Small Business Web Sites

We do not create "cookie cutter" web sites. Nor do we rely on programs that "require no HTML knowledge." Our web sites are custom tailored to your business, services, and/or products. In addition, through years of experience we "know the code" and with that knowledge we can develop highly functional websites that are user and search engine friendly.

Many service related businesses will benefit from a smaller website that focuses on customer service and information about your company. Such web sites usually contain 5 key areas:

1. Main or Home page: A brief to-the-point introduction to your business.
2. Services: Detailed information on your services.
3. Products: Detailed information about the products you will offer.
   If you are desiring to accept payment online for products,
   see our e-commerce section.
4. About: A page dedicated to the history or environment of you business. Also may include important contact information
5. Feedback: Area where customers can quickly send a message to you and in turn you gather information about your clients.

For most small business sites we suggest budgeting $500 - $750 for a basic web site of 5-10 pages with these standard specifications:

• Quick, responsible work complying with current HTML specifications.
• Up to 500 words of pre-formatted text on each page.
• Use of public domain or personally owned images.
• 1 scanned image per page.
• Feedback Form Processing.
• Optimized for Search Engine Placement.
• Submission to top ten search engines.*See note

Possible Additional Expenses:

• Domain Name Registration: $35 p/yr
• Web Hosting (DETAILS): $20-$55
• Secure Certificate (for secure information transmittal): $100 p/yr.
• Database driven web pages: $550 minimum
• Search engine Promotion. **See note

*NOTE: All pages are optimized for search engine placement. This involves special permissable content that is collected by search engine "spiders" but not visable to visitors. AskUs does not employ spamming techniques. All our methods are completely acceptable and recommended by search engines for higher placement. However, AskUs cannot guarantee high ranking or inclusion in any particular search engine.

**NOTE: Many popular search engines no longer accept free submissions. Some still accept free submissions, however, those who pay are given higher ranking.

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