I have always done my websites on my own. I got a good new domain about a year ago and just wanted to put some content on their quickly. I used the Godaddy Website tonight tool. It made a very nice looking site. You can view it at www.haliikaiwaikoloa.com. It is great for simple websites. The SEO has been pretty easy on it. It does not let you do things such as no follow tags, no index, etc., but good for beginners.
Yeah, I threw that one together in about 1 hour. My main site design is www.koleabeachvillas.com, but I did that one in dreamweaver and not godaddy.