Your first website?

Hello everyone,
If you are considering having your first website created it can be overwhelming trying to figure out the questions to ask.

While I have many of the typical questions on my website:
http://www.brendasimon.com/custom_website_faqs.html
there isn't enough room to cover everything.

The place to begin is your domain name, which is your website name or URL. Part of the confusion is many names to describe the same item.

If you are hoping to get traffic from search engines you need to design the foundation and structure of your website with this in mind. That begins with a domain name with your keywords included.

Not everyone wants or needs search engine results. If your website is going to be your online brochure you will be driving traffic TO your site by other means. The money saved from printing costs is welcomed. I have had clients with no interest in search engines.

There is your first question: Are you looking to make friends with Google? This means aiming for Google ranking and indexing. If yes is the answer you need to make a list of your keywords. What's that? I'll explain more.