It is now much easier to create basic web pages than in the past without extensive technical knowledge or experience. Free website templates allow anyone to set up a blog or basic site with pictures, text, and other content. However, professionally designed sites for businesses require skills in areas like keyword optimization, design layout, and usability which are best handled by experienced developers. Modern web design tools have reduced the technical barriers so that even non-experts can make competent looking sites with minimal training by figuring out their needs and getting started.

1. It is easier to create web pages than it has ever been before. Even a few years
ago, you needed a considerable amount of experience and knowledge to design your
own website. It was not easy to build web pages in those days. You had to learn
HTML, Study up on the aspects of good design, and spend a lot of time debugging
even a fairly basic web page. Nowadays, you can do it all for almost nothing. Of
course, it all depends on what you want out of your web page.
If all you want to do is to create a blog, that can be very easily done. There
are sites that will let you create web pages for free using a standard template.
Typically, you can put up pictures, sound clips, text, and anything else you
might want to, provided that you don't use up too much bandwidth. As your needs
go up, however, the prices get higher. There is a reason why there are still
professional web developers around. It is easy to create web pages as a hobby,
but more difficult to build them for a business venture. For example, if you
want to create a web page to get a lot of hits for a retail business, you'll
need to hire someone who knows all about keyword optimization as well as
efficient web design and layout.
Of course, there is a middle ground as well. Nowadays, there are several
excellent development tools that help you build web pages. Gone are the days
when you had to learn html from scratch. Of course, there are applications like
Dreamweaver, but there are also custom Web design engines that you can use
online. Many of these are cheap, and some of them are even free. I have met some
people who have managed to create web pages that look really good with little or
no training at all. Basically, they figure out what they need to, and go to it.
That is, after all, one of the best things about the Internet. It is not just a
realm for professionals anymore. Although there are some people who are really
good at web development, even a hobbyist can create your own web page that looks
good and works well. If you haven't tried, you should really give it a shot. It
is easier than you might think, and it does not have to cost you a thing.