Website Development
In today’s connected world, customers have come to expect businesses to have a website no matter if it’s the corner coffee house or a multi-billion dollar corporation. As the world becomes even more connected, this online presence will become even more critical.
At Deep Water Studios we’re dedicated to helping small and medium sized businesses secure their presence on the web. We specialize in making this process as smooth and easy as possible. You have enough to do running your business without having to worry about building and maintaining a website. Let us sweat the small stuff.
We’ll work with you to make sure your website fits your needs and the needs of your customers. We’ll ensure your website is not only built professionally, but it also presents the proper impression for its visitors.
Every website we build includes the following:
The internet is always evolving. What was once an acceptable programming technique soon finds
itself outdated. Anyone remember page counters? We keep on top of the latest standards and code our sites to function properly and display well in both Internet Explorer and Firefox (about 92% of the browsers in use). We use proper CSS & XHTML techniques to ensure the forward compatibility of your site.
(Wikipedia: SEO)
Part of building a site that is standards compliant, is also making sure it is optimized to be read easily by the search engine spiders. By using the latest proven coding techniques we’ll ensure your site is ready when Google’s and other search engine indexing bots catalog your site.
Don’t fall for those sites that promise to submit your URL to half a million search engines in a minute…all for only $24.95. They’re a scam. Not only can they get your site blacklisted by the major search engines for violating submission guidelines, but sometimes their automated submission code is outdated and your site’s URL never makes it to the proper page for submission. And if that isn’t bad enough, 99% of the search engines they are submitting your site to (if they are even successful in doing that) don’t amount to a hill of beans. Who cares if you’re listed in a Belize Search Engine?
(about 98% of worldwide searches):
• Yahoo
• MSN/Live.com
(Wikipedia: Sitemaps)
Another part of ensuring your site is both human and search engine friendly is the inclusion of sitemaps. We’ll build sitemaps for both humans and the ‘bots. The human version of a site map is a lot like a table of contents for a website. Sometimes, it’s the fastest way to locate information deep in a site. (see CNN’s sitemap)
Don’t worry about having to learn complex programming just to add a “latest news” post to the site. Simply let us know what needs to be updated and we’ll take care of it ASAP. If you’d like to be able to update your content yourself and we’ll build your site to make the process as easy as possible.
Every website we host includes:
We’ll set up your account on a server managed by us and supervised 24×7 by a trained technical team. Our servers are located here in the USA so your site isn’t being delivered from half way around the world. We’ll configure the server, set up your email account and point your domain to the proper servers.
Email Addresses (johndoe@yourdomain.com)
We’ll include a minimum of 20 email addresses for your domain with the ability to add more as needed. You can create, manage and access your email anytime and anywhere through your account control panel. We can even help you set up your email to follow you even when you’re on a business trip so it’ll always be available.
(Wikipedia: Domain Name)
You tell us the URL (i.e. www.yourname.com) you’d like for your site and if it’s available we’ll handle all the registration and configuration work. If the name isn’t available, we’ll work with you to find an available domain that fits. Yearly renewals are automatically included in your monthly maintenance package price.
