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(Continued) The Rank for $ales Weekly Newsletter, Feb. 25, 2006. Page 18 
Build your own site and save a lot of money 
In the last few months, I know that some of you have signed up and have since been using Online Site Builder to create your new website and even one of you sent me a thank you note for having them as an advertiser on this newsletter. And I got at least one user sending me good comments about it. More and more today, companies from all over the world send me invitations to try their products and to have me write about them. As you know my time is precious and like anybody else I am limited in the amount of functions I can do with it. So before I even think of trying out a new product (any product) it has to be something that is well-designed and done by serious people, otherwise I won't even consider it. To give you an example, last year about 50 companies sent me those invitations and I turned them all down, except one: Online Site Builder. They have been advertising on this newsletter since last August, but that is NOT the reason why I am writing this, although I always look at what an advertiser is selling before I even accept them as an advertiser. To be accepted, their products or services have to be relevant to the SEO industry, such as Web hosting services, Web design firms, link leasing, etc. Online Site Builder certainly qualifies as an advertiser, but the sole reason why I'm writing this is that I've been using it for three months now and I'm simply amazed at what it can do. As the name implies, Online Site Builder is an all-in-one-package without any software to download or install on your computer. You simply logon to it, type in your password and you can create a new website with a few pages in less than an hour. All you need is your Web browser. We tested it here with our accountant! Trust me, outside of his accounting software and Excel, he knows very little of the Web, let alone building a new Web site! You can try it out for youself, since there's a free demo that you can use as much as you wish.  Dave managed to create a simple 3-page website in about 50 minutes. When he finished it he was amazed at what he could do with it. Online Site Builder can be used by a 12 year-old kid, thats how easy and intuitive it is to use. Whats more it comes with its own Web hosting and email hosting package, so you won't have to worry where to find a good hosting company after you've finished your new website. Its also a great tool to add new pages, delete old ones, update and modify existing ones, add new photos, change them around, etc. It is the most versatile tool I've ever used to create a new site. Depending on the package you buy, it comes with up to 212 standard templates to choose from. Topics and themes vary a lot and are abundant. The Gold edition even comes with an eCommerce Products Catalog Editor so your site can even accept credit cards, complete with a shopping cart. That edition even enables you to build your own forum. Do I recommend Online Site Builder? Yes I do. It isn't often that I recommend any software or online service in particular, but when I do, it's because I've tried it and had other people on my staff try it and it came out with flying colors. The basic Bronze version costs only US $14.95 a month. For that price you get to use the tool 24/7 and you also get Web hosting and email hosting that comes with it. Why don't you try it out for youself - there's a free demo that you can use as much as you wish. If you're like me, you will be hooked on it. And what about the SEO? Will it rank? Those two domains were registered about seven months ago and each had a temporary page that said "We will open soon" before we did the two sites. One has a PR 4 on it, the other a PR 5. I will keep you posted on this as time passes by. If you're like many people I know that run a small business, you may not have $2,000 to $4,000 to invest in the creation of a new site. To that end, Online Site Builder can really help and it's a service that I definitely recommend. Online Site Builder is sold by the fine people at Avantex. Well, thats it for this week. Have a pleasant and relaxing weekend. I will see you all next Saturday! Serge Thibodeau, Please note that I am available for SEO consultative work or to help you optimize your website for the major search engines. Feel free to contact me for an honest and fair assessment.  All logos, trade marks and service marks on this newsletter are the exclusive property of their respective owners. Note: Although I always try my best to answer each individual question that I receive, there are times when it's just impossible for me to answer every one I get, as the amount of emails sent to me keeps increasing all the time. 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