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Saturday, October 17th, 2009

The Key Questions to Ask a Web Design Company

A good online business idea can still fail because of isues with website design and/or hosting. When considering which website development team to opt for, why not try ‘website design bingo’ - we propose a ‘full house’ to be website development firms that at least mention the following when talking about your planned new site:-

• YOUR strategy - talking in detail in terms of what the business intentions are - what is the website design company’s feelings about your proposal ?
• usability - so website visitors can do all tasks without thinking on the website
• accessibility issues - so your site can be physically accessed by everybody, with the text clearly understood by the intended target audience
• search engine optimisation - providing your site respectable rankings in search engines
• content management systems (or CMS) - letting you add, edit and delete content on the website by oneself at any time
• site security - safety measures to protect sensitive data, with at least daily backups of data.
• website hosting - will the website design company host the website? If so, what about their servers? Do they use shared servers with potentially 100s of other websites on the same server, or do they have their own servers?
• technical support and after-sales - will they help you after the site is live? If so, how much is technical support? What about website updates?

A professional website design team will inform you of the preceding matters, and how they handle them.

How to locate such a web design firm in the first place? It’s wise to get one in your location, permitting you to visit them and be reassured that they are also an established firm with a accomplished team behind them. On a search engine, use a search keyphrase like “web design” plus your area; for example : website design derbyshire. This will supply you with a listing of website design outfits in your locality.

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