Websites

The following general articles have been written to assist you in every day business and building websites.



Why do you need a website?
Virtually all businesses can benefit from having a website to promote their products and services.

Are YOU getting what you've paid for?
When a company signs-up for a website, they tend to imagine what a great marketing investment opportunity they have just created for their business. What they don’t know is that when a website is lacking the key elements of not only a great design but an even better development, then that’s when the ugly situations tend to appear. Their new website has to look great and work effectively across different operating systems and browsers.

Choosing the right web company
As stated in our intro we recently met with a lady who had spent considerable money having a website designed and developed with an end result that had a lot to be desired.

The website was poorly designed with no focus being placed on search engines or usability which would have resulted in poor rankings and frustrated users.

The website had a comprehensive shopping cart but this had bugs and worst of all it had no security meaning any potential customer could have their transaction intercepted leading to unscrupulous individuals making additional transactions against their card and opening up this business to potential lawsuits.

Do you have a healthy website?
This is one of the most essential questions you can ask yourself when it comes to your website as everything may look good from a far, but is it far from good?

For example how many times have you visited a website and found that the images don't load or there are links that don't take you to your desired destinations... Maybe there are spelling errors, structural issues, colours used throughout the website that don't comply with visual web standards or maybe usability issues such as no 'back to top' link for scrollable pages.

Custom Developed Website vs. Content Management System
When having a website developed, many business owners tend to ponder over the thought of making not only a financially smart decision, but also a very important one.

The fork in the road question tends to be something along the lines of - 'Do I have a Custom Developed Website or a Content Management System?'

Cheap web design and development services - Is it really worth the money?
As a web design, development and internet marketing company we get offers just about daily from overseas companies offering their service at very cheap rates. As a company if I can save money whilst offering the same service to my customers I am in a great position, however what I found out is the savings are not worth the money.