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The following are frequently asked questions that we have
received. If you have any questions that have not been answered
below, please e-mail info@E-agle.com.
- How long will it take to complete my
Web site?
- What will my Web site cost?
- Where can I find information to plan
my Web site?
- Do I need my own domain name?
- Who can benefit from having a Web site?
- What special computer equipment do I
need?
- I have a very small company, so what
can I do to keep the price low?
- How will anyone find my Web site?
- Our company already has a Web site.
Can you help us to improve it?
- Are there any negative aspects of
having a Web site?
The length
of time to complete your Web site depends on your needs. A Web site
may be simple or quite complex. It may only take a few days to a
week to complete your entire Web site if you choose to include a
logo, a few pictures, and basic information about your company. If
you are wanting to include numerous pictures and/or descriptions of
many products, custom graphics, complex designs, a searchable
database, a company directory, price lists, etc., your Web site will
take additional hours to design and complete. Also, a domain name
(for example, http://www.yourname.com)
usually requires several days to be established.
There are three different costs associated with getting a Web
site. They are registering a domain name, Web hosting and Web
design. You may register for a domain name for $35.00 a year
or less (for example, "http://www.yourname.com").
There are many registrars available to register your domain name,
and you will find that prices and services vary, be wary of
registrars that offer you cheap sign up prices with many hidden
costs added later, for example they may offer a URL name for $10 but
charge you $20 a month for having an E-mail, total yearly cost for
your URL infact then becomes well over $200 and up! Eagle Web
Page Design can register for your domain name when we set up your
Web hosting account (see below).
The price of your Web page design and hosting varies.
Monthly professional Web hosting service usually starts at about
$19.95 a month. Warning-- be careful when choosing a Web hosting
service. There are wide variations in fees and services offered by
hosting companies. Please make sure that you know what you are
getting. In addition to reliability issues, you should
also be concerned about the speed and redundancy of the Web hosting
service's connections to the Internet, whether they have technical
staff available at all times in case of problems, the ability to
maintain service through power outages, the use of regular data
back-ups, etc. Keep in mind that smaller Web hosting companies
may not be able to afford the latest technology, features, and
support.
The cost of your Web page design will depend on your needs. A
basic Web page with a few images and/or hyperlinks, and text can be
inexpensive, but the price will increase as you add more pages,
links, features, custom graphics and logo, text, etc.
Click Here to see our Rates page, keep in
mind that your project may cost more then the estimated rate but in
some cases it will be less. At Eagle Web Page Design we work fast
and efficiently and will work with you to help keep your cost within
your budget.
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Eagle Web Page Design recommends that you search for some
sites on the World Wide Web that are similar to the Web site that
you are planning to have created. For instance, if you are planning
a business Web site, always look at some of your competitors. You
can be sure that each of your competitors has spent numerous hours
planning the company site, so analyzing these Web sites and
utilizing the best concepts will certainly be to your benefit. You
certainly do not want to copy another company's Web site, but
getting a few ideas from five or ten well-designed Web sites will
give you an excellent place to start.
Eagle Web Page Design can help each individual determine if
you should have your own domain name (for example, "http://www.yourcompany.com"). Although
there are additional charges to have your own domain name, this
small investment will help make your Web site more legitimate to
individuals who are not familiar with your company or services.
Therefore, a domain name is almost always a worthwhile investment.
Having your own domain name is basically additional name recognition
and advertising for your business. A Web address like "http://www.yourcompany.com"
is much easier to remember and to promote than an address like
"http://www.yourinternetserviceprovider.net/users/yourcompany". In
addition, if you ever need to change your Internet Service Provider
or if they happen to close their business, your Web site URL
(address) would change, and you would need to advertise a new Web
location and e-mail address. With your own domain name, you can
always transfer it to a new Web hosting service.
You can! Whether you are trying to sell products or services
or want to provide your clients with more information about your
business, you can almost surely benefit from having your own Web
site. Your business Web site will provide your customers with
information about your company 24 hours a day and will be accessible
all over the world. Your domain name ("http://www.yourcompany.com")
will even offer more name recognition to your customers.
If
you have a business, you probably receive many phone calls from
potential customers asking the same basic questions. They may
want more information about your products or services, or perhaps
would like to get a price estimate. Once these potential
customers have their questions answered in one of more telephone
conversations, they may may decide that your products/services are
not appropriate for them. By providing this
frequently-requested, detailed information on your Web site and
directing people to your Web site in all of your advertisements, it
is very possible that you can reduce the number of these redundant
phone calls. With a Web site, your potential customers will be
happy because they can learn about your business and make their
buying decisions in the privacy of their homes, 24 hours a day. You
will be happy because you can have your staff working on other
projects rather than answering the telephone.
None! You can actually have your own Web site without even
owning a computer. However, at a minimum, you should probably have a
computer with a modem and an e-mail account with an Internet Service
Provider. Since Eagle Web Page Design will create your Web site and
transfer it to a Web server of your choice, you do not need
to own any special equipment. Your Web site could direct people to
call you and / or send you e-mail.
Keep in mind that you can purchase a cellular phones and PDAs
that have the capabilities to receive e-mail. Although this
service is extra, think about how convenient it would be to receive
a copy of your e-mail from your Web site directly on your cell
phone.
Eagle Web Page Design will work with you to keep the price of
your Web site within your budget. Although we will offer as much
assistance as you need, you can do several things to save money. The
planning stages of your Web site could take several hours by itself.
However, if you will analyze some of your competitors' Web sites,
write down the aspects that you like or dislike, and get an idea of
how you might organize your site, it will provide an excellent place
to start. In addition, on pages where you will be providing detailed
company or product information, you can certainly
type this information on a computer word processing program and
provide us with a copy of the file on a disk or send it to us via
e-mail. Since we will only be implementing this information rather
than typing and proofreading it, you will save money.
Although we can create low-priced Web sites to meet your
budget, we highly encourage you to consider spending extra on
important optional services such as custom graphics and copywriting.
Consider that many of your competitors will also have or be getting
Web sites. To make your site stand out and have a more
professional image, custom graphics and well-written copy can make
the difference.
Creating an attractive Web site and waiting for people to
locate it does not work. Eagle Web Page Design has the know-how and
insider connections to help you get your Web site noticed. There are
several important search engines that now require a submission fee.
We can help you determine if you should pay to register with these
search engines. Keep in mind that many search engines
take 2-6 weeks to list your Web site, so it may take several months
to start receiving an appreciable amount of visitors. In
addition to promoting your site to the search engines, make sure you
that you add information about your new Web site on all of your
printed materials, including business cards, invoices, statements,
etc.
Certainly! Eagle Web Page Design will evaluate your Web site
and offer suggestions for improvement. We will take a look at the
html coding to make sure it has been done correctly and that your Web
site will be viewed correctly by most Web browsers and at various
computer monitor resolutions. We also check your site for ease of
navigation, broken hyperlinks, quick loading time, etc. Eagle
Web Page Design believes that a Web site should be very well
organized, regardless of whether the site has only one page or
hundreds of pages. Visitors to your site should be able to easily
find the information that they want, and we can help you to achieve
this goal!
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