Web site designer

If you are looking for a web site designer, then there are many ways to search for one. For some the obvious choice is to search online with some of the major search engines like Google, Yahoo or MSN. You can start off with looking for a webdesigner in your state or metropolitan area, then take a look at their web sites. Does their site look professional or does it look like they need a professional web designer to redo it?

Next, take a look at their web design portfolio. Does it also represent professional web site designs? Do the graphics look consistently good? Does the site flow and make sense or are you lost within the site after a few clicks?

Does the company offer many other web services besides graphic design? If you need to sell products online do they offer e-commerce web site design solutions? Do they offer web application development services such as custom programming. This can provide your site with dynamic content or other database driven data.

Is showing up in the search engines important to your company and your new web site? Usually the answer is a resounding yes. Do they offer search engine optimization services?

Once you have analyzed a few web site design firms you can then narrow your list down to the select few that stand out and then contact them for a web site design quotation.

Hurricane Katrina Web Site Scams

Watch out for Hurricane Katrina web site scams. They are popping up all over the internet. NetDogz was recently contacted to create a web site to help out the hurricane victims. The FBI is warning about bogus charities asking for help.

See the FBI article here.

Always make sure the charity you contribute to is a legitimate one.

Make your own web site

It used to be very difficult to make your own web site. You needed to know how to code in HTML, JavaScript and other programming languages. Then WYSIWYG (What You See is What You Get) tools like Macromedia's Dreamweaver or Microsoft's Frontpage were created so that you can create web sites without any HTML knowledge. But you still needed to come up with a decent design to make the web site look half way decent. Sure, the WYSIWYG tools had some built in design themes but they really weren't what you were looking for. They never really captured the "look and feel" that you wanted. Of course you could always hire a top web site development firm like NetDogz to do everything for you (plug, plug), but perhaps you want to really do it yourself. Sometimes there is nothing like getting a job done with your own sweat!

Now there is an easy solution. Web sites that let you make your own web site are readily available to today's small businesses. They allow you to easily create a website online with ready to use professional designs very quickly and affordably. In under 5 minutes, you can have a fully functional, professional-looking, feature-packed web site up and running on the Internet. But that's only part of the good news . You'll be in control of the web site building process so you can customize your Internet presence anyway you want using all of the features found at expensively-designed sites, such as pictures, emails, newsletters, and more.

Make your own web site online today!

New Blog for NetDogz

NetDogz has entered the blogosphere! Blogs are a fantastic and easy tool to post ideas and comments online. Please visit us back frequently as we will be adding fresh content on web site related topics such as web design, search engine optimization, web hosting and other web related topics.

Please feel free to contact us if you would like to see us discuss a particular topic.