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| facebook image credit flickr |
With
all the talk and excitement surrounding Facebook these days, you probably look at
facebook and say ‘I think I could do that'. But the truth is you probably can’t. I
know I can’t.
There
is a lot of programming that goes into building a sit like facebook. You will need
to be a programmer or hire one, which can be very expense. I don’t know the price of
hiring programmers to do the type of specialize work that it will take but I’m
sure you will be looking at thousands of dollars.
Facebook
was started by only a couple of guys but does guys where computer programmers. Mark Zuckerberg might have been a college dropout but he was a very gifted
programmer at the time.
You
have to be realistic when starting a website. You will probably be working a regular job everyday and building your site alone on your spear time. So you need a site
you can manage yourself. It is best to choose a topic (a niche) you know
something about and build a content rich site.
There
lots of websites out there making money that does not require the type of
specialized ability facebook takes.
If
you do decide to build a social network then build a niche social network, a
social net that caters to a specific group of people. Like a social network for
soccer moms, a social network for taxi drivers in n-y and so on.
One
of the big problems with starting a social network site is getting traffic to
the site. All the pages are pass word protected so you probably won’t get
search engine traffic. Without search traffic, you will have to spend
tones of money to attract visitors.
If
you have the time, money and specialize skills to build a social network,
great, if not move on.
So what do you think? Do think it's a good idea? Let me know.
