ProBizTeam FAQs

How Much Should A Good Website Cost?

2020-12-31T12:00:00.000-05:00

This is probably the #1 question we are asked each week. To answer the queston, we try help the person asking understand some of the elements of work involved in producing various types of sites.

Websites rarely come in neat boxes with a yellow label showing the price and feature list. Website costs can be deceptive. If you are trying to decide how much to budget, or looking over a set of proposals, you’ll want to know what the bottom line really means. One estimate may seem low, but you might end up paying much more in the long run. Another estimate may include elements that you can more easily accomplish in-house.

If you are looking at completed websites, you may be able to judge the cost of the website from the quality and the functional elements, but some things might also be misleading. Good graphic layout and design isn’t necessarily measured in bulk. A lot of images and fancy animation can be found on cheap sites, while a very simple clean graphic look is often the result substantial planning and work by disciplined graphic designers. Often, the more natural a site feels, the greater the care and hard work that went into its construction.

In many cases an existing website will have something you really like, but the owner may have spent a lot on features that are less relevant to your needs. If you understand why you want a website, and have done a good job of prioritizing your needs, you should be able to confine the costs to those areas that are most important to you. The key is to spend the most in the areas that will bring you the best return.

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Should I Use Flash For/On My Web Site

2019-12-31T12:00:00.000-05:00

Flash can be a great thing. It can help catch eyes that are bored with static pages, and can help tell a story better than plain text. However the use of flash must be tempered with the ability to rank in search engines. It doesn't do you any good to have a "killer" web site that your prospective visitors or customers can't find.

Flash can seriously hinder a websites ability to position well in the search engines. This is because most search crawlers stil have difficulty effectively indexing flash or its contents. As a result, anything contained within the flash, including page content or more importantly site navigation, is largely invisible to them.

Another reason for minimizing flash usage: While more and more people are adopting broadband every day, still close to half of the US uses dial up. Which means everything takes longer to load. And if these users are waiting for a flash movie to load, they could navigate away from your site in frustration because the page is taking so long to load.

Lastly, don’t use Flash to tell the entire story; use it to enhance the story. If you are trying to sell a product, leave the important information in the HTML of the page, but use the flash to emphasize the product by either displaying it, or pointing out the benefits. your flash should be complementary and not too overwhelming.

How long have you been in business?

2007-04-29T20:26:00.000-04:00

Professional Business Team was formed in 2004 as a joint venture of WINDX, Inc. and Dawe & Company. WINDX, Inc., a technology services consultancy/VAR, was founded in 1993. Dawe & Company CPA was started in 2002.