When I created my first website many years ago, it was nothing to get real excited about.  I mean, when I put it together, I wasn’t so concerned about the looks as I was to the usefulness for the visitor.  If my site was pretty and useless, no one would come back, right?

Early on I learned that the portal I created needed to stand out from the crowd with unique features and usefulness in the eyes of the user.  Early on, I made sure to take advantage of the many news integration services available online and I provided my customers with the latest Internet trends news, as it was an SEO portal.

I still follow the same model today, many years later, and I have a huge following in terms of repeat visitors.  Now, all I have to do is figure out a better way to monetize the site, and it will be perfect.