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How To Build A Travel Website With Free Website Building Tools

Published Wednesday, August 27, 2008 by bloggerblognet83460 | E-mail this post

Currently, there is a high demand online for both travel information and for online ad space from travel related businesses and services. This combination means that travel websites can be great moneymakers for those who build and run them. If that sounds good to you, read on to learn how to build a travel website with freely available tools.

Step 1 - Pick a specific niche in the travel market to target.

You don't want to build a travel website that covers too much territory at once, so to speak. It's much better if you build a site with information on "cheap hostels in Rome", than a site about "European Hotels". By focusing your site on a well defined niche within the travel market, you're more likely to provide the exact information visitors are searching for - which means more traffic and profits for you.

Step 2 - Prepare your travel content.

Travel sites rely heavily on pictures and written descriptions by fellow travelers. This is a good time to pull out your travel photos and prepare them for the web. You'll also want to start writing as much as possible about the places your site will be covering. If you are preparing a travel site on a place you haven't visited yourself, you can always find travel related photos and articles you can use on sites such as EzineArticles and Flickr. Be sure to follow the terms of service of each site before using the content yourself though.

Step 3 - Launch your travel site.

With your content prepared, it's time to get it live online. Sites such as Wordpress.com and Blogger allow you to publish your content online for free quickly and easily. Eventually though, you'll probably want your own domain and hosting but this is a great way to get started. If you can use basic word processing software, you'll have no trouble building your first travel site with these free tools.

Bonus Tip: They key to keeping visitors at your travel site is to make certain your site looks professional. Be sure to use quality web page graphics when designing your travel site. There's an excellent collection of them to check out right now at: http://www.EZBizGraphics.com

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