Soon it will be indispensable. With terms like Browser, Winsock, and URL flying around, it can be very confusing. You may not know how your car works, but you do know how to drive on the freeway. Over 1000 domain names are being registered every day. At a minimum, a Web site is your storefront to the world.
All companies look the same size on the Web.
Web sites are used for everything from tracking hurricanes, to the stock market, to on-line catalogs, to customer support. Publishing a complex site can be costly. Start small, keep it fresh and interesting, and let your site grow with you as you reach ever higher speeds on the information highway. A great source of ideas is to go out and cruise the web yourself. This is done using e-mail and databases.