How do you build a web site online? Previously, I was building web sites in a much unorganized manner. I would just jump and start writing without a clear view which page would lead to which page. Instead of this kind of frantic approach, you have to build a web site online with organized manner.

In a bird’s nest view, the steps to build a web site online comprises of the following items:

• Keyword research

• Domain name selection

• Finding a hosting provider

• Creating Content

• Search Engine Optimization

• Marketing

Keyword Research

The very first logical step in building a web site online is keyword research or topic selection. This will determine the future direction of your website and give you an overall idea of the content of your website. The best way to do this is by optimizing google keyword tool and wordtracker keyword tool. You will be able to find very specific topics where your website and knowledge will thrive. The links and traffics contributed to these smaller topics will in turn add up to your website traffic as a whole.

Domain Name Selection

Second, you have to find your domain name. The most common approach to find a domain name for your web site is to include your main keyword in the domain. Not only this helps your web site building process, this also helps in getting your web site to rank higher in the search engine for that particular keyword.

Once you find that domain name though, do not rush and register it, go through the hosting packages available from your hosting provider. Most probably, they already include free domain name registration as part of the package so you would not have to pay more for the domain name.

Finding a Hosting Provider

This aspect is considered the most vital in your effort to build a web site online. You must find out precisely what are the features they are offering along with their hosting. Some of the things to look out for include:

• The price of course. The cheapest but with the best features is definitely a good choice.

• Programming script supported. Nowadays, the standard of web hosting is to include PHP and MySQL support in order to be able to include dynamic contents. Depending on the requirements, you would have to choose others that support ASP or other languages.

• Features offered. This is the most defining of all the things to look out for. Some hosting just offer a space for you to upload your web site files, while others came up with full fledged site building system.

Creating Content

After the domain and hosting is set up, the next thing to do to build your web site online is to create contents. If you follow through with all the keyword research necessary, creating content is a breeze. Just expand all the keywords that you have and you will easily create page after page based on the keywords.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Next, you will have to optimize your pages so that it can rank highly in search engines. With good optimized contents, visitors can easily find your site through search engines and thus visit your site. SEO includes on site optimization and off site optimization. On site optimization is easily achieved by scattering your keywords all over the page.

Marketing your site

Marketing your site or off site optimization is the hardest portion when you build a web site online. You have to apply several online marketing strategies in order to achieve the publicity for your site. The ways to achieve this vary from article marketing, social sites marketing all the way to PPC marketing and paid advertisements.

After marketing, you will have to go back to content creation again and redo the process; more fresh content means more traffic. Have fun in your journey to build a web site online.