Stake Your Claim On The Web!
by BB Lee (c)2002
mailto:smallbiz@angelfire.com
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Once upon a time the World Wide Web was a vast new
wilderness, waiting for new settlers to discover their hidden
territory. Now, that's changed. As many new Entrepreneurs are
parking their sites left and right, grabbing a piece of the
web for their own personal or business pages.
With a bit of work and dedicated perseverance you
can claim your own piece of the World Wide Web.
Most Internet service providers offer their customers
a space to place a basic home page on the World Wide Web.
With the basic home page you will get your very own URL.
(Universal Resource Locater)
This will be your personal address on the web. Now, anyone
who knows your URL will know how to contact you on the World
Wide Web. Even if they are on the other side of the world!
Many places exist where you can easily set up a free home
page account. Here are a few popular choices:
http://www.angelfire.com
http://www.geocities.com
You could also surf to http://www.google.com...
Type Free Web Host into the search box. And then
check out the top Free Web Host. Comparing their
services.
Here are a few cool reasons to start a Web Page:
-Use your new Web Page to start a business idea.
-Advertise where guest can find your Wedding.
-Information on an upcoming family reunion.
-To put together a class reunion and find classmates.
-Publish your ideas about life to the world.
-Publish your works of art and literature to the world.
-Build a page to help with a charity or personal project.
Web pages are written in HTML. This is a special language
read by computers. There are special editors that will
let you compose HTML documents quite easily.
Microsoft Front Page
http://www.microsoft.com
Dreamweaver
http://www.macromedia.com
Or you could download one of the WYSIWYG editors. (What You
See Is What You Get!)
With these editors you can easily compose a web page without
knowing any HTML at all.
Cool Page
http://www.coolpage.com
So, what are you waiting for? If you are in a hurry download
one of the WYSIWYG editors and spend one afternoon playing
around with the controls until you understand them.
Or use the editor at one of the free website host to compose
your first Home Page on the Web. The web host will usually
supply examples and give you complete instructions on how to
set up that first web page. Plus most of the free web host
supply users with WYSIWYG Editors. Composing your first
web page could not be easier!
BB Lee is Editor/Publisher of SmallBizBits FREE Home Based
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About the Author
BB Lee is editor/publisher of the popular home business newsletter SmallBizBits. And a published freelance writer.