Why Not Start Your Own Web Site?
There's a nasty little rumor out in the media right now,
claiming that the Internet explosion is dying down to little
more than some occasional surfing. However, according to
Nielsen/NetRatings, in home Internet use by Americans has
increased six percent in the last year, and by a whopping
nineteen percent since 1999. That means that 58% of all American
homes are currently surfing the Net generally on a daily basis.
While the average web user tends to spend about ten and a half
hours online per month, people using the internet for research
purposes seem to log on a quite a bit more than that. Workers or
students looking for valuable information regarding their
current research topic are putting in an average of twenty plus
hours a week!
With the Internet being used more commonly as a research tool
and showing up in more homes everyday, the chances of people
viewing a web page are increased greatly. Having a web site can
have more than one advantage, whether you are a business owner,
student, teacher, or just someone that wants to share
information or opinions with other people.
Oftentimes, small business owners have trouble marketing their
products to people outside their own local area. With a web site
that pulls up when a potential customer types the site's key
words into a search engine, the business owner just expanded his
customer database to worldwide proportions without even setting
foot outside his home or office.
Students and teachers have the advantage of online after school
help when they choose to manage a website. Many of these
websites not only have information pertinent to that night's
homework, they also have message boards where students can ask
questions and get responses from teachers or other students.
Just about anyone with a special interest can create their own
website, whether it's to express their views about a political
issue, tell the world which musical talent they are currently
listening to, or to post pictures for their far away family and
friends to see.
Websites can be informative, entertaining, or used for about a
million other different reasons. With the increase in Internet
activity, there isn't a good reason out there to not take
advantage of all that traffic and design a page.