When I started building websites and trying to figure out how people made money online - it wasn’t a lot of fun. It took me a while to figure out the basics and even then I felt like I was winging it. I started building websites with tables and when I tried to figure out CSS it was difficult to say the least. I couldn’t grasp the fundamentals and create a layout that stayed together or made any sense, it would just go all over. After a while though, you keep pushing and pushing, and you eventually start to realize what works and what doesn’t.

Let’s jump to domain chat. When I started out I went for the cheapest registration cost per domain, 1and1. I thought you had to have the domain and hosting at the same place so that’s what I did. It wasn’t until later that I realized it wasn’t necessary to have the domain and hosting with the same company. All you have to do is change the nameservers! If I were to give you advice on buying domains it would be this; buy domains where they’re easy to push, like namecheap or dynadot. Eventually you’re going to want to sell one of those domains and pushing is a lot easier than trying to transfer.

Read a book on SEO. If you’re serious about getting a site some traffic you better know how the search engines work. How many normal internet users do you know that don’t use google or yahoo to find something? The answer is not many. If you’re looking toward the future though, you’ll probably see search engines that find the best site available, not the site that’s best optimized. So in my opinion you need to build websites that can stand the test of time, websites that have a purpose. Because you never know when a new google will come along or a new idea and there goes your traffic. Building a site that is easy to navigate, usable, has a pleasant design, ranks well in the engines and so forth takes time to build. So my advice to you is to get ready for the long haul. Strap yourself down, put on your typing gloves and get ready to grind it out for a while.

That’s all the writing rambling I can take for now, thanks for reading.