Angie McKaig - E-Business Consultant and Entrepreneur

looking for newbie questions2008.05.16

If your'e anything like me, you get peppered constantly with questions about how to set up a web site, a web business, or a blog by your non- techie/webby/intertubey friends, their friends, their business associates, and anyone else who knows you through your third cousin twice removed.

And all things being equal, these questions are almost always the same. So much so that I've come up with a standard "rap" of sorts that I use to answer these questions.

But I'm looking to compile a list of these questions so that I can come up with a rap for ALL of them, thereby saving myself work in the future. :)

Here's the list I've got so far:

1. What's a domain?
2. How do I get a domain?
3. Is .com best?
4. What's a hosting company?
5. How do I find a hosting company?
6. What do I look for / what features do I need?
7. How much does a hosting company cost?
8. Do I have to learn how to "HTML" or can I get someone else to do it for me?
9. If I want to learn how to do it myself, what are my options?
10. How much will this cost me?
11. How do I make changes to my web site?
12. How do I show up on the first page of a search engine?
13. What's a blog?
14. Do I need one?
15. Can I take images from anywhere to put on my web site?
16. How do I make money from my web site?
17. Is my (insert money making scheme here) any good?

Got more? Share 'em in the comments below. And thanks for your help!

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