Mini Site or Content-based Web Site?

Written by Herman Drost


Are you in a dilemma whether to create a mini site or a content-based web site for your new product or service? The purpose of creating a web site should be to attract visitors and convert them to paying customers. Is a mini site with a few pages enough to do this or should you spend more time and create a content-based web site which contains many pages?

Let's look at some ofrepparttar Pros and Cons:

Mini Sites

Pros

1. Easy to set up - you don't have to be a programmer these days to create a mini site. Web site templates or software allow most ofrepparttar 132654 work to be done already. 2. Little time - you could create a mini site within one day if you have your entire content ready to go. 3. Laser focused on selling one product or service - a mini site can simply be one long sales page with an order button atrepparttar 132655 end. 4. No distractions - customers are distracted by other options on repparttar 132656 web site. With no banners or links to other sites,repparttar 132657 customer can be directed to purchase immediately. 5. Inexpensive to create - if you use a free hosting account (not recommended), you would just pay for registering a domain name. Paid hosting services for a mini site can be acquired for only $30/year.

Cons

1. Difficult for search engines to spider - a web site containing many relevant pages of content will tend to rank higher inrepparttar 132658 search engines than a one page mini site. 2. Lacks pages of content - mini sites often lack in-depth information about their product or service. 3. Difficult to increase link popularity - getting links from other web sites increases your link popularity. Webmasters form other sites want to link to a web site which contains valuable information that expands their visitors experience. 4. Less traffic - less pages means fewer chances for people to find your site inrepparttar 132659 search engines, thereby limitingrepparttar 132660 amount of traffic your web site receives.

Content-based web sites

Pros

1. Search engine friendly - creating a content-based page for every targeted keyword will enable visitors to enter from numerous points within your site. 2. Easy to acquire links from other sites - webmasters want to link to web sites that will expand their visitors experience by providing more information (ie articles) or simplify their tasks (ie software). 3. Become an authority on your product or service - adding pages of content related to your product, helps people to make an informative decision before purchasing. 4. Lots of traffic - creating lots of keyword focused pages and acquiring incoming and outgoing links to and from other sites generates lots of free traffic.

Planning A Website

Written by Regina Stevens


Initially, planning a website can be difficult and downright time– consuming – until you finally figure out what it is that you want to present to your visitors. Set some time aside so that you will not be disturbed.

The purpose of this article is to give you some suggestions on how to get started, and how to decreaserepparttar time spent in getting your website completed.

Step 1 –Write down a list of topics that are specific to your site (along with external links).

Step 2 – Expand on each topic. Namerepparttar 132652 topic something short – these will berepparttar 132653 links in your navigation area (e.g. home, about us, etc.). Use a separate sheet of paper for each topic.

Step 3 – After you have all of your website content, decide on a color scheme, graphics, and select a web designer. Give themrepparttar 132654 list of topics inrepparttar 132655 order you would like to seerepparttar 132656 topics in your navigation area. Provide them withrepparttar 132657 contents and other info regarding your website preferences.

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