Look Out For So Called – Free Web Sites!

It can be a very difficult and costly decision if you choose the wrong option. Then there are the unknown questions, and small print that you normally find out about after wards, when it is to late. With this post we will try to show you the differences between these two options and please realize that these are only guidelines you should keep in mind. The final decision is still up to you.

Free Web Site Solutions:

Free web sites are normally a high risk option with very low value if you don’t do your homework before hand of the services that’s been offered to you. Which indirect mean that you will be wasting your valuable money? This is our opinion, because of the following facts.

• You will be charged a once off so called administration fee.
• You are going to be charged a monthly fee which is going to be deducted directly from your bank account, which was not mentioned to you when you signed the administration documents.
• Hosting fees are normally not included, and can cost you a lot of money.
• The free web site solution normally comes with a 2 year compulsory contract.
• You will not be able to have a web site as you wished, because you will have to choose from several pre-designed templates.
• Your web site will just consists of a few pages, 3 at the most.
• Your information is going to be added on the template and that’s what you will get.
• Important aspects;
  • You will never own the domain and it is normally not even a domain name close to your business name.
    • You will never know if your web site is SEO complaint.
    • Are your web site indexed and listed on search engines?
    • You may properly have no update facility.
    • You will never know how your web site performs.
    • You may not even see your web site when you search for it.

This is just some of the aspects that you will have to face when you choose the wrong “Free Web Site” option.

Paid Web Site Solutions:

On the other hand you can pay a web designer / company to design your web site according to your needs and you will have the following;

• You will be charged a design fee which normally includes;
  • Domain Registration – Which means it is your unique domain.
  • Hosting Fee – Which mean that your web site will be hosted for the first year.
  • Design Fee – The designer’s fee to design your web site.
• No monthly fees, except if the designer charge an update and/or  marketing fee.
• You will have access to your unique domain e-mail accounts.
• You will not find another web site on the internet that looks identical to yours, except if you liked a specific layout and asked that your site should be similar to that.
• You will be able to update your web site as your business grows.
• A good designer will provide you with a monthly report on the progress of your web site and discus important SEO aspects to improve your web site’s performance.
  • On this report you will see the important SEO results which will indicate if your web designer is good or an idiot.
• You will receive reaction from your web site and you will benefit from it.

This is just a few of the advantages of a “Paid Web Site” option, which is in the long term a very good Advertising Investment.

Many people are uninformed of the consequences of there decisions and with this in mind many designers make a quick bug out of you. Therefore we write these information bullets to make you aware of the potholes.

Choose your web designer with care and be sure that it is someone who can deliver and produce results.