Los Angeles Computer Services

Website Frequently Asked Questions and Answers

Q&A
   +  Commonly asked questions and answers.

Do's and Don't
   + List of what to do and what to avoid.

Website Advantages
   + Reasons to have a website: Monetary (Bring customers, keep money and Known Problems and Solutions).

1 Why do I need a website?

• Every business needs a website.

• Online marketing.

• Company Email Address

• Communicate with clients with an Forum

• Provide samples of products

• Tax Deductible

• Get our Website Solution Package

• Visit our Website Advantages for more information

2 What does your Website Solution Package include?

• Website Design or Website Redesign
• Host and Domain
• Website Extras
• Website Maintenance Program
• Search Engine Optimization
• Website Publication
• Sitemap generator
• Search Engine Submission
• Email setup
• Unlimited Email support
  • info@los-angeles-computer-services.com

3 How do I get the Website Solution Package?

• Contact us by your method of choice
  • Phone: (818) 692-4357
  • Fax: (818) 708-1912
  • Email: info@los-angeles-computer-services.com
  • Click on this button:

    Advanced Contact Form

4 How much will my Website Solution Package cost me?

• A discount will be applied...
  • Website Design or Website Redesign
    • Depends on the amount of work needed
  • Host and Domain
    • $ 150.00 per year
  • Website Maintenance
    • $1.00/page; min $100.00
  • Website Extras: included
  • Search Engine Optimization: included
  • Website Publication: included
  • Sitemap generator: included
  • Search Engine Submission: included
  • Email setup: included
  • Email support: included

5 What is a Host?

• Online storage space.

• Location of website to be published to

• Provided by a Website Hosting Provider

• $150/year

6 What is a Domain Name?

• Website address.

• A Link to the site

• A URL to the site

• Ex. djshahar.com; www.djshahar.com

• Host and Domain are priced at $150/year

7 What is a Sub Domain Name?

• Section with in a website.
• It may be it's own website.
• Doesn't cost anything.
• Used for creating a sub section of a website
• Ex. 1 - http://gallery.haichalmoshe.com
• Ex. 2 - http://phpbb.haichalmoshe.com/

8 How long before my Domain Name registers?

• World wide url submission takes an average of 48 hours.
• Payment of $150.00 must be made prior to registration.
• Domain name registration lasts for one year.
• Sale is final.

9 How do I keep my website up-to-date?

• Enroll in our Website Maintenance Program.

  •  $1.00/page

  • Minimum price: $100.00/month

• You will get unlimited updates all year long.

10 What is so special about AWStats?

• For starters, "It looks good."

• Second, Robot Spiders

• More info available at Advanced Website Statistics

• Demonstration may be seen here Example

• See the AWstats Comparison chart

11 What is the difference between Website design  and Website Redesign?

• Website Design

  • First time template.

  • Inserting website content.

• Website Redesign

  • New look.

  • Updating website content.

12 What is the difference between Website Maintenance, Website Development, and Website Extras?

• Website Maintenance

  • Subscription to keep content up-to-date.

  • One year contract.

  • Low monthly payment.

  • Unlimited Email support.

• Website Development

  • One time fee for website improvement.

  • No contract.

  • One time payment.

  • No email support.

• Website Extras

  • List of features provided with our
    "Website Solutions Package"

13 What is the difference between Search Engine Optimization, Sitemap Generator, and Search Engine Submission?

• All 3 items make your site Search Engine Friendly
• Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

  • Creates information to be crawled by search engines

  • Adds special codes to html pages

    • Description

    • Key Words

    • Other

• Sitemap Generator
  • Computer generated files that provide search engines
    information found at the website
  • List of files
    • list of links
    • list of pages
    • webpage keywords and description
    • ror feed
    • xml feed
• Search Engine Submission
  • Process of calling search engines to crawl the site
  • Adds website to search engines

14 Why should my site be Search Engine Friendly?

• You will have more website traffic.
• More data will be provided to search engines
• Search engines will refer more visitors to your site.
• Your website value will increase
• Your website Google's Page Rank will go up.
• People will be able to find your site faster

15 How long will it take Search Engines to indexed my site?

• Each search engine varies.

• Indexing may be performed as fast as 12 minutes.

• Usually it is done with in 48 hours.
• Website search engine recognition may take as long as six months.

16 How long will it take to design my website?

• Each website is different.
• It may be as fast as 2 hours or as long as 2 months.
• If you know what you exactly what you want, it won't take long at all.

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Do's/Don't

1

• Search engine friendliest.

• Use as much as possible.

2

• Not search engine friendly.

• Use for dropdown menus and other hidden actions.

3

Flash

• Not search engine friendly.

• Requires times to "load"

• Most efficient with animation, audio, and video.

• Expensive service.

4

Script functions

• Not search engine friendly.

• Most efficient with forms.

5

Java

• Not search engine friendly.

6

Contact Form

• Not search engine friendly.

7

Website Content

• Always keep up to date.

8

Sitemaps

• Always keep up to date.

9

Search Engine Submission

• Submit site once per month.

10

Statistics

• Keep private

11

Email

• Create one for yourself.

• Setup your email software.

• Do not give your email user id to any one.

• Do not give your email password to any one.

• Watch out for spammers and virus attacks

12

Links Exchange

• Search engine friendly

• Link back to a referring site

• Provide accurate data.

• Check referring site once per month.

13

Pictures

• Search engine friendly

• Add description in html code.

• Name appropriately

• Add to sitemap if desired

14

Search Function

• Use Google's website add-on.

• Search engine friendly
• use description tag
• use keywords tag
• us h tags
  • h1 is most effective
  • h6 is least effective
• use name tags
• use id tags

css

• Not search engine friendly
• Do not over use
• Use for page customization
  • scrollbar colors
  • mouse effects
  • link effects
  • page background