Back in the early days of the Internet, only a select few were able to, or could be bothered with, creating a website. The thing was that the Internet was still clunky and slow, and was the domain of nerds and real programmers who had the knowledge to make a website. These people understood HTML.

There were no programs like Dreamweaver available back then. Building a website was very labour intensive, and not something that just anyone could do.

The opposite is true today. Anyone can create their very own site, and for the internet publisher or marketer it’s a must. Things like blogging are very popular nowadays too.

It isn’t difficult to learn to build a websites today, as websites like My Space make this extremely easy. So easy in fact, that even complete novices can have their own internet space.

I have to admit that, I only recently built my first website. I had told myself that making a website was a waste of time – and there were more important things to do with my precious time. In truth, however, I was a little bit frightened. I knew so many experts out there who had made some very incredible websites, and I knew that mine would pale in comparison.

And my first website was that great, if I am honest. I didn’t know how to build a professional site, but I gave it a go anyway.

When I got into my stride, I realised it wasn’t that dificult after all. There is plenty of free web hosting out there if you look properly. I used a WYSIWYG web builder program which meant I didn’t need HTML knowledge. It took about 30 mins to create a pretty good example with articles , blogs and pictures on it.

If building a website is something you would like to try, it isn’t to difficult. It’s also a great way to meet new people online and perhaps make new friends.