logo for abc-web-site-marketing.com
Home
ABC Strategy - Free
Ask a Question
Web Resources Free Web Resources
Best Website Builder
Best SEO Package
Low Cost Ecommerce
Free Hosting Builder
Free Web Site Content
Website Builder Test
Cheap Website Design
Build Website Start Money Website
Top 20 Website Tips
Web Design Tips
Business Choice E-Business Selection
E-Business Options
Niche Selection
Provide Web Content
Get Web Traffic Explode Web Traffic
Free Viral Formula
Improve SE Rankings
Network Marketing
Get Success! Ultimate Entrepreneur
Extras Web Marketing Blog
About Us

Subscribe To This Site
XML RSS
Add to Google
Add to My Yahoo!
Add to My MSN
Subscribe with Bloglines

Free Website Builder

  1. Choosing a free website builder or not?
  2. WYSIWYG Editors for PC users
  3. WYSIWYG Editors for MAC users
  4. Advice about Free WYSIWYG editors

Choosing a free website builder or not?

Choosing to found your online business on a free website builder might seem tempting. But consider the implications before taking that decision. The problem is that in many cases ...

  • You will appear a sponsor to your clients, reflected in banners and ads coming with the website.

  • You will have to purchase a lot of add-ons in order to get the basic features, needed for creating and promoting a professional website. And that is only the beginning of what it takes to achieve success. 

  • You will likely be bombarded with emails promoting companies that have access to the email list that you have to accept to be included in when starting the free website. 

  • Marketing information, proof or guarantee of website traffic and high rankings, prerequisite for success is not supplied, indicating a high risk of wasting a year of your life on achieving nothing, forcing you to reconsider starting another website, with new software.

I think most serious entrepreneurs would decide to not run any risk and instead get it right from the start. The top web site builders of the ABC Website Builder Review are very affordable and complete from the start, with no surprises later on. 

Also the small cost for these ultimate solutions is nothing compared to just a few days of lost work, not to mention a year or years of fighting windmills, quoting Don Quijote.

Starting a web based business basically requires the following 2 things ...

  1. the choice of web site marketing strategy and 
  2. the website building software allowing you to have success.

Assuming you to be a serious internet entrepreneur or upcoming, since you are reading this site, I strongly advice you to not just pick the first offer of a free website builder that you encounter.

Due to the low price of the complete SBI Web Business Solution, at USD $29,99 a month, you can consider the integrated "Sitebuilder" a free website builder. However it is not to compare with free ones since the SBI 2.0 solution includes everything you'll need to get success with your web business.

Sitesell, the company that delivers SBI 2.0 have tried the following free over cheap to more costly website builders to use with the complete SBI solution when you want to speed up the process of writing content. But in general any html editor should work with SBI 2.0. These are just some examples they have given.

WYSIWYG Editors for PC users

Kompozer (free)
http://www.kompozer.net/download.php

Arachnophilia (free)
http://www.arachnoid.com/arachnophilia/

Mozilla Composer (free)
http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/

Coffee Cup ($49, free trial available)
http://www.coffeecup.com/

WebWeaver Gold ($60, free trial available)
http://www.mcwebsoftware.com/webweav.asp

Frontpage ($199, free trial available)
http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage/

DreamWeaver ($399, free trial available, Mac version also available)
Adobe Dreamweaver CS5 - Full


WYSIWYG Editors for MAC users

Kompozer (free)
http://www.kompozer.net/download.php

Freeway ($89) from Softpress.com

Advice about Free WYSIWYG editors

Sitesell has chosen to use Kompozer, the first free choice in the list, in their instructions for using a wysiwyg editor together with SBI!, indicating that it is an easy and safe choice for even beginners to use Kompozer. Using one of the other editors is very straightforward as well and they are all easy to use: An important asset for ascertaining and fascilitating your success.

We the makers of ABC Web Site Marketing, chose ourselves to go with Kompozer and it is a very simple and straight foreward to use open source editor, containing all the essential functions for creating your web pages.

The good thing about Kompozer is that it is free and very simple to download and use on any computer and being continuously improved.

In fact some professional users have compared it to some of the top design programs such as Dreamweaver and Frontpage that cost several hundred dollars and take considerable time to get to know. However some say that it lacks some design features inherited in the top editors making the design less professional in their eyes.

None the less, when it comes to success with your website remember:

It is the content and navigation that counts before the design. Of course a web site layout that doesn't look professional could scare away many visitors.

A not professional design can imply bad images, amateur video recordings, many strong colours and an excessive use of capital letters, also called "shouting" on the web.

To sum up, the situation where using a free website builder can be ok, is when you already have got the whole package, such as SBI 2.0.

Return from Free Website Builder page to Cheap Website Design page

Return to ABC Web Site Marketing home page

footer for web site marketing page