How to build a personal website
How to build a personal website
Build a website that reflects your interests and passions. With OVHcloud’s flexible and scalable tools, you can showcase your project exactly as you envision it.
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Why build a personal website?
Add your personal touch to make your project one-of-a-kind
Unlike social media, a website allows you to fully customise and shape your online presence. You can highlight your skills, experience and interests in a more polished and structured manner. Customise your site as much as possible align it with your audience’s preferences.
A website to complement your social media profiles
The ever-changing algorithms of social media can affect the visibility of your posts. A website, on the other hand, hinges on Google search algorithms, which are usually more stable. Nonetheless, it’s important not to neglect the SEO ranking and marketing aspect of your content, especially if you hope to be well-ranked in search results. If you have a loyal audience, they won’t miss any content you post on your personal website – whereas relying solely on social media may not guarantee the same level of visibility.
A central hub for all your online activities via a single web address
Unsure which social media platform to choose for redirecting followers? A website can serve as a central hub for all online activities. You can add links on your website to redirect users to your social media pages, blog, or even your portfolio. This way, your website visitors can find all the information on your project in one place.
A customisable platform, tailored to your specific needs
WordPress is a content management system (CMS) with numerous customisation options. You can fine-tune your website to best reflect your personality and interests – add image galleries, contact forms, newsletter subscriptions, and more. The solution to create the platform model that matches your needs and reflects your work is at your fingertips. What’s more, since you’re the owner of your website, you can freely back it up on your computer and export it whenever you want.
How do I build a personal website?
- Choose a unique domain name
- Pick a CMS with the right features
- Publish quality content
- Explore more with WordPress add-ons and plugins
- Work on your SEO with the right toolkit
Getting started
Choose the all-in-one solution to build your website
✓ A free domain name for the first year, including popular extensions like .com, .net, .online, .me, .blog
✓ 10 free email addresses
✓ 1-click CMS (WordPress, Drupal, Joomla!)
A personal website for each project
Having a personal website is an excellent means to manage and promote your personal brand, share your interests, or even market your products or services. Find the personal website that best suits your needs:
Blog
Ideal for sharing your stories, advice, or experience. A blog allows you to express yourself freely, and connect with your audience. You can share your thoughts on a particular topic, or refer your readers to your social media profiles. This helps to cultivate your brand identity, particularly if your interests evolve into a real professional project.
Portfolio
Ideal for artists, photographers and content creators who want to showcase their work. With an online portfolio, you can easily grab the attention of potential customers, employers, and other like-minded enthusiasts.
Online resume
Demonstrate your professional expertise in a fresh and vibrant way. Don’t settle for a standard resume – think outside the box and make a lasting impression! Also, to make your resume even better, you can include your portfolio or link your social media accounts that are relevant to your area of expertise.
Online store
Tips for creating a high-performance personal website
1- Choose the right domain name
Picking a domain name is an important part of building your own website. There are specific aspects to consider:
- How to effectively convey your brand or identity. Choose a domain name that is catchy – easy to write and pronounce – and captures the essence of your content. Avoid potential typos.
- Keep it short and concise. The shorter your domain name is, the more likely it is to be remembered and spelled correctly.
- Stay true to your extension. Your domain extension is your online identity, so choose one that is true to your website’s purpose.
- Availability. Each domain name is unique, so several identical domains can’t be registered at the same time. Remember to check the availability of your domain name before you get started.
2- Enhance security for your websites
With our robust security measures in place, your websites can stand the test of time. Make sure to keep your WordPress up to date and regularly back it up using free extensions that are out there. Use strong passwords and take advantage of the SSL certificate included with your hosting plan.
3- Keep your goals in focus
When designing your website, define the goals you want to achieve with it. To whom are you speaking? What action do you expect your visitors to take? Would you like them to subscribe to your newsletter? Follow you on social media? Are you open to being contacted by email? Would you rather forward them to a mailing address? The answers to these questions will enable you to include the right calls to action on your website. You should also consider incorporating keywords that your visitors might enter into search engines to boost your organic SEO ranking.
4- Choose your hosting plan wisely
Carefully assess your entire web project to find the hosting plan that fits best, as various features matching your specific needs will be required. An online resume will require fewer resources compared to an image website, for instance.
A personal website that matches your brand
Your site should embody your unique personality and truly reflect your personal or professional venture. Customise it with quality pages and images, engaging text, and a user-friendly navigation. Include hyperlinks to elevate the overall user experience on your website. What’s more, there are available website templates, tailored to specific topics and themes.
Leverage OVHcloud to build a top-notch website
SECURITY
Get a pre-installed, highly available infrastructure that is continuously monitored and regularly updated with security patches. Our web hosting plans all come with built-in Anti-DDoS protection. With our backup and restore tool, you can recover files and databases that are up to 14 days old.
FLEXIBILITY
Is your project growing? We can easily personalise various options and features to your exact requirements. We provide highly flexible services that will bring your projects to a whole new level. Get started, deploy and scale easily!
AN ALL-IN-ONE PLAN, MANAGED FOR YOU
When you choose our web hosting plans, you get more than just high-performance storage and email addresses. You also get databases, SSL security, and a free domain name for the first year*. While you focus on building your website, we take care of everything else.
There’s an OVHcloud website for every idea
Your questions answered
My domain name has already been taken. What should I do?
Did you find the perfect title for your project, but the domain name is no longer available? Try registering with a different extension. You can opt for an .ovh, which is the cheapest extension on the market. Other extensions are focused on specific areas like .blog, .tech, .fashion or .art. You can find the complete of list of extensions here (https://www.ovhcloud.com/en-gb/domains/tld/). If the domain name registration price seems attractive (price applicable for the first year only), please remember that the renewal price will apply in subsequent years.
What is web hosting?
A web hosting plan is a service that provides all the necessary elements for getting a website online. The hosting provider gives you access to internet-connected storage space,and allows you to choose your own domain name for it. This solution generally includes databases for storing your website’s information, an email solution, and a backup system. Shared hosting services are particularly affordable and usually require little technical knowledge. These are what you might need to build a personal website.
Why choose OVHcloud for my domain name?
When you opt to register your domain name with OVHcloud, you unlock a vast selection of over 800 domain name extensions, backed by our 20 years of industry expertise. You also get iron-clad security to protect your domain name from fraudulent transfers, and 100 MB of free hosting.