You must be in full control. This means you cannot rely on any other third parties online. The amount of effort you are going to put in can be wiped off the face of the earth in the blink of an eye.
You could work for 12 months and lose everything. This is the last thing you want, so adding content to someone else's website is simply making their website bigger.
The best thing you can do is add content to your website. Content that is relevant to your niche. This will ensure your website becomes the authority on your subject matter and people will return time and time again to learn more from you.
7.2. Hackers
This goes for hackers as well. The number of time hackers have destroyed my websites is unreal. Expect your websites to go down at some point. Also expect your computer to also go down at some point.
The best thing you can do is ensure:
you have quality virus protection; your passwords are difficult to guess; you remember to create a few backups of your work in several places.
Even with good quality Virus software you will still be subject to attacks so you must be ready to wipe the slate clean and reinstall your website from scratch quickly. Reputable host providers also can do this for you with a back up, but remember to backup yourself before anything happens, because chances are you may lose the lot if you are unprepared.
Further to this, to ensure you have full control you should:
Register your own domain; Have a host account at a reputable host provider.
7.3. Third Party Websites
Third party websites that allow you to build websites on their domain can be useful. However, don’t make this your main site.
This is a huge risk. What if they go broke? What if they decide to remove your website? It simply isn’t worth the effort.
Be Careful Searching For Unregistered Domains Using a Domain Provider – They Are Watching Your Every Move !
7.4. Rules To Remember
Protect your work from scammers
Avoid Third Party Websites - You have no control over them
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8.0 Register Your Own Domain
8.1. Register a Domain
Because you should be in full control of your product or niche, this means registering your own domain and having a host provider.
Yes - you will need to pay upfront to do this, however, it really is not that much of an outlay for the benefits it gives you.
The problem is if you use a third party online website provider, chances are you will not be in full control.
I highly recommend you don't do it. The last thing you want is to put in 1 years worth of effort into your website only to have them delete it on you or charge you more because your bandwidth is increasing.
Get your own hosting and own domain. Down the track, you will be glad you did.
8.2. Which Domain?
You should try and be creative about your domain and also try and get some relevant keywords in the domain. This will certainly help, however if you have a memorable domain name this is also likely to ensure people return time and time again.
Having keywords in a domain name certainly helps when it comes to the amount of organic traffic you get and the position your website is placed in Google results pages. (SERPs) Search Engine Results Page. It is a matter of finding domains that have not been registered and have search volume.
Choose Your Domain Names Well - Make Them Memorable
Be wary when searching for domains using a domain provider. A lot of the time, they track what domains are being searched for and if you do not register a domain you found straight after you searched for it, you can find that they will register it themselves and you would have missed out.
Some providers are sneaky like this, so either type the domain direct into your browser to see if it is registered or don’t hesitate to register it.
8.3. Rules To Remember
Register Your Domains and Retain Full Control
Reap Rewards later from spending a bit on hosting upfront
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