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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4/A</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2006-05-12</periodOfReport>

    <dateOfOriginalSubmission>2006-05-16</dateOfOriginalSubmission>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001095291</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>WEBSITE PROS INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>WSPI</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001209711</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>STILL GEORGE J JR</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O NORWEST VENTURE PARTNERS</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>525 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 800</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PALO ALTO</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94301</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2006-05-12</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>14377</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>12.00</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By limited partnership</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>394097</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By limited partnership</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>830532</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By limited partnership</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>626994</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By limited partnership</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>4566</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The shares indicated as disposed of in Line 1 of Table I were held of record by NVP Entrepreneurs Fund IX, LP (&quot;NVP Fund IX&quot;).  Mr. Still may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own such shares by virtue of his position as a managing director of the general partner of NVP Fund IX.  Mr. Still disclaims such beneficial ownership, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The shares shown in Lines 2, 3 and 4 of Table I are held of record by the following limited partnerships:  Norwest Venture Partners VII-A, LP (&quot;NVP VII-A&quot;), as to the shares shown in Line 2; Norwest Venture Partners IX, LP (&quot;NVP IX&quot;), as to the shares shown in Line I; and Norwest Venture Partners VII, LP (&quot;NVP VII&quot;), as to the shares shown in Line 3.  By vitue of his position as a managing partner or the managing director, as the case may be, of the respective general partners of NVP VII-A, NVP IX, and NVP VII, George J. Still, Jr. may be deemed to indirectly beneficially own such securities.  Mr. Still disclaims beneficial ownership of all such shares, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">This Form 4/A is being filed solely to correct the number of shares held directly by Mr. Still that were inadvertently omitted in the Form 4 filed on 05/16/2006.  Such shares also include 4,444 shares of common stock previously reported by Mr. Still as directly held by him in a Form 3 and Form 3/A filed, respectively, on 10/31/2005 adn 02/06/2006, and in a Form 4 and a Form 4/A filed, respectively, on 11/07/2005 and 02/06/2006.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>George J. Still, by Mary E. Schaffner, as Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2006-05-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
