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First things first. You need to find a subject. There are plenty of subjects out there, so it’s not going to be difficult. You might have already written about some things that interest you. Do you still have copies of those term papers you did in high school or college? I’m not kidding. You might find some real gold in them thar hills! I know I’ve written some clever papers in the past, mostly about film or Scandinavian subjects, and sometimes about Scandinavian film subjects.
For the pupose of this article, I’m going to create a website about aurora borealis. I know absolutely nothing about it or them except that they are pretty and happen somewhere up north. As a matter of fact, I wasn’t even sure of the spelling of borealis until I typed “aurora b” into the Google search box and it presented “aurora borealis” to me. Neat. Now, if you want to work through the process with me, go to the Google website yourself and type in the term “aurora borealis” and see what get you. I got about 2,330,000 results. Not bad. At the left of the search results, in the column there, you should see something called “More search tools”. Click on that. It will expand to give you many different options. Look for one called “Wonder wheel”. Click on it. Neat, eh?
Using the Google Wonder Wheel, you can find more information on your topic of interest in a somewhat organized fashion.
Now, some of these subtopics sound the same, such as the video and movie one and maybe the vacation and tours one. Even the pictures and wallpaper ones are similar. That’s OK. I’m just really going to use the wonder wheel to figure out what subtopics I am going to cover in my article. I could use it for much, much more, but that’s the topic of a later article. Right now, let’s just get a nice looking and content-rich website put together.
Now, look at the Google listings. Look for one that looks like it’s going to give a decent definition or description of your topic. The wikipedia entry is always good, but there might be a site with an FAQ or maybe an official site such as one run by a government agency, such as NASA. Select one that looks like it’s going to give you some good information and open it in a new tab or window. For me, I chose the Aurora FAQ. It looked good. You might need to click several before you find a suitable one.
OK, I’m in the Aurora FAQ. I start taking notes. Do not, and I repeat, do not simply copy the information you find on a website. Not only is it plagiarism, it will come back to bite you someday. Instead, try to paraphrase, and if you can, get your information from multiple sites. Also, refer to these sites in your writing, like I’m doing here, so people browsing your site can find links of relevant information. By doing so, you make it easier for people to link back to you. It’s a karma thing.
Find all the facts that you need to write up a short essay on the topic. About 500 words will do for your write-up. This write up will appear on the first page of your website. You’re going to want to put up a menu of some sort so that people can find other stuff. For me, I’m going to do home, more details, pictures, when & where, other sites of interest. That’s five items in my menu. That will be enough. I got ideas for the menu from the wonder wheel. I also used my brain a bit, but not too much, as that would hurt. You don’t want to make too few menu items, and you don’t want to make too many. Whatever subject you choose, try to come up with something similar, anywhere from four to seven menu items is probably fine.
OK, start fleshing out your different menu items. If one of your items is pictures, do a search for aurora borealis pictures. That will be easy. If you put the pictures on your website, make sure you either have permission or they are in the public domain. For my topic, I’ll be able to get a bunch from NASA, and since all of the NASA stuff is in the public domain, I’m good. What I think I’ll do is make all the pictures a certain width, so I can fit a bunch onto a page, and then if someone clicks on one, it will show the big picture. I did it for the picture at the top of this article to give you an example of what I mean.
Once you’ve got one of your pages done, move to the next one. Don’t spend too much time. You might even put in placeholders while you research the subtopics or play with the wonder wheel. The point is, at the end of your exercise, you will have a fully working and content-rich web site that people will go to when they want to find out about your topic. Give them enough material so they won’t think you’re just another link farm, but also leave enough out so you can give links to other sites of interest. It’s a balancing act, but I think if you err towards too much information, you’ll be better off. You might even update your site every once in a while, especially if you’ve chosen a topic that is dynamic and always moving, such as the life and times of your favorite movie star.
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