs game, you have to learn about the tricks of the trade. Nothing beats firsthand knowledge.


