The Job of a Website Designer

Firstly, an expensive website is no guarantee of a quality website.

Secondly, can the whizzkid up the road put a website together? Go ahead and give him a sucker. It will be the shortest route to your competition.

Some web designers come from programming backgrounds, others from graphics backgrounds whilst others are weekend webmasters.

Many websites suffer from a glut of one favourite technique or another. Technical gizmos, extravagant, slow graphics, the colour choices and layout are so poor that the visitor is dissuaded from venturing further into the website.

The job of the web designer is to make you money by creating an Internet experience that is pleasant, informative and rewarding - converting visitors into customers. It is a long term relationship.

Some designers claim top search engine positions for their clients.

See where their own web design websites sit in the search engines - particularly the popular Google. If they are not amongst the top fifty, then neither will their clients' websites be.

Don't just look at the bottom line. Look at the package, value for money, skills, experience and support.