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Will we need to have face to face meeting with the website designer?
A meeting is not always necessary. Most of our projects are generally completed by communicating via email and/or telephone. We provide you with suggested designs, and then discuss them with you, so that we can customize the web design and its functionalities exactly as you wish.


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What is a Domain Name? MyCompany.com
One unique domain name can be used as a company's web address and for its email addresses. Domains are much more than just names typed into a web browser. Your domain name is how the world will think of you and your business. It's part of your brand and your marketing plan. You can have multiple domains that each relate to some aspect of your business. A domain name should be easy to remember and help establish you on the Internet.

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What is hosting?
Web hosting is a service which allocates space for customers to showcase their websites on computer servers that are connected to the Internet 24/7. Servers are powerful computers that have extremely large hard drives. Space is rented to those who want a "website presence" on the Internet.


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What does it mean to have a quick loading website?

A quick loading website is one that is optimized to load fast. That means that you will see all elements in the site nearly instantaneously. If your website loads in less than 4 seconds than you have a good loading website.

Why is a fast loading website important?


For the website visitor:
You want to give visitors the best possible experience when visiting your website. If your website takes a long time to load it is likely to frustrate the user. Frustrated visitors are likely to not use your services/products. If your site takes too long to load it may even cause the user to leave your site. If a lot of visitors leave your site before it loads your bounce rate will be fairly high and look bad to search engines.

For the search engines:
Just like site visitors, if your site does not load quick enough the search engines are likely to leave before indexing your site. What does that mean for your website? If search engines don’t index your site then it is likely you will not show up in their search results.







What does it mean to have a quick loading website?

A quick loading website is one that is optimized to load fast. That means that you will see all elements in the site nearly instantaneously. If your website loads in less than 4 seconds than you have a good loading website.

Why is a fast loading website important?


For the website visitor:
You want to give visitors the best possible experience when visiting your website. If your website takes a long time to load it is likely to frustrate the user. Frustrated visitors are likely to not use your services/products. If your site takes too long to load it may even cause the user to leave your site. If a lot of visitors leave your site before it loads your bounce rate will be fairly high and look bad to search engines.

For the search engines:
Just like site visitors, if your site does not load quick enough the search engines are likely to leave before indexing your site. What does that mean for your website? If search engines don’t index your site then it is likely you will not show up in their search results.



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Do I have to submit all the content right after I order or can I submit it later?
It is not necessary at the first stages of the design of your project. What is important to us, is to know about the number of sections of information and images each web page will have.

This will allow us to design a better layout/mockup of your website and therefore we will be able to determine the scope of the project, identify required resources, and limit the amount of delays that can occur in getting your website designed.

At the time you give us the final approval, we will need you to submit all the content for your website.

Following is a mockup design showing you seabout the basic ..........


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How important is content to a successful website

  • For your customers and visitors
    If the content on your site does not provide the information needed by its users it will provide little in the way of value to your visitors who surf for information on many subjects. They require answers or solutions to their problems, needs, desires and wants. Provide the answers and they will return again and again.

  • For the Search Engines
    A content rich website which is full of text rather than images will be Search Engine friendly. Search Engines collect their data using spiders. Spiders cannot see images or graphics only text. They can only move from page to page via a text link so it is crucial to have text links to your main section of your website on every page.
Remember to design your website to attract both the visitors and Search Engines. This is essential if you wish your site to be successful.




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I do not have any imagery for my website, but I would like to have some. How can I get some pictures/graphics for my website?
Our Web Design Department custom builds each unique design. If you do not have any imagery of your own, we generally add imagery from different stock photography websites on the Internet. These images are relatively inexpensive and will be added on top of the total project estimate. You are welcome to also search stock photography websites and make suggestions of your own.

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What is the difference between a “Static” and a “Dynamic” site?
Static
defines that the information or 'code' that makes up the web site does not change. It has been developed to work like a printed document and to be referred to on the web as a medium to display.

Dynamic is the data or content that can change 'dynamically', this content is usually added from a database or Content Management System (CMS) so when the data is updated, the text and images on the website are also updated.

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