Designing a website is step one of a sequence of events leading to  your site being available for viewing on the internet and ensuring that it is well placed within the search engines - Google, Yahoo etc.

Here’s the full sequence of events ........

[1] Design the website and create the files.

[2] Test the site on the internet and make any required changes.

[3] Optimize the files for faster download.

[4] Open an account with a Web Hosting service

[5] Upload the files to the Host’s server.

[6] Research the availability of your choice of domain name - www.MyWebsite.com

[7] Register the domain name and direct it to open your website

[8] Register your site with Google etc and create and upload the files necessary for                   the search engines to “crawl” your site for information.

[9] Register your site with Yellow pages and other relevant information resources.

[10] Link your site to as many others as possible.

[11] Regularly update your site with new content to encourage customers to return.

[12] Review your site statistics regularly with Google Analytics.