It is important to differentiate between the two aspects of
having a
web
presence.
The first, is to have your website designed and uploaded to the web
and, as I have described earlier, with a clean design and logical
navigation so that your customers can find the information they
need
quickly and easily. That is what my starter package offers.
If what you are looking for is a contact page and the ability to present information about your business that can be referred from your advert elsewhere then you will have achieved this. You will not, however, find yourself ranking on any search engine results just because you have a web page or two.
To hopefully get into the main search engine results requires
the
implementation of the second aspect, S.E.O. (Search Engine
Optimisation) techniques.
This is something that is time consuming and it can also be a considerable amount of time
before one sees any discernable results if at all. No one can guarantee
any site will reach any position in the Search Engines' results as
the algorithmns that they use to rank websites are totally
secret. There are, however, best practises to follow which will enhance your site's chances of ranking well.
I will have applied some of the basic techniques of S.E.O. to the
design of your site, but if you wish to engage my services for more
advanced S.E.O. this can be arranged at an hourly rate to be paid in
addition to the starter package charge.
The packages and prices below are intended as a guide.
Packages can be customised to suit individual
needs.
You will need a P.C. with A.S.D.L. broadband access to apply for these
packages.
STARTER PACKAGE
MY PRICE: As low as £200.00 for a simple contact page based on an existing layout.
Bespoke layouts start at £300.00.
ONGOING COSTS (if you choose the webhost I use:)
(Paid directly to the website host.)
monthly hosting fee:
$2.99 per month.
(about £1.50)
or
yearly hosting fee:
$35.99 per year
(about £18.00)
DNS transfers if you already have an existing domain name: £50.00
YOU WILL GET:
An initial consultation on your needs, either
by phone or visit depending on the complexity of your site. You can
choose to find your own web hosting service or I can arrange for
you to sign you up
to the website hosting company
that I use myself, offering, amongst other facilities, the following:
No set up fee. - 500 MB of disc space. - 250 GB monthly bandwidth. - 20
addon domains. - 20 subdomains.
Free .info domain if you pay monthly (first year only, subsequently you are responsible for the renewal of registration fees.)
Free .com .net or .org domain if you pay yearly.
Most importantly, for a cheap website host, they offer a good level of
support.
Your own web page, based on the design layout of one of my templates sites but with your own logo if you have one, suggested colour scheme and choice of font. Up to 3 images, supplied by you, can be resized by me into suitable format and included on the page. Your contact telephone number and directions can be included on the page as well as a link to a map of your location. You will be responsible for writing your own copy, but I can give you some advice or suggestions if you want.
Once I have designed your site I will upload it to my test site and you
will be able to view it online and you can then phone me about any
amendments you feel are needed. (There are obviously limits on how
much time can be spent on changing the design, if too many frequent
changes are asked for I may have to apply extra fees.)
Once the design is agreed I will test it at various resolutions in the
main browsers. I will then produce a robots.txt file for your site
(controls which files spiders are allowed or not allowed to access),
set up your hot link protection, and
FTP your page to the website host.
I will then either arrange to visit you again or phone you and take you
through how to
access your control panel and show
you how to access the support desk and statistics for your website.
SUPPORT:
For any matters relating exclusively to the website design you
can
phone me between
10am and 7pm excluding Saturday & Sunday.
For all other matters relating to your website you will use the support
ticket facility of the web host.
If you would rather leave the monitoring and upkeep of your site to me
I can, for a fee, undertake this.
Further services such as designing additional pages, changes to an
existing site, S.E.O. advice or implimentation, registration of an add
on domain, etc. can all be quoted for on an individual basis or at an
hourly rate.
