What do I need to begin ?

Are there hidden costs?

Do I need to know HTML?

How do people find my site?

Will I show up on page 1 of search engines?

Frequently asked questions.

What you need to know.

NO. We discuss with you prior to developing your site the exact costs depending on your needs.

You will first need to purchase your domain name and hosting package. Hosting fees vary greatly depending on your needs. We will go over those needs and help you choose a hosting package.

You will know before hand what the costs are for ad-ons. Examples of add-ons are a shopping cart, gadgets, flash, and photo gallery.

The available add-ons are extensive. Some are free and found on the internet, some can be purchased.

• Content, this is what your web site is all about.

• Images, (jpeg format is best), images that appeal to your product or service.

• A domain name, this is your unique url, it should be as short as possible and include your business name or an identifier of your business, choose one that is easy to remember and memorable.

• A host, this is your sites home on the internet. 

• An FTP client, (file transfer protocol) this is the method of transferring your site to the internet.

• Preliminary key words and meta tags.

HTML is hyper text markup language. You do not need to know this.

A basic knowledge will help you understand how browsers display your site.

One of the first steps is submitting your site to Search Engines. We will submit your site to Google, and many other Search Engines.

There are a variety of other ways to promote your site. Place your email and URL on the bottom of phamplets, business cards,and promotional material, as well as part of you email signature.

You can also aid visitors by creating inbound links. By seeking out similar sites and exchanging links. And of course traditional advertising and marketing.

This will depend on the popularity of your site. Search Engines use algorithms to index the pages on web sites.

This is where keywords play an important role. Google uses page rank to determine the position of web sites.

The more inbound links and visitors a site has will move a web sites up in rankings. It may take some time and dedication to marketing to reach a high ranking.

There are businesses on the internet that offer paid inclusion and advertising.

Keywords and meta tags are the words and terms on your site that search engines use to determine the relevancy of your site and content.

When someone types in a search bar, the search engine compares the users search words to return relevant sites based matching their keywords and meta tags.

Keywords need to match stratecically placed terms within the content of your site.