Make a Website: MMO

Many people don’t realize how valuable web space can really be. In some cases, it can be compared to a television show. As more traffic comes to your site, the higher you can charge for advertisements. For example, the Super Bowl. In order for a company to secure an ad spot, they must fork over tons of money. You most likely won’t make it anywhere near that amount, but, if done correctly, a good living could be made. Just look at an Adsense check paid to Shoemoney.

What should it be about?

The site that you create should be something you are really interested in because a lot of time will be spent marketing and maintaining your creation. If you don’t enjoy the topic, then eventually you will have to force yourself to work on it. The topic can be about a subject or a service. You don’t even need to know everything on your topic. A blog on how and what you learned can benefit many people…

What do I need?

The first thing you need is web hosting and your OWN domain. There are few free good hosting packages, but if you plan on ever having massive traffic and good uptime then paying for web hosting will pay off in the end. My web hosting, HostMonster, offers a free domain when you buy hosting, and they have good competitive prices. It’s real important to pay for your own domain because how many yoursite.blogspot.com have become profitable? Not many…

After you have that all situated, its time to create the site. There are two ways: designing from scratch or using blog software (wordpress). Most popular software can be installed in one-click through your hosting control panel. If you want to create it yourself, then I recommend Dreamweaver (what I use) or just notepad; however, you will need to learn html and probably a little of php. WordPress is most popular and pretty easy to use. One downfall is that customizing the look of your wordpress can be a challenge. There are many different themes you can download. It is normal for most people to continually change the look of their site at the beginning because you are getting a feel of what layout will be best for your content.

Got hosting, domain, and created my site… Now what?

For most people, this is where they start throwing all different types of ads up, but it is important to first build your traffic because without them the ads won’t bring any money. So go build your site, and in the next MMO I will go over tips to bringing traffic and then monetizing your site. Feel free to post your link in the comments.<!–kw=venture mmo online site–>