Web Design - FAQ's

Frequently Asked Questions About Professional Web Design

Answers to commonly asked questions about web design, web hosting and search engine placement.
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"Why do I need a professional web designer/developer to create, update or maintain my web site?"

If you are serious about your Internet presence and you are utilizing your web site as a marketing or e-commerce tool, you want your web site to be optimized to reach your target audience. A professional developer/designer goes beyond the visual aspects of the web site and assures that the site functions properly, and provides "behind the scenes" enhancements and development that may not be known by nonprofessionals or seen by the user. This includes but not limited to optimization for search engine readiness, meta tag development, graphics optimization, and script and code development.

"Can you guarantee" top ranking on the Search Engines?"

Guaranteeing a top ranking in the search engines is impossible. There are over 25 Billion web sites on the Internet and thousands more submitted every day. Computer Sales & Service Solutions will optimize your web site to be search engine ready for key words that you believe your target audience will use to find you. The web sites developed by Computer Sales & Service Solutions are designed to be search engine ready for key words associated with their business types, product, services and location. For more information on what to look for when considering services from Search Engine Optimizer (SEO) companies offering guaranteed top rankings, please visit: http://www.google.com/webmasters/seo.html

"How will clients find my web site?"

You do not want to rely solely on the search engines for getting traffic to your site. The search engines can take weeks even months to list your site unless you are willing to pay for submission. For your web site to get noticed and used, you need to have a marketing strategy. Make sure that your web site address is on all of your current marketing tools, such as your brochures, newsletters, business cards, e-mail correspondence, business letterhead, and other media advertising such as newspaper or radio. Include your web site address in your phone mail message. Make sure that all of your current clients know your web site address. Send them an e-mail or a post card announcing your site. I also recommend listing your site with all appropriate indexing or link services, such as local and national business listing sites. There are many sites that offer links to web sites within business or interest categories.

"How long does it take to get my site listed on the search engines?"

Each search engine has its own schedule for spidering/indexing and listing web sites. Search engines do not guarantee inclusion from their free submissions and do not give a time line for inclusion, however most web sites that are optimized to be "search engine ready" do get listed. (All web sites developed by Computer Sales & Service Solutions are optimized for inclusion on the search engines.) You can choose to pay for inclusion of your web site to many of the search engines, normally they have information on how soon your listing will appear with the paid inclusion. Most of the paid inclusion plans require payment annually or monthly to keep you in their database. There are also "Pay-Per-Click" advertising options. Computer Sales & Service Solutions will be happy to assist you with your online marketing plan.

Google, the most frequently used search engine, currently takes about one to three months to index and re index pages. Google does not have a paid inclusion option. Yahoo/HotBot/Overture/MSN/About do not guarantee that they will list all sites that are submitted to them for free. Other search engines have the same one to three month inclusion time.

Once your URL has been submitted to the search engines, the next thing for you to do is be patient. Unless you have paid for inclusion, you may need to wait for up to three months. Repeated submissions to the search engines does not increase your chances of a more rapid listing and resubmission once you are listed does not improve your ranking unless you have changed your page content.

Computer Sales & Service Solutions submits all web sites to the major search engines for FREE. If you choose or want faster inclusion, Computer Sales & Service Solutions can assist you to find the most economical way to pay for inclusion. Paying for inclusion is optional.