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So you want to know where to start with an
online business? To get the full potential out of any online
business you will definitely need a website. When I say website I
don't mean a page that some programs give you with your affiliate ID
attached to the end of it, but your own domain name and a good
provider to host it on. But before we get into domain names and
hosting accounts let's start at the beginning with the business idea
itself.
You first need to decide what your new website
will be focused on, or your niche market. While there are thousands
of work at home websites on the Internet, and the competition is
well established, you can still find your own little niche within
this bigger category that has been overlooked and is less
competitive.
Keyword research is crucial to determining your
sites theme and the success of your online business. Keywords or
keyword phrases are something that you will hear a lot about as you
progress and start to develop your website.
Even if your website is a pre-designed Plug-In
Profits site It should eventually be optimized toward a more narrow,
less competitive niche.
Search engine optimization, or SEO is the
process of finding these keyword phrases and designing or changing
your website around your keywords. This should be done on every page
that you add to, or have on your site.
Every page on your site should have a specific topic and be
optimized according to the content on that page.
Before you choose your domain name you should
determine your sites theme or niche and keywords and then choose a
domain name that closely matches. That is why you should do this
research before you register a domain name. The two most popular
tools for keyword research are subscription based Wordtracker,
and the free Overture
tool. Another site I recommend for SEO related research with
a whole suite of tools is SEOBook.com.
I recommend trying out the free ones first then get a one-day
or one-week subscription to Wordtracker as it is considered the most
accurate.
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