On the Holistic Approach to Website Design and Development
No matter how superb your business plan, failure can still occur if your website has very unclear and confusing content, and/or you put up with terrible website hosting (e.g. downtime / slow loading pages). When thinking about which web development company to choose, get out your pen and play ‘website development bingo’ - we consider a ‘full card’ to be website design firms that touch upon the following points when talking about your planned new website:-
- YOUR business idea - talking specifically in terms of what the business intentions are - what is the website design company’s impression of your plan ?
- usability - so visitors can do things easily on your site
- accessibility - so your site is able to be physically accessed by everyone, with the text clearly understood by the target market
- search engine optimization - supplying your website great search engine rankings
- content management systems (or CMS) - permitting you to add/amend/delete info on your website by yourself at any moment
- site security - safety of sensitive data, with at least daily backups of data.
- website hosting - will the web design firm host the site? If so, what about the servers? Do they use shared servers with potentially thousands of other sites on the same server, or do they have their own servers?
- technical support and after sales - will they be around to assist your business once the site is live? If so, how much is support? Do they offer site updates?
A good design company will enlighten you on the preceding matters, and how they tackle them.
So how to find such a website development firm in the first place? It’s advisable to hunt for one in your locale, allowing you to visit them and be assured that they are a bricks and mortar firm with a accomplished workforce to do the job well. In Google, use a search keyphrase like “website development” and add your area; for instance : web design leicestershire. This will give you a listing of website design companies in your area.
