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Guide to Setting Up Your Own WordPress Website using SiteGround

Guide to Setting Up Your Own WordPress Website using SiteGround

This guidebook contains stories offering advice and tips to create your own Web site. The details are specific to using SiteGround as your Hosting provider. However, the concepts should translate onto other Hosting providers too. Should you choose to use SiteGround as your hosting provider, I would appreciate you signing up using my referral link: https://www.siteground.com/?referrer_id=7995617

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1. Pick a Domain Name

1. Pick a Domain Name

Your domain name will be the URL that you use to direct users to learn about your property and to have them book with you. The domain name should be shorter, somewhat unique and easy to share. Preferably, you can create a brand name associated with your property or vacation rental business ensuring these 3 traits.

Susan
Susan
6. Configure Google Analytics

6. Configure Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a way to keep track of how your Web site is being searched for and accessed. Information about where the users are located, what devices they're using, what pages they're interacting with and how they find your Web site is included. You'll get a feel if that Facebook Ad you placed brought any new traffic to your Web site. You'll see that the new post you wrote is really getting a lot of hits.

Susan
Susan
4. Integrate Houfy Embedded Tools

4. Integrate Houfy Embedded Tools

To save effort on setting up your new Web site, you can embed items that you already have on your Houfy listing. When editing your Houfy listing, you can find some items have an "embed" button. When selecting the "embed" button, Houfy will display the HTML necessary to integrate into your Web site.

Susan
Susan
2. Web Site Hosting

2. Web Site Hosting

I've used both Hostgator and SiteGround. I don't have personal experience with GoDaddy, but I can say that I haven't heard many good things about them.

Susan
Susan
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