Starting a website is not very complicated. A lot depends on how much web aware you are and if you know basic programming or not. If not, not a big deal. Its possible to start your own website.

For the very beginner who want to express their thoughts or want to put up their favourite pictures or videos or poems or their opinions, the best way to begin is to start your own blog. A blog or a web-log is a web diary. One popular blogging website is blogger.com. Just signup for an account and it is very easy to fill up the templates (formats) and start posting your pictures and your text. If you know how to send an email, you can run your own webpage / website at blogger.com.

Blogging is a great way of letting the world know what you like and what you think. You can add photos (just upload using a browser), text .. just type or cut and paste and videos too. For uploading your videos on the internet, the simplest way is to upload your videos on youtube.com and embed ( display the video ) on your webpage or blog. Another cool way to start your website experience is to have a webpage at myspace.com. You can add friends, add pictures, videos etc using simple forms.

Even you are blogging for fun or just to express yourself, there are ways to earn money if your blog or webpage is being read by lot of people. Once you have traffic / hits (people visiting your site), you can put advertisements on your pages and earn decent amount of money. If you want to earn some money from the web, the next step is to start your own website. Starting your own professional website is not very complex. And contrary to popular belief, websites can be setup and run for less than $3 a month. The next part of this series will talk about setting up your ownwebsite.com !!