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Need a Free Website?

As the internet matures and programmers develop new tools some interesting applications have arisen on the net the past few years which will surely help the small business owner on a limited budget.

Several online website builders have cropped up which allow anybody to build and maintain an attractive web presence with some advanced features.  The best part about these online website builders is their cost of entry – FREE.  Yep, you read that right.

As a small business who develops and designs websites for a living we pay close attention to these services when they pop up on the horizon.  We have even noticed some small business reselling these services to their clients.  The following sites are great starters for those on a budget who cannot afford a designer/developer.

http://www.wix.com

http://www.weebly.com

http://www.yola.com

All three offerings allow a small basic website to be built for free.  The major drawback I can see so far is exporting your content or moving your site may not be easily done without the help of a web developer should you want to move services or host your own website and migrate your content. 

If you are comfortable with any of these builders then you also have the option of paying a small monthly fee that will allow you to point a domain to the services and for slightly more monthly costs allow upgrade hosting space, bandwidth and features.

If you have tried one of these services and feel the required maintenance is too much then feel free to contact us at anytime for a free consultation and review of your current online presence and marketing.