Email: info@geelongwebdesign.com.au
Phone: 03 4232 3655
Over 80% of shopping is now done online and Google is the number one research tool for people all over the world.
It is crucial to your website's success to have a FAST, CLEAR and EASY to site to use.
Site speed: People will not stay on your site if it takes longer then 7 seconds to load (doesn't seem like much but why waste time on someones site when you can find the information quicker on someone else's? - after all we are all busy!) Our hosting service is 100% Australian and is FAST and secure. Meaning more site visits and less site hacks.
Clear: Our web designers have been designing sites from the dawn of time, with a combined 100 years experience, we know how to meet the clients needs whilst helping them decided what type of site is best for the business and for their customers. We are also very affordable and can work with pretty much any budget. Don't believe us? Check out our previous site builds here
Easy: Client/customer sites NEED to be user friendly. We will triple check the site against all devices - making sure the information is clear and the site is easy to use across phones, Ipad's, tablets and desktops!
We pride ourselves on offering friendly, affordable service. In these trying times we want all business to succeed and believe that websites are the way of the future. Contact us today to find out how we can help your business THRIVE!
This article is going to be short, simply because the answer is 100% YES! YES! YES!. All websites need maintenance, and in particular WordPress. Not because WordPress is an insecure web hosting platform, which it is not, but because it is popular. With popularity of legitimate use, comes popularity, aka a target for hackers and malware bots.
The good news – its generally a fairly easy fix to secure and update your site. A good developer (Such as the team here at Geelong Web Design!) will build the site using reputable plugins, and a strong core to prevent against security issues developing. Its also then important to choose a reliable and secure host, that will ensure the hosting server is well maintained, secure and updated. The guys over at Ed Web Hosting do a fantastic job of this. Ed Hosting also offers a fantastic Managed WordPress Hosting service, which gives you peace of mind each month, by knowing your site is constantly maintained and updated!
It also easy enough to update the site yourself, if you have the time and knowledge.
To update, just follow the below steps:
The above process can be simple, but it can also lead to problems and cause damage to your site if there is a major update or something goes wrong.
Which is where a managed update can come in handy, such as the one linked above from Ed Hosting. Long story short, next time you say to your self “Should I Update WordPress Plugins?” don’t put it off, just get it done!
We personally have always looked to Melbourne for SEO services – basically because that’s where they seem to be based.
So its fantastic to see that there is now somebody local. Who not only know the in’s and out’s of WordPress SEO but also have great local knowledge, to help you target and rank for potential niche key words – more rankings = more traffic, right?
Ed Hosting SEO packages begin at around $500 a month – which is very reasonably for customised and locally based SEO – traditionally these sort of packages would be well over $1000 and even as much as $5000!
All packages include:
• Keyword Research & Analysis – up to 5
• Page optimisation – up to 5
• Tech Diagnostics
• Architecture Review
• Optimisation
• Ranking Reports (Monthly)
• SEO Best Practice
• Customised campaign
• No Contracts
• Google Analytics Setup
With the higher level plans offering even more, including content writing.
