:: Building Web 2.0 for Your Cool Presence ::

Building a web presence is not that difficult nowadays. In our view it is how you propagate your site efficiently, and deployment of advanced site functions need our kind of expertise. This page is a list of tools which can help you to start your web hosting mission from scratch.

Firstly you need a domain name if you don't have one yet. Register one at Network Solutions , one of the market leader in domain registration business since 1993.

Secondly, get a web hosting account. You have two choices here to decide on; to host it on a Windows machine or a Linux one. The choice matters only to advanced users (whom are using customized dynamic pages and functions). For basic hosting, either choice is fine. We recommend two competitive vendors here, each is excel in own market sphere.

Windows: EasyCGI | Linux: HostGATOR

Both EasyCGI & HostGATOR are US based. If you prefer to pay your bill in GBP sterling pounds, try UK2.net. Its hosting plans are quite competitive outside the USA.

That's it! You may create your first few static web pages using common tools such as Microsoft Words or OpenOffice Writer. Upload the pages to your web hosting account and see them blinking to you and your customers

Optional Enhancements

To give your web presence an identity, you need a domain name to start with, and you need to visualize your name graphically... Plainly speaking, you need an eye-catching company logo. Get it done by professional. DreamTemplate and logojeez.com are popular choices.

If you need an eshop off the can and have no time to go through a project development process, you may get Shopify to build you an online store in minutes.

If you will be marketing your site internationally, make your site content into multiple language will definitely help gaining more visitor. But the reality is very few small companies can afford to make several translations every time updating a site. The alternative solution is to add an online translation tool. Babylon is excel in this area. Its machine translation is not always quite compatible to human language, but it serves as a quick intermediate fix.

Once your web site is ready you may get KeyCompete to find you a list of keywords for your site promotion. The different between they and us is KeyCompete has software to statistically analyze your targets, while we use our business sense and market knowledge to judge. Either method has its pros and cons so you can pick either or both.