Questions you may have:

• What do I need to have a website?
You need a domain name, a website host, and webpages.
• What costs are associated with having a website?
Depending on your internet service provider, you may be able to setup a simple website completely free. However, there may be advertisements or space and bandwidth limitations that are not acceptable to you. Typical costs include the purchase of a domain name (about $10/year), the website hosting costs (anywhere from $5/month and up), and the cost of website design and maintenance.
• What is a domain name?
A domain name is the unique address or URL of a particular website. For example www.yahoo.com.
• What is a web host?
A web host is a company that provides web servers necessary to host websites. Some hosting services are free, but typically there is a montly charge for using their service. You must have a web server to host the files for your website. The servers are maintained by the hosting company and they will allocate you a certain amount of space, upload/download bandwith, and provide you with other services like database access and scripting language support.
• How do I choose a hosting service?
Once you figure out what type of website you want to have, you can decide on a hosting service. Personal websites that are simply informative with a small amount of content and pictures can usually get away with a free hosting service. Small businesses, large content websites, or any sort of professional or complicated website will need to find a reliable, easy-to-use hosting service with all of the features required by your website.
• How much does a hosting service cost?
Some hosting services are free, but typically there is a montly charge for using their service. They can range from $4-5/month and up depending on the features that you need.
• Do I need to register with the search engines?
It is a good idea to register your website with the search engines. Many of them have a free service to do this and if you would like more traffic on your site, registering with the search engines will help.
• Which search engines should I register with?
The most popular search engines are Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Ask.com (Ask Jeeves). If you register with those, you will have covered all but a small fraction of the search market.