Stuart McHenry - My Internet World

In the recent years websites have become a necessity to almost everyone. Companies, businesses, individuals, even school kids have created personal websites or blogs.

What you need to consider before creating a website, are things such the cost, maintenance, content, web host, and purpose. You’ll need to ask questions like, what I do want the visitor to do when they’re on your website? Do you want to just provide the information about your business or do you want to them make a purchase, or maybe you’re looking for their contact details.

Firstly, you’ll need to register a domain name which is roughly around $8 for one year. Ideally you should purchase at least two years or more because that will benefit on search engines. Next would be a “cheap” hosting solution, getting this step right can save you from hours, even days of stress. The key here is RESEARCH, read people’s posts in forums and blogs and see what’s good and bad out there. I would spend half of day if not more doing this. Companies that have been around for 5+ years are usually pretty safe, but never pay for one full year the first time, and if they don’t the monthly option then I would look elsewhere, unless it’s recommendation from your friend.

So now you have all the technical things sorted out and you wonder what’s next. Your website! Depending on your level of interest and knowledge in web design, you could buy a software package like Dreamweaver and try to do it yourself. That can be fairly time-consuming and could end up costing you more in the long run. The alternative option is to find a professional web designer to do this for you. A professionally designed website should last you about 2+ years without any major changes. Have a look around on net, there’s a lot good web designers out there, so finding someone that fits your budget shouldn’t be difficult. Since most web designers have a portfolio site, you can see what they have done and whether or not his design style fits in with your business. An easy way to find out whether he/she is the right person for the job is to compare his work with your competitors’ website. A good web designer should be able to do well in both design and coding, and some will also have knowledge of Search Engine Optimization. If possible try to hire someone who has some SEO knowledge, and let them know your preferred search keywords before he/she start building the website. A website that built with SEO in mind can greatly benefit from free search engine traffic. One thing to remember is always find out exactly what you will get in the end before starting the project.

Not all industries can see huge benefits in having a website, some can benefit more than the others but having one will certainly give you an edge over your competitors who doesn’t, even if it just has your logo and contact details on there!

Everyone desires to have a professional looking website. No one wants that the website should appear generic. Creating a custom website is not an easy process because it involves a lot of coding and similar stuff. There are many templates available on web which can be used t build a website, but those templates are not customized according to your needs. Further, the templates give a generic look to your website. The website created from templates cannot build the confidence among the visitors and looks more like a blog and not a professional website. Therefore, instead of buying a template one should look for a freelance web designer who can build custom websites according to your needs.

Freelance web designers have the knowledge of all aspects of building a website and are capable of building a website that matches your expectations and requirements. Building a professional website without using a template is not easy job as it requires coding to be done in languages such as HTML. XML, PHP, and JAVA. Freelance web designer made website that has its own identity and is different from other websites on Internet and attracts visitors. The most important thing in web designing is that the website should be such that it bring backs the same visitor again and this is only possible if your website has something different from other websites and if not generic.

A professional freelance web designer builds a website from scratch so they know everything in the website. Therefore in future if you need any changes to be made in the website, those can be made very easily by the freelance web designer. In contrast, if you want to make any changes in the template then it’s not possible for you because mo one knows its structure and flow.

The best thing about freelance web designer is that they work individually and are not a part of a big business firm. Therefore, it’s easy to contact them and get the website customized according to your requirements. Further, they give you individual attention and agree with your terms and conditions of sending payment. Freelance web designers also add more features than templates because they exactly know your requirements. Freelance web designer can also provide your annual maintenance contracts for very low fees and enables you to maintain your website properly.

Freelance web designer are innovative and keep suggesting new features during maintenance contract and thus help you to upgrade constantly your website as well. They also make sure that the website has a good navigation and the links are properly presented and adds additional features such as related content etc.

The cost at which the freelance web designer work is also very less. Freelance web designer also want that your website should work well and you give him further contracts because they are not a part of big business.

Therefore, the conclusion is that freelances are better than buying a template for your website. They offer cheap and quality services and help maintain your websites and make sure that they work and function properly 24-7.