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A great business plan can still perform badly because of poor web design / hosting. When considering which website design company to select, you should play ‘website design bingo’ – we propose a ‘full house’ to take place when a web design firm at least mentions these listed areas when discussing your proposed new website:-

• your business idea – talking specifically about what the business goals are – what’s the web development firm’s thoughts of your idea ?
• usability – so visitors can carry out all tasks easily on your site
• accessibility issues – so your site can be physically accessed by everyone, with the text clearly understood by the intended target audience
• SEO (or search engine optimisation) – giving your website decent rankings in search engines
• content management systems (or CMS) – permitting you to edit the content on the site by oneself at any given time
• security – safety of sensitive data, with regular backups of data.
• site hosting – will the website development firm host your site? What about their servers? Do they use shared servers with 100s of other sites on the very same server, or do they have their own servers?
• technical support and after sales – will they be around to support you once the site goes live? If so, how much is support? Do they offer updates?

A decent web development team will inform you of the above-mentioned matters, and how they handle them.

How to find a web development firm in the first place? It’s better to search for one in your location, so you can call in them and be reassured that they are a bricks and mortar company with a strong team to do the job well. In Google, type in a search term like “website development” plus your locality; e.g. : web design leicester. This will supply you with a listing of website design outfits in your locality.

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