If you are going to build a website, do it correct from the get-go. All to often a website launches and outgrows the content management system. When this happens, the website loses traffic, reputation, and time.

Weighing your content management system options will be time well spent. Lets start with some basic questions..

1. How many pages will your website ultimately have?
2. Is your content going to be articles, videos, music, or something else?
3. What features are going to be on your website?
4. Do you plan on making your website a heavy trafficked site?

Having a list of your expectations will drastically improve your decision when selecting the proper content management system.

Assuming you are starting a non-commercially funded site, you will want to save money. One great content management system is Wordpress. You can install Wordpress on your own web host and Wordpress is pretty powerful. If your ultimate website consists of 3,000 pages or less, Wordpress should provide everything you need. Wordpress can handle articles, videos, links, and much more. As it goes, most websites do not grow to more than 100 pages because the webmaster loses interest and slacks on updating. But whether you are planning 10 pages or 3,000 pages, wordpress should do the job.

There are many Wordpress Blogs making thousands of dollars a month. Don't underestimate Wordpress.

If you are commercially funded, you may want to look around for an ASP script or a custom coded content management system that will suit your needs. Good scripting can be costly. A decent script can cost between $100 and $10,000 depending on the functionality.

Whatever your website may be, it is essential to choose the right baseline script. Search engines and other website will link to your articles, and if you have to change content management systems, your URL's will probably change too. This will result in dead incoming links. It is good practice to keep every article link live at all times, as these incoming links boost your search engine rankings which, in turn, effects your traffic.

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