Modern Websites

For any small business venture the idea of saving costs by building your website using free to use software is a very attractive one.

The good news is that there are now several online systems that will enable you to build your website for free or almost for free. The bad news is that not all are suitable for business use.

From a business perspective you need to choose your website builder carefully as many potential customers may choose whether or not to do business with you based solely on how presentable and professional looking your website is.

What factors do you need to consider when building your business website?

Compared to a personal or home website, business website require several additional essential features or features which are of more imporatance some of which include:

• Professional Layout - images and appearance

It is important for your professional image that you choose a website builder that has good quality template designs or allows you to modify the layout.

• Branding

You should not build a business site with a website builder that will not allow you to remove their link - even if you need to pay for it.

• Security

This will be completely in the hands of the website builders hosting. Choose a well established website builder. How? By reputation and patronage e.g. type their name into a search engine and see how many people are using them.

• Backup Facilities

Check what they say about their security features and backup policies - or if they are mentioned at all.

Where can you find a free website builder?

There are at least 5 categories of free website builders on the Internet

1. Free Dedicated website builders
2. Free website builders from Website Hosts
3. Free Limited Feature website builders
4. Free website builders paid for with sponsored adverts.
5. Free Website Builders Trials

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