10 Key Terms You Must Know Before You Create Your First Website

Learning as much about it as possible before taking on a difficult task is just good judgment. You wouldn’t try to drive a new vehicle without testing it out first or fire a new weapon without learning how to use it properly first, right? You need to give that same consideration and due diligence to the act of creating a website.

When making your first website, there are ten things you need to know before you get to working. Understanding the terminology and lingo surrounding web development will only help to make your first website more successful.

Host

This is whatever company is keeping your website online. Finding a good host is important and paying ~$5 a month to keep your website alive is much preferable to funding your own server at about $100 a month.

URL

This is short for universal resource locator. It’s basically the address for yours or any other website. You will need a catch URL that sticks in people’s minds if you want your first website to succeed.

HTML

HTML is an acronym for Hypertext Markup Language. It is a way to tag your text which will allow for special colors, fonts and other effects. If you plan to write up your own website, you will need to learn some HTML.

Java

Java is an object oriented way to program your website. Programs and pages written in Java will work on any medium which makes Java a universally incorporated language. It works on Windows PCs, Macs and even machines running Linux.

Backlink

This is an important one. When you put a link to another website in an article or other post on your own website, you have a backlink. These are what keep the internet together, essentially interconnecting ports from one page to a million others.

AdSense

This is the marketing program which allows websites to get paid by Google for carrying approved ads. If your website is good enough, Google will actually pay you to show up in their search results. Nifty.

Ranking

Also referred to as a Search Engine Results Page (SERP), this is where your page shows up in the long list of results on a particular search engine. You should constantly strive to improve your ranking on all the top search engines.

Tracking

To put it simply, this is the method by which you monitor your website’s progress. Depending on how much work you want to put into it, tracking will tell you how many visitors you’ve had, what search engine they used to land on your website and more.

Navigation

This is the way in which a visitor explores what your website has to offer. Buttons, links, switches, maps and more are all part of navigating a website and making your page easier to navigate will make it more popular among users.

SEO

Short for Search Engine Optimization, this is the process by which you make your website more likely to appear in search results. Include specific words and phrases in your content to show up more often when people go looking for things. This ties in very closely with Google’s’ AdSense program.

 

About Alla Vereschakova

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