Maintaining Your Website

​So your website has been designed and launched and you breathe a sigh of relief and think you can just wait for business to start flowing in and profitability to increase. But the truth is that launching a website is only the start. In order for it to keep attracting traffic, you will have to ensure that is properly maintained. 

Website Maintenance Tips 
Your website it is a reflection of the condition of your company and everything has to be crisp and fresh. Keeping your site updated is about ensuring that the content is current as well as the graphics, videos, and everything else too. Things change quickly with computers and your SEO strategy will also have to be periodically tweaked. The different things that you have to do watch for are: 

• The pages should have fresh content 
• Ensure that the contact information is updated
• Make sure that all the press release and news items are current 
• The text  should be completely  reviewed  for editing 
• Price of products in the shopping cart should be  reviewed and updated
• Remove  the old products from the shopping cart & add specials
• The images  should be tagged  properly and should be relevant 
• All business information and changes to staffing etc should be updated  

An Extensive List 
As you can see, this is quite an extensive list, but having a site with old and irrelevant information hurts more than it helps. As a business owner, you may not have the time or the knowledge to deal with those updates.This is exactly why you should have your Web design company handle your updates.  

Cost-Effective Solutions 
Most Web Design and Development companies offer periodic maintenance options to ensure that your site stays crisp and fresh and that it continues attracting traffic. For more information about maintenance options for your website, contact us or visit our website at www.alcowebdesign.com.  We will provide you with very cost-effective solutions that will ensure your website continues to generate business year after year.