a) Email Address
You will need an email address to be able to register your free website. It’s advisable to get a FREE email account that you can access via the web from anywhere in the world.
- Google search for “FREE email” or
- Go to somewhere like Yahoo
b) Get Firefox
c) Your Website Name
Decide on the name of your website. This part is REALLY IMPORTANT and is a part of what we call ’search engine optimization’. If you want people to find your new website, think of as many words or phrases that people might type into a search box in order to find YOU, what you are SELLING or the TOPIC you are focusing on. Use some of those words in your website name, but be thoughtful to make it easy for people to remember and to type.
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Don’t make these mistakes – Here is a list of thoughtless choices for website names.
BUSINESS WEBSITES – If it is to be used for business purposes, use your registered business name and search to find out if that particular name is still available as a Domain Name.
We highly recommend you think carefully about this step just in case you want to upgrade your free website to a proper business one at any time in the future. For example, my registered business is ‘lifegames’, so I have registered the domain http://lifegames.com.au, but for the moment we’ll just work with your free website and proper domain registration will be covered towards the end of the course.
PERSONAL WEBSITES AND BLOGS – Choose something that relates to the main topic you will be writing about, or just use your name.
