Looking to start a personal website? Here's three social media ready site builders
A few services have heard the cries, and are beginning to meet the demands of the savvy but non-technical Internet user. But, this is homepage 2.0: These services are helping people create attractive, well-designed personal sites. No Geocities or Tripod sites here! A quick list of our favorite resources for easy, well-designed sites below:
Flavors.me: Make a super-simple homepage to aggregate your presence in one place. Customize the look and feel to reflect to reflect your personal style., and include feeds from other communities where you participate. Available content sources include everything from Twitter and Tumblr to Etsy and Instagram.
Virb.com: Virb helps you build an entire custom site, including multiple pages of content and your own url, for only $10/month. It's way cheaper than the cost of professionals and easier than Wordpress - though if you are a little technical, Virb let you apply your skills to tweak their already awesome offerings.
Zapd.com: Zapd makes it easy to make a beautiful site right from your iPhone in just a few minutes. Pick a professionally designed theme and start sending on-the-go photos directly from your mobile phone to the Web to share with the world.
Katherine Elasser is from Netted, a free daily email publication from the Webby Awards dedicated to "better living the Internet." To learn more about them, click here.
