How to become famous online

Andy Warhol's 1968 quote that "In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes" is looking increasingly prophetic as the Internet age advances. Here is how you too can become a web celebrity.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• computer

1. Learn the ins and outs of your computer. Get a couple of books, go online, and practice HTML. One day you're going to be able to change channels from ABC to CBS to MySpace. Learn the basics so that when TV and the Internet truly become one, you'll be ready.
2. Publicize your IM screen names, URLs, and Net addresses everywhere and often, and reply to everyone. Treat the Web like your house: When people knock, be there to answer. Most comedians work an hour a night and play the rest of the day. Don't let that be you.
3. Build a website site with personality if you want to build a fan base. People need to feel that you - and not an anonymous webmaster - are there. Make sure to update every single day, and remember: If it's not interesting, users will click to the next page and move on.
4. Update your site with new audio and video clips as often as you can. For example, visitors to danecook.com can get video, streaming audio, even images for their Sony PSP. If you want to offer rich content, you're going to have to spend a lot of time and a little bit of money, but it's worth it.