As the online market is heating up, it has become inevitable for any business to have a web presence. With the evolution of Web2.0, there have been rigorous efforts to create new avenues to reach the global population through the internet. Free website makers, such as Weebly.com, are responsible for opening up the technical gateways of website building for the masses.
We decided to analyze Weebly.com after seeing a three-star review on CNET.com. This free HTML website maker tool has received mixed responses on CNET. While most of the user reviews appreciate Weebly as a free easy website maker to build ‘top-notch’ websites, some users have regarded it as ‘way too slow’.
How Will Weebly Facilitate Website Building?
Weebly offers a host of features for building websites in a very short span of time. To avail its services, one has to sign up with their email ID and set up an account with the website. Some of the exciting features of Weebly are:
- The editing platform of Weebly.com is very easy to understand and user-friendly. Basic text formatting tools available are title, paragraphs, two-column layout, picture and picture in paragraph.
- It allows you to incorporate interactive web tools in your website. You can add a photo gallery, audio and video player, flash element, Google Maps, Flickr stream and Youtube.
- The company has started offering Google Adsense services from 2009. The earnings from Adsense are divided between Weebly and the user in the ratio 50:50.
I found the Weebly free website maker online platform very simple. However, if you want to learn how to use it effectively, follow this video to the right.
Here is an example of a website built through Weebly.com. In this website, the user has chosen several features offered by the Weebly platform, such as text elements, blog features and images.
What is the Difference Between Free and Paid Weebly Features?
A user with a free Weebly account can upgrade to Weebly Pro by paying a monthly fee.
- The Pro account features:
- Ten websites per user account
- Up to 100MB file upload
- Ability to remove the Weebly footer displayed in free websites
- Full version of the audio and video player
- Google AdWords support.
This free easy website maker offers extensive user traffic statistics. Free user accountholders can access only the user volume graph. With a paid account, you will be entitled to essential traffic data, such as search terms and most viewed pages.
In a nutshell, I believe that Weebly is certainly a good web building platform. It offers host of features which makes it a strong competitor for other free HTML website makers, such as Wix, Homstead and Webstarts. Particularly, the Google Adsense and user traffic support offered by Weebly are worth mentioning. The only grey area about this service is delay in the upload and publishing time.
