When compared to other sources that people turn to for information e.g. radio, television, newspapers and books, the internet is by far the place most people on earth will turn to for information, this is because the internet is the only place where you can get information on any topic under the sun in minutes wherever you are. The other reason being that, access to the internet is not limited to those people who have access to computers only but also to thousand of people who own hand held devices like mobile phones, ipods etc.
Most people who “visit” the internet on a daily basis will most likely visit social networking websites, websites that offer free email services or those that offer real-time chat and IP telephony. However not many people are consciously aware about the fact that when they visit these websites they are patronizing content that reside on a domain name owned by someone for e.g. www.anotherpersondomainname.com with “anotherpersondomainname” being the name of the website that you visit, many people are not aware that they too, can own their own website and post content for others to read.
This article explores the benefits of having a personal website.
- Affordability:
Contrary to what most people may think, the monthly cost associated with maintaining a personal domain name is very affordable and can be as little as $10 per month depending on the web hosting provider that you choose. This cost is not prohibitive and most people can afford it without breaking a sweat.
- Freedom:
Most people prefer to sign up with providers that offer “free” websites e.g. www.yourdomainhost.com/yourwebpage. This arrangement has obvious disadvantages. FIRST, you have absolutely no control on the “root” domain i.e www.yourdomainhost.com, SECONDLY, these companies will most likely provide you with a page template on which to build your pages which might not allow you to customize the page to your liking, THIRDLY, If the domain host where your page is hosted was to stop operating your webpage will be no more no matter the amount of traffic you may have succeeded in directing to your web pages. In contrast if you had your own website you will have absolute control that allows you to design, post , remove and edit content as you wish and the best part of all is that nobody can take away your domain name from you as long you maintain your subscription with your domain hosting company.
- Personal Branding
Branding yourself or your business distinguishes you from the competition, a personal website will help you to achieve this and other businesses and people will take you more seriously. Even better you will get personalized emails for your domain.
- Global Audience
Once you establish your presence on the internet, you instantly expose yourself to a global audience and when you start attracting t traffic to your website you will be amazed at the exponential growth that your website can achieve. A great way to enhance traffic to your website is to add a blog. Blogs provide new and dynamic content as long as they are updated regularly and are a great potential for increased traffic.
This list is by no means exhaustive and having a personal website is not the end because some bit more effort is required to actually set it up and generate traffic, however the indisputable fact is that you need to take the FIRST step and register a personal domain name in the name of your liking (as long as it is not already taken) and set up a website.
Click here and learn just how easy it is to get a domain name so that you can begin building a website immedialtely.
