OT a little (creating a website opinions)

blgoode

blgoode

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Are these homepages that are advertised with aol and earthlink type companies looked down on as actual websites?

What I am asking is if you saw knives on a lil' ol' homepage and not an official website would you pay as much attention to the site? I am thinking not but thought I'd ask anyway.

I use aol so I can create a free homepage for my knives but thought it would look dinky......
 
It isn't just how "we" look at a where/how a site is hosted but also and even more important is how the search engines view a site - and most "free" hosts are not looked upon in a friendly way by search engines.
Good QUALITY webhosting is available from many vendors for as low as $7.95 a month and it is well worth the expense in terms of speed of loading, quality of the site, support, etc.
I manage 13 commercial web sites and I learned the hard and EXPENSIVE way what not to do.
 
Chuck hit the nail on the head. Get yourself your own website. Doesn't cost much nowadays...if you need any help, feel free to give me a holler. I've got a hundred(plus) websites in the queue right now and know a thing or two about 'em....:D


Just think....www.blgoode.com or www.blgoodeknives.com or whatever....it's worth it.
 
Thanks Pen and Chuck....

What should I concentrate on first? Images or making more knives :rolleyes:

I need to make more knives and this may be a possability for an end of year type thing. Would a digital camera be my next logical investment?
 
Digital camera is a must. Make more knives, buy the camera. Make more knives, get a website....:D
 
1) As Dan said first step is to register a name - I've been using www.godaddy.com as a registrar for several years now and am very happy - only $8.95 a year (and they often have sales). YOU own the site name not them and you get full control of your site without an easy to use control panel. You can park the name on their server indefinitely until you get your own host.

2) The question is how many knives do you have to photo? Whether you have enough knives or not if you plan on photographing them then a decent digicam is a must IMO unless you plan on hiring a photographer. For web imaging work a good 2-3 megapixel camera with macro capability is good enough for the basic shots needed. A good imaging software is also necessary - I like PhotoStudio from www.arcsoft.com for an inexpensive yet powerful software price $49.95 and it will do everything the average user will need (and much that an experienced user would need and yes I have PhotoShop v7 so I have done a direct comparison and the arcsoft product is MUCH easier to learn)

3) To do your own site or not? Depends on how much interest you have in learning the code and more to do a GOOD site. If you don't have the desire or time then hire some one - in the long run it is cheaper and much less frustrating and a GOOD site is necessary - in my experience no site at all is better than a poor site - it turns people off.
 
thanks guys....just the info I was looking for. I may have tracked down a digi cam I can borrow till "you dont need it anymore" :D

Now my first step....back to making knives
 
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