What Does It Take To Build A Website?

How do I register an "idea", and what does it take to build a website in the size of and similar to facebook?

• Hi everyone, I am a 23 year old who just graduated from college and tried the job market,and I cannot see myself working for somebody else for the rest of my life. I have big dreams and ambitions and I believe I can do better than what I am doing. I have an internet website in mind, something for free.. Basicallly my plan is that people will use it and when it becomes popular, I will have advertisements on it and that's how I will make my money. I would like to know what it takes (people, resources, money etc) to create a networking website (this is not like facebook but similar in design) Also the website will include a refined search engine that matches keywords.. And my second question is : how do I register my idea so it become mine legally ?

• Answer:

  To register an idea, you should get a patent on it. There are strict laws to getting patents though. One that I know of, is that you have not told the idea in public. So refrain from telling anyone your idea until after you get the patent. You should do a search for patents in your country and also patent laws. You may also want to get a patent in different countries, so no one can steal your idea after you get a patent in your country and produce the idea. Hope that helps you out. As to your other question. It takes a lot of resources, people and money to do something like that. You would need to get a web site (not too hard), then probably a databse or similar technology. Then you are going to need to make programs or applications so that you can do all of the things you want the website to do. Then you will need to get people to make all of these things, and of course pay these people. I think there is too much to describe in just an answer on here. Good luck with it.