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  1. Can my site be made mobile accessible for viewing on a phone or iPad?
  2. How can we improve website and blog videos to appear in the serps?
  3. Can we use DreamWeaver or Word to modify our hand coded website?
  4. How do I ensure I'm the legal registrant of my domain name?
  5. Is it legal for someone to register my domain with a .mobi TLD?
  6. How should I handle domain trademark infringement on my brand?
  7. What if I need to make changes to my website after it is launched?
  8. When should my website be optimized for search engine performance?
  9. What differentiates one web design company from another?
1

Can my site be made mobile accessible for viewing on a phone or iPad?

Yes. Although many cell phones do not adequately read and process HTML, San Diego Web Studio can create a version of your website in WML, or wireless markup language, which will accommodate the growing number of end users accessing and searching the internet via their mobile phones and devices.

2

What can be done to make our website and blog videos appear in search engine results for related keyword queries?

We offer on-page seo, as well as advanced and server side services for enhanced search engine ranking and visibility. Our specialty is organic seo and deadbeat website repair for search engine performance. Seo can be applied to static websites, blogs, vlogs (video blogs), videos, audio files, image galleries, and more.

3

Can we use DreamWeaver or Word to modify our hand coded website?

Most professional web developers and sources recommend AGAINST using Dreamweaver or Microsoft applications to build or edit your website.

One of several reasons use these WYSIWYG'S ("what you see is what you get" website building applications) are discouraged is a history of producing "WYSINWYG" ("what you see is NEVER what you get") finished (or unfinished, in such case) product.

Q & A: Ask the ExpertsBoth Microsoft and Macromedia applications such as DreamWeaver are known to create "extensions", or unnecessary markup code, that causes rendering unpredicability and bugs between the WYSIWYG created site and the hosting server, especially when rendered in browsers other than Internet Explorer, such as Mozilla, Opera, Safari, or Netscape.

*Note: FrontPage built websites require special FrontPage compatible hosting.

4

How do I ensure I'm the legal registrant of my domain name?

Perform a "whois" search. As long as the domain registration is not "privacy protected", a "whois" search, a query run on a domain name and/or corresponding IP address will produce the current registrant's name, initial domain record creation and expiration dates, as well as the billing, administrative, and technical contacts for the domain.

5

Is it legal for someone to register my domain with a .mobi TLD?

Domain name trademark infringements and/or rightful ownership technicalities are overseen by World Intellectual Property Organization.

6

How should I handle trademark infringement on my brand?

File a dispute with the World Intellectual Property Organization. If a dispute has been officially filed against a specific domain name, the domain will be locked, or frozen, by the registrar once notified by WIPO, during which time the name may not be transferred nor revised. The domain name status will be updated according to the ensuing court ruling.

7

What if I need to make changes to my website after it is launched?

We ascribe a formal design process which includes Quality Assurance Checklists to be completed by Client and Web Developer. This provides a method of cross-checking for any revision or corrections necessary prior to launch. We offer website maintenances services with hourly, monthly, and quarterly pricing options. Maintenance services are intended for changes and revisions vs. Web Design and Development Services which are geared toward website growth, development, marketing, optimization, and addition of new pages and features.

8

When should my website be optimized for search engine performance?

As soon as possible. If we design your website, we will code it by hand and optimize it for an agreed upon number of specific keyword phrases to best captivate your target market audience. All of our custom design work is especially search engine friendly. We can also assist with optimizing existing websites.

9

What differentiates one web design company from another?

a good web design company will approach your web project holistically to create a positive end user experience combined with a favorable and search engine friendly creation.

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faqs 10 » 18

  1. What applications do you use to design websites?
  2. Will my website look the same in any browser?
  3. What will be the screen size of my new website?
  4. How can I make website interactive for my site visitors?
  5. How can my website be useful to my current customer base?
  6. Should we include an "about us" page on our website?
  7. Should I host my site with my domain registrar?
  8. How can I ensure competitors aren't copying my content?
  9. Google excluded my site due to a virus. Can you help me?
10

What applications do you use to design websites?

None! we don't slice or dice your website with photoshop, dreamweaver, front page, or any other web design application. we purely code by hand, which streamlines and eliminates the extensions (trash) that the above applications unnecessarily dump in a website's code.

Coding by hand gives us supreme control over the page and creates a lean and mean website markup for search engine bots to crawl and index quickly and efficiently!

11

Will my website look the same in any browser?

San Diego Web Design Studio's sites are created and browser compatibility tested for current versions of Internet Explorer™, Mozilla Firefox™, and Safari™.

12

What will be the screen size of my new website?

Unless otherwise requested or determined, san diego web studio designs web sites in a liquid (expandable) format to fill the screen size of each particular end user, with a minimum width of 800 pixels, meaning your website will render gracefully on the vast majority of end users' screens while taking advantage of the end users' "above the fold" screen real estate. this ensures that at a glance, your target market will see as much of your message and features as possible.

13

How can I make website interactive for my site visitors?

We offer a sophisticated array of optional website features for our clients such as blogs with moderated commentary, syndicated news feeds and rss (really simple syndication), event calendars, optin email lists, image galleries, online polls for voting, video, audio, podcasts, password protected content areas, and of course eCommerce, to name just a few.

14

How can my website be useful to my current customer base?

For one, your website is available to your customers 24 hours per day, 365 days per year (hopefully) and can be of monumental service and convenience to your regular clientel while conserving resources and costs.

Some examples of how your website can be a workhorse for you are by offering clients a method to change their information (such as address and preferences), sign up for newsletters, request maintenance and service calls, locate brick and mortar locations and stores in their local neighborhood, view advertised promotions and sales, inquire about jobs and services, join discussion groups, chat online with a service or sales reprensentative, and more!

15

should we include an "about us" page on our website?

Absolutely! San Diego Web Design Studio recommends a four-tiered approach for your "about us" page: first, a scannable, readable, and concise tagline for your company or organization. second, a one to two paragraph summary about the purpose, expertise, and goals of your business. third, a fact sheet type section, and fourth, executive and personnel biographies and portraits.

16

should our website include a sitemap?

Yes. Especially if your website is at least ten pages or more. not only does the sitemap quickly allow site visitors to efficiently assess what topics and features your site covers, but a sitemap also allows search engine robots a specific page that links all pages and sections of the website together in one area for more thorough indexing of your content, therefore greater keyword exposure in related search engine queries.

17

should I host my site with my domain registrar?

No. If the hosting goes down, and your domain name is linked to it, then your email addresses such as you@yourdomain.com will likely not function. also, it is easier to change hosts if your domain name is independently registered with an ICANN accredited registrar.


18

How can I ensure competitors aren't copying my content?

We use software such as copyscape.org to ensure unique content on sites and prevent duplicitous content from dragging down search engine ranking results.

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