The question is always asked in my blog...should I use a template for my website or should I get a customized website?
That use to be a complicated question. Before I could answer the question I had to ask what type of website are you going to create? Is it going to be a "store front" for a brick and mortar company or is just going to be a simple "squeeze page" to capture individual's names and email addresses?
Customized websites require lots of coding and is going to be the best setup for a brick and mortar type of website...one that sales products on the web. The template will work fine for just creating squeeze pages.
If your just creating squeeze pages to capture names and emails than don't waste your money on expensive customized sites.
For the previous situation, I would have to recommend that you pay the big bucks for a customized website. Your website will look professional and it will be coded the way you need it to make the sales you are wanting. The hosting packages you need to look at will run you about $25 a month.
Now that you have paid a programmer or web designer to build your website, now it is time to find a hosting site to host your website. Many companies will try to sale you hosting but buyer beware here. You also have other issues to worry about such as payment processing, etc. But for now, lets concentrate on the hosting.
Without hosting, your site will not be live. You might be able to see the site that your designer created, but it will not be on the net. You have to pay for hosting so your site can be displayed and viewed on the web.
So now the question is who do I get to host my site? Again, good hosting should run you around $25 a month. See what I mean, it sounds simple, but it is a complex issue.
As of 1st of January, Google, Yahoo, MSN, and all the other search engines have put a halt to all duplicate content. That means that we have to make our websites customized.
January 1st, Google and the others slapped website templates. Why? A template site is used hundreds of thousand of times and though the verbage is different on each one, the program is the same and they see that as duplicate material.
So what does all this mean to you? Basically it is saying that no matter what you do, if you are using a template for your website that you will never be able to make it an optimized site. Your site will never ever be in the top 10 of any search engine because they will see it as a duplicate website and you won't be optimized.
O.K. so now you know you have to have a customized website to be optimized on the web. The question now is who do you hire to do this for you? Who do you trust to do a good job and give you a guarantee? I have that answer for you as well. The company that I use is offering to build your site, host your site and even pay for your domain name. All you have to do is type up what you want your site to say, and pay for the hosting. That is it!
They are not cheap for people like me, but for you they are free. Wait a minute what do you mean for me they are free. Well, you see I have paid in excess of $5,000 for some of my sites from Randall and his team, but I don't mind paying that price because they do an awesome job. Why is it free for you? Randall and his team is offering for a limited time a free customized website and they will pay for your domain name for all new paid hosting clients.
You heard right, Randall is offering all new paid hosting clients a free customized website, a free domain name. I don't really know the issue behind his insanity, but I do know he has a real beef with Google and since Google is hurting thousands of people by slapping their templates, I think he is feeling sorry for them. I do know one thing, he will not be able to offer this for long or he will be out of business so you need to get the site done while you can.
Now you have all the answers and a contact for the customized website. The question is now, what are you going to do now. You need to take action...that is what you do now!
About the Author
Prior to you buy a ho-um template, check out the offer I was telling you about from Randall. He is providing free websites and for a finite time, he is paying for your domain name. Check out some of the sites that he has created here free websites