Choose a web-hosting package that has web site maintenance services

When shopping for a web-hosting package, select a host that provides a readily-accessible support team. Also consider price, server space as well as website building and updating tools before selecting a package.

I recommend: Try Yahoo for Small Business and InMotion. Both offer business class web hosting packages.

Use open source software for web site content management

There are a number of web site management software providers that allow the non-developer to create and manage a robust website.

I recommend: Open Source CMS provides demos to a wide array of open source software providers like Joomla! and CMS Made Simple. Learn how to install website content management solutions with Siteground. This site provides links to several web tutorials for popular open source CMS providers like Joomla!, Wordpress and Drupal.

Track your website's performance with free web reporting tools

Once you build your website, ensure that it is designed to attract visitors. There are many free tools that can assist you in website management and allow you to measure your website's search engine optimization strength, traffic and links on other sites.

I recommend: Seomoz helps you find how important, visible and popular the web considers your site. Just enter a URL to get data results. Market Vertical Partners provides information like your site’s number of indexed pages in major search engines and number of inbound links. W3C checks your websites for any broken links. Recip Links allows you to review your reciprocal links with other websites. Selfseo measures how fast your website loads, an important website management statistic since you can lose a number of visitors if your website loads slow. Awstats is web site management software that will give you comprehensive information about your website traffic. Try the Awstats demo to see specific information the software generates.