Designing a website or blog effectively to make money online is by no mean an easy task. The good news is, it is not rocket science either.
It doesn’t matter if the website has the most beautiful look and visual appeal, it will be an utterly useless website if it got no traffic. Traffic is the essence and life-blood of a website. A website (earning) potential will only be maximized if it is properly designed and monetized with high amount of traffic.
To design web effectively, keyword analysis (aka keyword research) must be performed. In fact, keyword analysis is the most important element of my online success. Basically all websites and blogs I’ve done these days rank extremely well in the search engine; all because of the investment of time to conduct proper and thorough keyword analysis. The tool I use is the Google AdWords Keyword Tool which is free and it is the best one (it’s from Google themselves!).
After you’ve identified the list of keywords targeted to create the website, the next consideration is to choose the right platform – osCommerce if it’s an e-shop, WordPress if it’s a blog, phpBB if you’d intended to start a forum, or simply a PHP script which you’re installing. If you’ve no idea what to start, I’d always recommend to start a WordPress blog. WordPress is simply powerful and when it’s properly configured, it’s a search engine magnet.
To further maximize the power of WordPress, the theme plays a vital role. The theme I’m using for this Designing Web blog is FlexSqueeze – highly recommended! Not to forget the truckload of free plugins which you can install in your WordPress blog to make it amazingly effectively.
I’ll be touching more on the essential WordPress plugins here for effective blog creation. Stay tuned …
