How do I make money creating my own website?

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I'm sorry but with just "Notepad" to help you, you're not going to be able to make Facebook! (That said, theoretically, it's possible!)

There is no way you will be able to compete with Facebook or make an online games site. The market's too competitive and it's already full. If you were able to, you wouldn't have asked this question...

Aim lower. Find a topic you'd like to write about, something that your interested in. Perhaps you've made a tool that you think people might find useful. Do your research: is the market saturated already? If so, probably best to start elsewhere and tackle it later when your SEO skills are better.

Make sure your site it aimed at the visitor. Do the content first: don't worry about the technical (HTML, JS, etc) until later. After all, your visitors will come for information not your nice designs...

When you get about 1000 unique visitors per day, consider applying for Adsense - this is where you'll start to make money. Only do so though when you're sure your site is good enough as Google will check it first. You then might start of earning £1 or so a day. From there, who knows how much you'll make: it all depends on your field and how much effort you put into the site.

So in summary, realistically most people won't make any money from their sites. Make a site because you like the topic, cause you enjoy making the tools and writing the content. Don't think too ambitious (eg making facebook) and don't think you'll get rich quick!