If you’re running a micro business i.e. one man band or just a handful of people, and thinking about setting up a website, you should read Seth Godin’s excellent post about blogging instead.

You can do everything he says and more for next to nothing. A great way to get noticed.

If you want a standard website instead, you could try one of the off the shelf sites at Mr Site for just £34.99. You can get an awful lot done here without any technical expertise and without paying through the nose for a web designer. Don’t expect too many fancy whistles and bells though.

I’ve taken both these routes and it’s really hard to say which is easier. However, if you want to get website traffic quickly then I suggest the blogging route is the way forward. Although in my opinion Wordpress is a better option than Typepad.