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Web Site Changes / Important AnnouncmentsThis is where we'll announce the most recent additions to our web site, products and services. If you've visited us before and want to know what's changed, take a look here first.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT...
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 | Domain Name Registration - The first step in setting up your web site is to reserve a name (domain) for your site (e.g., YOURNAME.com, YOURNAME.net, etc.). This can be done prior to actually setting up your web site. The sooner you reserve a domain name, the better your chances of getting the exact name you want. McQuain & Associates will be glad to walk you through registering your name with InterNIC (the original "official keeper" of domain names in the USA). |
| Web Site Design and Development - Whether you simply need an "electronic billboard" or require a sophisticated online order processing e-commerce solution, we can help you design and develop a web site tailored to your specific audience. We handle all of the programming, HTML, ASP and Java coding, database development, graphic design, etc. required to create a site specific to your needs. |
| Hosting Services - You don't even need a computer to have your own web site! We offer a variety of pricing plans for site hosting services. "Hosting" means you are basically leasing space on someone else's computers and using their high speed connections to the Internet to hold your web site's files and data. Please note that "hosting" is different than the "dial up" service providers you may all ready be using to access the Internet (i.e., AOL, Earthlink, etc.). Plans start around $15-20 per month with discounts available for annual and two-year contracts. |
| Search Engine Registration - Your site won't do you much good if people don't know about it and can't find it. It is critical that you get your site listed with at least the "major" search engine services (Google, Yahoo, etc.) on the Internet if you want to ensure that people can find you. McQuain & Associates will walk you through the search engine registration process and will help you ensure that the search engines stay updated as your site changes and grows. |
| Site Maintenance/Changes and Usage Tracking - Once your site is up and running you need to keep visitors coming back again and again! The best way to do this is to keep your site's content fresh and timely. This may be a little easier for sites that actually SELL a product or otherwise have some type of ongoing interaction with customers. Sites with more "static" content (i.e., an online "business card" or "billboard" site that only lists contact info, general service and/or product descriptions, etc.) may find it difficult to keep customers coming back for more. However, with a little planning and creativity there are ways to ensure your site becomes and stays a valuable tool in your contact with your target audience. McQuain & Associates will help you to track WHO is coming to your web site (by industry, location, etc.), WHAT they are doing there (which web page do they look at, which ones they don't, etc.), WHERE they are coming from (if they used a search engine, which one, etc.), and other useful types of analysis regarding your web site. We can assist you in making changes/updates to your web site's design so as to keep it "fresh" and visitors coming back for more! |
