hi. i'm trying to make a website for my father's business, but i'm having some trouble starting.

first of all, i need a good domain/host place to put the website.

know any good ones.

i could use any tips, advice, or anything you can give me.

thank you sooo much!

Here鈥檚 a top 10 list of reasons I鈥檝e compiled of companies that either think they don鈥檛 need a website at all, or have an outdated site that badly needs updating:

1 - I鈥檓 too small of a company to have a website.

Well, I鈥檝e heard of many people that have a website for their one man band operation. Better still, others have sites for companies that they have started on the side.

2 - We are only based locally.

At first glance, this looks like a plausible reason not to have a website. However, it is not. Wonderful things like Geo-Targeting increase a local company鈥檚 visibility in the region. Bob Nicholson does a good job explaining how Google uses Geo-Targeting for AdSense marketing in this video:

3 - I have a small website already, and it works just fine.

Your current website might not fit your company鈥檚 needs as well as it used to. The site may be outdated and not display correctly in modern browsers. Also, if you choose to advertise, your site may not be search engine ready. There may also be broken to links that you have linked to in the past.

4 - I鈥檇 like to have a website, but I heard that it costs too much.