17 GPWAtimes.org #7 dannyx 17 January 2024, 5:07 a.m. Public Member I, for one, don’t understand why so many people recommend choosing a geo to begin with. Of course, if someone assumes they will be doing a site in some local language like Vietnamese, German, Italian, etc. or a regulated site for one U.S. state or something like that then I understand. But what is very likely, especially at the beginning of the road, could be an English language site in some chosen niche. What is the purpose of establishing a geo for such a site? One can lose out on such an action. Google itself will determine where your site will display and where it will not. #6 content 16 January 2024, 3:33 p.m. Public Member I agree, WordPress is a good choice. Though, it takes a while to get used to. Honestly, my best advice would be not to overly invest yourself into your first site. It’s not going to be perfect, and that’s fine. Just get your first site up and going, and tinker for a few months to get to learn it better. You may find you may want to restart (can still keep and maintain the first one) on a new domain, maybe new theme, once you have some experience and feel more comfortable with it. The more you do it the better you get. Don’t worry about making a perfect end product on your first go. In fact, I’d recommend treating the site like a rough draft for now. You can always get another domain later. A lot of people don’t recommend trying to manage multiple sites, that’s fair, but if your first one sucks, it may be better to start a new one with what you learn instead of spending a lot of time to fix your first one. Just focus on learning WordPress. If you’re going to be successful, first thing is getting comfortable with the work. Second is setting small achievable goals (not performance goals, goals towards a completed product, then maybe additions and improvements) and completing tasks one by one to follow through. Summary: Make the goal of your first site be you learning WordPress by building it, rather than making a lot of money. Focus on that goal first. “ Reply With Quote #8 siege 16 January 2024, 7:16 p.m. Brand New Member Thank you all for the helpful answers. The plan now is to start by purchasing a theme and other necessary stuff, learning how to use everything at least somewhat properly, and then getting into social media aspects. If anything comes to my mind, I’ll ask here or in other threads. “ End of Thread Having created an English-language website, I thought it would be popular in other locations. When I developed a Spanish site, I was counting on traffic from Venezuela and Peru. Doing traditional Chinese, I thought about Taiwan and what? Google doesn’t give a damn and prefers to display the site on mainland China. It’s a bit of a gamble, but in my opinion it’s better to let the search engine work than to forcefully direct general pages somewhere myself. A good option might be to personalize for a particular country later on when you see trends, where it makes sense to attack harder and where not. “ Reply With Quote My advice: patience, knowledge, learn WordPress, and buy even more domains . . . Results will not come instantly, but do not give up.
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