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Step 1. Choosing a domain name and web hosting service

In order to get your web page on the internet, you'll to need a domain name and a web hosting service.

We are currently offering some excellent discounts on our annual hosting services which also include free domain name registration.

This is all you need to get started.

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What is a domain name? "A domain name is your address on the internet"

It allows people to find out about you, your company or organization or your products or services.

In the same way that you have a physical address so that people know where you live or where your business premises are, your domain name identifies your address on the internet.

For example, the Pickaweb domain name is pickaweb.co.uk

What is a web hosting service? "A web host is a company that has computers (also referred to as servers) that are connected to the internet 24/7"

A Web hosting company such as Pickaweb specialises in providing services that allow you to have your website stored & accessible on a server which is permanently connected to the internet.

This allows your website to be visible to anyone who finds you through the internet. The Web Hosting Service consists of 2 main components: Webspace & Email.

By ordering a domain name & a web hosting service you allow people to see your website & to send and receive emails based on your domain name (eg: me@mydomain.com).

What are the benefits of hosting and registering my domain name with Pickaweb?

• WE LOOK AFTER YOUR WEBSITE. We ensure that your web hosting & email services are consistently available. We offer you a 99.9% Uptime Guarantee so that your website is always available. Why not 100%? Because from time to time the servers need upgrading to make sure all software and hardware is up to date. This is referred to as "Scheduled Downtime" & we will always attempt to make these changes outside of business hours to minimise any impact to your service.
• YOUR DOMAIN NAME IS REGISTERED IMMEDIATELY & IS YOUR PROPERTY. You are the owner of your domain name and you are in full control over it through our easy to use online control panel. If you already have a domain name you can even use this with our service. If you already have a domain name registered with another company & wish to transfer it to Pickaweb then you can do that & benefit from our excellent renewal pricing. For further details ==== Please Click HERE ====
• GET EMAIL ACCOUNTS MATCHING YOUR DOMAIN NAME eg: me@mywebsite.com. All our web hosting plans include professional email with advanced anti virus and spam protection. All hosting services also offer a webmail facility which enables you to check your email and reply when you are on holiday or away from your pc. Setting up email accounts is easy through our Web Hosting Control Panel. You can set up your emails to be downloaded via your PC through programmes such as Outlook Express. You can even set up emails to be sent direct to your mobile phone! We have prepared some talking tutorials which guide you through the process of setting up your email addresses - click here to see our ==== Email Tutorials ====
• BUILD & PUBLISH A WEBSITE IN JUST MINUTES WITH OUR EASY TO USE ONLINE WEBSITE BUILDER. No need to download any software. It is all done through the web. You select the look of the website based on high quality templates. You insert your text and images and you are done! You hit the publish button and your website is live on the net. It is EASY!. If you can browse you can build! Our Website Builder tool is available FREE with all of our web hosting plans. No need for expensive web designers or incomprehensible software - now YOU are in control of YOUR website!
• INSTANTLY CREATE A BLOG. Create an online journal in just a click. Blogs are an amazing tool which allow you to create professional websites which are easy to build & maintain. They are excellent tools for web promotion & can be used either independently or as a part of your main website so that you can keep your customers up to date with the latest news, etc.. We have pre-installed the most popular Blog tool called WordPress. This is easy to activate via your Web Hosting Control Panel. We have also prepared some talking tutorials which will help you get the most out of this powerful tool. You can see our WordPress Tutorials here.
• EASY TO USE CONTROL PANEL. Our fully features Web Hosting Control Panel allows you to stay in control of your hosting service. This is the main tool that you will use to manage your account. You can perform all key activities such as setting up email addresses, uploading files, checking website statistics, redirecting other domains to your main website, creating databases, activating pre-installed scripts, etc.. To help you get the most out of the service we have prepared some talking tutorials which you can ==== View Here ====
• ENGAGE WITH YOUR CUSTOMERS WITH OUR PREINSTALLED PROGRAMMES such as blogs, forums, photo albums, wikis.... WordPress, Joomla, and Gallery2 and many more can be installed in just a click!
• OUR FRIENDLY & EXPERIENCED STAFF ARE STANDING BY 24 HOURS A DAY, should you have any questions. You can contact our support team instantly by phone, Live Chat or Email.

