Not so long ago the prospect of building a website scared the be-jesus out of me. The thought of spending countless hours sifting through pages and pages and pages of HTML (hyper text markup language) seemed a never ending task, resulting in frustration and anger.

The alternative was to pay a professional to build websites for you, this too was not always fruitful, not least because of the costs involved. If you're running on a tight budget it may not prove cost effective to hire a web guy. Especially if you are just beginning your online adventure, add to that finding a web company that is sympathetic to your inexperience is often quite tricky, you may find getting your specific requirements hard.

So what a god send when clever webmasters started to produce technology which enabled ordinary folk to build their own websites and for free!

At last you could build your own website free no strings and without knowing a stitch of html programming so how do you do it?

First to build your own website free you will need to do a little research online seeking out the best software for you! If you just want a html editor you can find many of these online. You can even find free website templates which you can open with an editor and then simply insert your content, such as logo, header graphics, text, navigation, images etc. And be ready to upload in minutes!

Another way is to keep everything in house under one roof so to speak, and download a free website builder that offers you the option of creating a website from scratch, or to build your website free with templates already installed within the program. This option will give you a multitude of options and design capabilities plus the bonus of saving you precious time and money.

Once you have your software you can start to plan how to build your website. Next you will need to register your domain name, you can do this in many places such as GoDaddy or Namedaddy, then you will want to consider hosting. Now hosting is where your site will be viewed from, think of it like this, your domain name is the street where your house is your hosting is the number where your house is situated on the street!

Now, you can have either free hosting or set up a hosting account. Both offer pros and cons but if I were to choose I would always opt for a paid hosting account as they are professional and far more reliable. Also with free hosting accounts you may have to put up with annoying text or banner advertising on your website in order for the hosting company to create some revenue from you, this is fine if your website is just for personal use but if you want to create a business image this will not come across well.

So Now you are ready to make your website open up your free web tool, choose a template and drag and drop in your content when you're done simply publish your content to the world! Oh yes I forgot to mention when you choose your free website creator make sure it comes with full tutorials on how to use the thing, or you could be spending time trying to figure things out!

So to build a website for free search for free website software then register a domain name get affordable hosting (you could do both in the same place) then make your website that's it told you it was simple!

I hope you found this short article useful and you have a better idea of how you can build your own website free.