Now you have your web site

Once you've created a web site, your next problem is making sure that people visit it, and with hundreds of thousands of sites to pick from, that's no mean feat.

There are a number of ways to make spread the word, but the aim is always the same - make sure that other people have links to your page. If you know there are other pages on the same topic, it's worth contacting their authors and asking for links to your site. Similarly, if there's a newsgroup covering the topic, try posting a short announcement, or contacting the maintainer of the FAQ for that group to let them know about your pages.

It's also important to get your site listed in the various guides to the web, like Yahoo and UK Index. Most of these search engines allow you to fill in a form with details of your pages, and it's worth making the effort so that anyone searching can track you down easily.

Finally, if you're renting space on a web server, check with the server administrator to make sure that you're listed in their customer index.