FAQs

The second thing everyone wants to know is if they will be #1 on a Google search. Everyone wants to be #1 on Google, but there is no magic bullet to make this happen. In fact only the people at Google really know how they determine search rankings. Google shows results on their search page in one of 2 ways.

The first way is because you paid them. You can set up a Google Adwords account and pay them as much as you want to rank you higher for a particular keyword search (i.e. red widgets). Ads that have been paid for usually show up in the top and/or right hand column and are labeled “Sponsored” or “Ads”.

The second (FREE) way is to create relevant and well written content for your website explaining your business and products so that when Google crawls your website it can use this information in its search results. We will help you create a website using the appropriate keywords and tags to maximize your chances of ranking higher in search results.

Visit Google Inside Search to view an interesting pictorial explaining How Search Works.

The amount of time it takes to build your website is more dependent on your schedule than ours. Typically the answer depends upon each client’s availability and how much written information they have about their business. Most of our customers are very busy running their businesses and find it challenging to find time in their schedule to collaborate on their website. In order for the end product to reflect your business and the services you provide, you should be involved in the process. We will walk you through the process and ask you many questions about your business and your industry in order to ensure that information is presented accurately on your website. To keep on schedule, you will need to respond in a timely manner to questions and requests for information (documents, photos, etc.). We are very patient and will work on your time schedule to get the website done right!

Typically, we have an initial meeting with our customers to discuss their business services and how we can create a website to attract more customers. After this first meeting, we typically communicate by phone or e-mail. We will happily meet with our customers at any time, but multiple face to face meetings are rarely necessary.

We can utilize any existing hosting plan and will make recommendations about the best solution for your business (keep it where it is or move it). We do not make any money off of the web hosting fees you pay. We want you to have a reliable and responsive web hosting provider and will not utilize any hosting company unless they provide this service to our customers.

If you already have a web hosting account, we can evaluate your current plan to see if we can save you money. Hosting fees have come down considerably in the last few years and the average small business only requires a basic web hosting plan. If you have had your web host for many years, you could be overpaying.

EXAMPLE: We recently had a client that was spending $70/month to host a simple 10 page web site. We moved them to a shared hosting plan for $6/month which is all they really needed. The money we saved them on their web hosting plan alone will pay for their entire website redesign over time.

Gather as much information about your business as you can prior to our first meeting. You may have all or none of the items listed below, and that is fine. We are looking for any information you have that would explain your business and any existing accounts you may have for your website. Please ask us if there is something you do not understand.

• Existing website owners: User ID and password to any accounts associated with your website. This may include: domain name registrar, web host & social networking accounts.
• Costs you are currently incurring for accounts related to your website.
• Business card and a company brochure or advertising materials.
• High quality logo image file (any digital format you have).
• Images you would like on the website.
• List of your competitors.
• Find a few of your competitors websites that you think are really good.

A responsive website design allows your website to be viewed on mobile phones, tablets and desktop computers. The web site dynamically adjusts the page content based on the screen size and the orientation of the device being used to view it. If a site is dynamic the user will not have to pinch and zoom in order to read the content.

This website is responsive. Try looking at it on a mobile device and a desktop computer and compare the two. You can also see how the content adjusts to different sizes by adjusting the size of your browser window smaller. As the browser window gets smaller, the content will reformat to fit the smaller content area.