The Problem With Free Content Management Systems

Free content management systems come with free web hosting services offered by small and large companies. Geocities was one of the first website to offer it’s customers free web hosting and free content management systems to build free websites from.

But what happens when the company sells or shuts up shop? We can see the problem with using free content management systems in the recent move by a large company, Yahoo finally deciding to close Geocities, which they had bought with $3 billion. So building your website with a reputable and large operation doesn’t guarantee its longevity or safety.

Unfortunately, many people’s websites are now going to disappear if they haven’t got them properly backed- up. Now all those people are going to have to redo their websites and learn some other content management system or invest in web builder software.

There is no such thing as a free lunch. Free isn’t free if it comes with limitations or a shelf life. It confirms what I’ve been saying all along. Do things the professional way right from the start so you don’t end up having to reinvent the wheel. Especially in the world on internet marketing. If you’re serious about having an online presence you’re going to have to invest something somewhere down the line to be taken seriously.

HostGator is a great and inexpensive hosting service under $10 a month and the Simple New Web System is a great training, website creation tool with mass email and database capability for only $147 and uses content management system software. Neither programs are going any where since this is their core business.

You don’t have to pay huge amounts for fancy web hosting when HostGator gives it to you for under ten bucks. You don’t have to pay huge amounts for fancy software when the Simple New Web System can get you up and running affordably.

With both schemes you also get to make as many websites as you like without paying a penny more. There is a whole lot of ground in between free and outrageously expensive when it comes to content management systems and web hosting. Don’t get caught out.

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Warning About Web Page Software

Choosing the right web page software to make your own website from is just as important and choosing the right domain name when it comes to search engine optimization or SEO.  Very few professional SEO webmasters will tell you the software you can effect your search engine rankings. The more people buying the cheap web page software or the using freeware the better - less competition for the serious webmasters.

Let's take a closer look at this statement. Websites made with web page software (especially the free ones or free content management systems) rarely making it to the top searches within Google. Do a search in Google on your niche keyword for yourself. How many sites on the front page of your Google search have been made with free editors, content management systems or free web page software indeed web page software at all? Very few if any. Repeat this search with some other keywords as well. Why would this be?

The same can be said for Microsoft FrontPage software webs and Flash.  Early versions of FrontPage post erroneous html script that dilute your keyword density and make it harder for the Googlebot to get to your juicy keywords. Flash websites provide little html for SEO at all. These types of web page software are also best avoided if you want high rankings of the search engines.


If you’re serious about wanting to make your own website on the economical side, without having to purchase HTML Editors or web development software, then consider using General Public License or GPL, Joomla being the most popular.

Joomla, allows you to build a professional looking website with the full back end function with database and newsletter management systems for as little as $15-$299 including the training. You can make your own website with GPL  for free, however, you will get the designers advertising on the bottom of your template so you run into the same issues as the web page software. GPL offers such good value for money it is worth investing a little on custom templates and training. Tutorials range from $79-$299.

If you use 1.5 web templates you’ll also be able to search engine optimize and have full control over your template HTML. To have a fully fledged professional website up within a day, with full search engine optimization capability for only $79 and you’ll still come ahead of the cost of web page software so it is well worth your investigation.

SEO Domain

How To Choose A Domain Name for SEO

When considering an SEO Domain or domain name that is search engine optimized we are basically talking about keywords you want to target being in your domain. For example if your site is about Men’s Health but your company name is Health Plus, you would have two websites. One for your company and the other a SEO Domain with the keywords “Mens Health” in the domain name.

You will need to do some market research to find the right domain name.

3 Key Elements of SEO Domain Names

As mentioned in the video, domain suffix .com, .net and .org are your best bet for an SEO domain. Let us suppose you wanted MensHealth.com but it was taken  - you could ad words before or after the main keyword combination like www.MensHealthWorld.net which by the way is also taken but it is an example. You can also try using the word My infront of your keyword combination like www.MyMensHealth.com .

If your keyword is information you and also try MensHealthInfo.com and so on until you come up with a good solution. Many of the domain name registration services will suggest options for you if your main choice is already taken. It’s about getting creative as well as choosing a name that is both description and search engine optimized.

SEO domain names are as scientific as they are creative. Take some time to do your market research, look at your competition.  Try to add a world that offers your point of difference in the domain name as well. In this way you not only have your SEO domain name but also a reason for the viewer to click on your site over your competitions.