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Step 7
Your school may or may not have an account
with an Internet provider that allows you to put your Web page on a server so
that other people can read it. If not, you can just keep practicing with
documents on your computer's hard drive. Or, you might look into getting some
free Web space for yourself or your school. Some sites that provide this
service are listed in the Idea Bank at the bottom of this
page.
If you are able to put your page up on a server, how will
anyone find it? Unless they know about your page already -- and know the
exact URL! -- they won't be able to visit it. Here are three ways you can
give people a roadmap to your location on the information superhighway:
- Find some other Web sites that are related to
your page in some way. They might be sites that deal with the same topic
or are published by students your age. Write to the people who maintain
these pages and ask them to check out your site. If they like it, they
might add a link to your page on theirs.
- Register your site with a search engine such as
Google or Yahoo. Once you've added your URL to
one of these databases, people who are interested in the general topic
of your page will get a listing of your site when they do a search. For
example, in Yahoo, navigate through their categories until you get to
the one that best suits your page, and then click on "Add
URL." You'll be asked to provide the title of your page, its URL,
and a comment or short sentence that describes what's on the page. In
your comment, try to include words that you think an interested person
might type in as key words when doing a Yahoo search. "Jupiter
facts and images" or "Book reviews by middle school
students" are examples of good comments.
A great place
to get ideas for your own Web page is from the pages that are already out
there. We've made a list of some interesting Web pages that you might want to
check out. Click here to visit our Links for Kids
page.
There are also many Web sites that can help
you improve your own Web page. Here are just a few of them:
Need to find a home for your home page? Try
the following sites, which offer free Web space for schools and individuals.
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