Recently asked on how much it costs to build a 75 page website on what I will call Subject A, I thought this might be a good time to explain a way to calculate this. Possibly even, on how not to calculate this.
I get this question repeatedly, “How much does it cost to build a basic website?” My answer? It’s $10 plus my hourly rate if you want anything extra on the site. Example of $10 website without extras. Anyone want one? Continue reading »
Whether visitors are on your blog or your business website, they expect to find an “About Me” or “About Us” page. For a blog it offers credibility, and a way to get personal with your audience. With a business website it can enhance credibility, it can present a better picture about your core functions, SELL, and even help brand your company.
Taking a look at the stats from twelve random sites that I manage, I found the average site had 5.5% of all its pages views occurring on the About Me page. With business websites the About Us page can nearly account for 20% of all your traffic! The highest percentage I saw was actually 19%. Every site I looked at had traffic on the about page, even a humor site where I expected none. Visitors expect to find it, and will look for it. Continue reading »
Oh man, oh man, oh man…
Since Thursday last week I have been doing some research on small business websites. I have looked at about 300 so far. Some of you reading this may own one of the sites I visited. I sent a few emails to site owners where I saw quick fixes.
Some of the sites though, maybe I should say many of the sites, were just plain horrible. I don’t really know how to explain this other than, I simply have a headache from looking at them. In the past you have probably seen those lists by other bloggers or webmasters where they list the worst sites ever. Well after doing my bit of research some of those worst sites ever were better than the ones I have seen over the past few days. Continue reading »
Are you a small business owner with a website? Here is a quick checklist I developed just for you making sure you are at least covering the basics for your website.
Website Checklist for small business owners.
Every morning I like to read blogs and forums. Here are the top three I found of value today. Continue reading »
Way back when, when stagecoaches ruled the highways, and the internet was not owned by Google, Yahoo ran the world of search engines. Alta Vista gave it a good whirl as a competitor, but then the mighty Google came by smacking all of them to an extremely downgraded second place at best. Where was Microsoft in all of this?
July 22nd: I recently created a poll about this, and would love your vote on what search engine you think is better: Which Gives Better Search Results, Google or Bing?
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