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This article tackles the question of start-up web design and how to make sure you're getting a website that's designed right, from the get-go and a web design team or firm that knows the keys to successful Internet marketing in relation to websites.
Believe it or not all websites are not created equal. If you're not working with a web design team that offers creative, custom design as well as web development with sufficient knowledge of search engine optimization (SEO), this is for you.
So you need to launch a website and you need every penny of your advertising budget to count. Right off the bat you need to take the time necessary to interview potential web design providers. Be sure to ask the following questions up front.
Will my website be hosted on a static IP address?
Will my site be hosted on a suspicious C-block with gambling, porn or other blacklisted sites?
Will I own my own domain name?
CanI choose my own host provider such as GoDaddy?
Will you optimize my pages for search engines?
If so, how will you optimize my pages for search engines?
Can you handle the development of a shopping cart for all of my products?
What is your experience with SEO and successful online marketing?
Can you give me an example of a site that you've worked on that is ranking in Google?
Are you available to maintain/update my website after you build it?
Those are just a few of the basic questions you'll need to understand and know the correct answers to before you choose a web design team. If you do not know why these questions are important and how they can help you get the right website built from the start, you're not ready to choose a web designer just yet. Do some research and come up with a list of ten questions you need to have answered before you choose your web design team.
Make sure your design team isn't just handy with creative design. A pretty site will not make it very far in Google search rankings if Google can't get through the fancy code to crawl and index the site. Make sure you're prospective web designers know how to build SEO-friendly websites. Make sure you know enough about SEO-friendly web design to quiz them on it before you hand over a check.
Are you going to sell products, collect information or make calculations on your site? Are you sure your web designer knows how to develop websites or are they just good with pretty pictures? There are three parts to a successful website, design, development and marketing. Make sure you choose a firm that knows how to deliver on all three areas of the web design/development process. Creative design does not add up to great search engine rankings. Your developer may be a wiz with shopping carts but if Google can't index your product pages because of his/her code, then you're missing out on the marketing key.
In summary there are three things you need to consider before handing over your hard-earned cash to a web design, development or marketing individual or agency. If you're not certain your team will deliver a custom, creative, SEO-friendly, optimized site with programming and development that is not going to hinder your success in search engine rankings, it's time to move on and interview the next prospect.