Step 2. Building and publishing a website

There are 3 ways you can have a website built.

1. Build yourself through Pickaweb´s Website Builder tool No technical knowledge is required and there is no software to download

Build your own website in minutes and manage it with ease just by using your browser.

Pickaweb´s online Website Builder is an easy to use, point and click application which allows anyone to build & maintain a professional website in just minutes.

There is nothing to download or install, and absolutely no technical knowledge is required.

"IF YOU CAN BROWSE YOU CAN BUILD!"Just choose the website you want to use from a range of hundreds of pre-made, high quality templates. Below are just a few features of this powerful tool:

• NO SOFTWARE REQUIRED, NO TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED.
• EASY UPDATES. Whether you need to change a sentence or your entire look, Website Builder lets you do it quickly and easily.
• ADD YOUR OWN IMAGES. Upload your own images such as photos and logos right through your web browser.
• FORMS. Create online contact forms on your site with our step by step wizards. "No messy programming or form configuration!"
• FLASH WIZARD. Setup a flash intro page in no time!
• PHOTO ALBUM EDITOR. Build a Photo Album Page.
• SCREEN RESOLUTION Fix at 800 width or stretch across the screen. Compatible with 800,1024 and higher screen solution.
• CUSTOMIZABLE TEMPLATES. If the default templates don't fit your need, you simply download the template, modify it and re-upload to the system.
• CREATE A BLOG. Blog publishing tool. It makes it simple to post text, photos etc.

2. Build your website using a Web Design Tool

Pickaweb´s hosting services are compatible with all of the major website building software tools such as Adobe Dreamweaver & Microsoft Frontpage.

We have even prepared some talking tutorials which will help you get the best out of these tools & which you can ==== View HERE ====

This tools are usually used by more experienced web users & require a certain amount of familiarisation although the interfaces are very intuitive.

If you do decide to use a Web Design Software you will need to consider the costs of purchasing the software & the time it takes to learn how to use them.

 

3. Find a web designer to build a website for you.

Sometimes you may not have the time to spend building your own website or you may have a new idea that you want to develop that requires some custom features.

The quickest way to do this is to enlist the services of a web designer.

A web designer will be able to take your ideas & translate them into an engaging and professional website.

Costs will vary from designer to designer & will also depend on the exact requirement of the design - an integrated ecommerce website will be more expensive than a 3 page information only website.

 

Step 3. Promoting your website in the search engines

Just by building a website does not mean that you will automatically start getting traffic through the search engines such as Google, Yahoo etc..

In order to achieve this you need to submit your website for inclusion in the search engines.

There are several ways to do this.

You can do it yourself by manually submitting your website for review.

Some search engines are free others may charge you to have your website included.

It may take several weeks or even months to be listed in some search engines.

Fortunately Pickaweb provides a range of search engine submission services to ensure that your site is listed and that you generate traffic to your site as quickly as possible.

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It is important that you include keywords in the pages of your website so that the search engines can accurately categorise your website and its content. Fortunately with Pickaweb´s website builder tool you can easily add your keywords. The following movie will show you how to do this. ==== Click HERE ====

Other recommendations are:

• GETTING LINKS FROM OTHER WEBSITES. This helps because the search engines will place more importance to your website the more times it comes across your web address.
• GET INVOLVED IN SOCIAL NETWORKING & BLOGS. Again this increases the visibility of your domain.
• ADD MORE CONTENT TO YOUR WEBSITE. The search engines look for content so the better your content is the more chances you will have to be found. Give more importance to text rather than images.
• GET YOUR KEYWORDS RIGHT and relevant to each particular page.
• ALWAYS INCLUDE YOUR WEBSITE ADDRESS IN ANY CORRESPONDENCE that you send out electronic or otherwise.

"Now that you understand the key concepts and terminology involved you are ready to start!"

Why not give us a try.

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Should you not be satisfied but we are sure that you will be.

We have a dedicated team of web professionals ready to answer any questions you may have.

They are available to support you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via chat, phone or email.

Try them now. Just click on the top right hand side of our website to chat to one of our representatives.

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