WEBSITE
Maintenance
Building a website is just the beginning.
Everything under the sun needs maintenance, particularly if technology is involved in it. So is the case with websites too. Website maintenance is the key to the ongoing success of your website.
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TYPES OF WEBSITE MAINTENANCE
It is necessary to keep your website updated, whether you are a huge organization, a small business, or an individual.
This enables you to interact and connect with targeted customers and potential guests on your website while also preventing severe issues.
Here are the key services that are included in the website maintenance service.
Security patches are released by web development companies to address vulnerabilities in their software. Patches are essential in keeping your site safe from hackers, so installing them as soon as they’re available is important.
Plugins and themes help to extend the functionality of your website. But like any software, they need to be kept up-to-date to ensure compatibility with the latest web browsers and security patches.
Having a recent backup of your website is important in case something goes wrong. A backup helps to prevent data loss and ensures that you can restore your site if it’s ever hacked or corrupted.
Monitoring your website’s performance can help you identify potential problems and take steps to keep your site running smoothly. Optimizing your website’s performance can help improve your site’s speed and responsiveness.
Security scanning is important in web maintenance to ensure that the site is secure from any potential threats. Regularly scanning the website can identify and fix security vulnerabilities before they cause any damage. This helps to protect both the website and its users from potential harm.
Testing your website’s accessibility is important to ensure that everyone can use your site. This includes people with disabilities, people using mobile devices, and people with slow internet connections.
Uptime monitoring helps ensure that your website is available when people try to access it. The goal is to keep your website’s uptime as close to 100% as possible. Once your site goes down, you’ll want to know about it so you can take steps to get it back up and running.
The best way to ensure that your website is always up-to-date is to sign up for a support and maintenance service. Let’s get started!
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a website maintenance service?
- Building a website is just the beginning. Everything under the sun needs maintenance, particularly if technology is involved in it. So is the case with websites too.
- Website maintenance is the process of keeping a website up-to-date and running smoothly as well as performing optimally. Website maintenance includes tasks like ensuring all the links on your site are working, regularly updating content, and fixing any broken links. It also involves more general housekeeping tasks like backing up your site regularly and monitoring your site’s performance.
- It is necessary to keep your website updated, whether you are a huge organization, a small business or an individual. This enables you to interact and connect with targeted customers and potential guests on your website while also preventing severe issues.
- You will have peace of mind knowing that your website is secure, reliable and healthy at all-time.
Why is website maintenance important?
- Your website is most likely the very first thing potential consumers look for, and they’re looking for relevant information, quality, and expertise at the same time. This is when website maintenance becomes crucial. Regular content revisions will assist your website to engage and maintain visitors while also maintaining a high search ranking.
- There are numerous other reasons to keep your website updated on a regular basis, including:
- Enhances User Satisfaction
View your website from the perspective of a visitor. You will be irritated if the processing speed is slow and there are broken links all over the site. However, you will be pleased if the website is well-maintained, with good web design and necessary details. After all, your top priority is to provide a great user experience. Your visitors will be impressed with a good website, which will encourage them to use your products and services. Furthermore, by suggesting your brand to their family and friends, they become brand promoters.
- Enhances User Satisfaction
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- Improves Your SEO
Google favors websites that are well-optimized and deliver the most valuable content. However, if your website’s redirects are ineffective, your company’s search engine ranking will suffer. If Google examines your website and detects issues, you may be de-indexed. The main purpose of your website is to generate visitors, therefore keeping it up to date with relevant data, news, keywords, and other information can help you remain current.
- Improves Your SEO
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- Boosts Protection
There is nothing more essential than the security of your website, especially if it stores sensitive data. Frequent software upgrades and security updates are essential for keeping your website secure and protected. Hackers may be attracted to a website that hasn’t been updated in a long time. Furthermore, failing to address security problems for a prolonged period of time might result in downtime or possibly total business failure.
- Boosts Protection
What are included in the website maintenance service?
- Security audit – Regular update from security vulnerabilities
- Website load – Examine whether your website’s pages load rapidly and without any problems
- Links – Make sure there aren’t any broken links on the pages
- 404 – Investigate your website for 404 errors and resolve them
- Plugins – Make sure your site’s software and plugins are up-to-date
- Forms – Examine all the forms to make sure they’re working properly
- Content – Text or image replacement only
- Site speed – Check load speed and ensure nothing is bogging it dow
- Browsers test – Test the website on all devices to see if it displays correctly and compatible with all browsers
- Software updates –Install regular software updates and security patches
- Backup – Create a backup of your website’s data to verify that it is safe
- Exclusions
Following are some exclusions that are not included in the website maintenance:- UI/UX: design / (re)design, layout / (re)layout of any sort
- Development: coding / re-coding / development
- Text: generation / copywriting / translation / review
- Illustration: drawing / creation / coloring / rendering
- Photo: research / purchase / license / retouching / photography
- Content: generation / copywriting / translation / review / proof-reading
- Backend: Management / data entry / rewiew / edit / modifications
- Cloud services: domain name / cloud hosting / email marketing subscription
- Data migration
- Additional Services – Available upon request.
How is a website maintenance service billed?
- Website maintenance service is an annual fee that is paid up front before the service is ordered. Essentially, you are paying for time versus a specific maintenance service on your website to monitor it for faults regularly and ensure that everything is fully updated and responsive.
How many hours would you allocate for a yearly website maintenance service?
- We allocate a set number of hours per year for the web maintenance service, normally between 18 to 24 hours. To ensure optimal project allocation and effective workload management, any hours not used will not be carried forward and will expire automatically. Overage in hours or services that are not in the scope of work will be made available at an additional cost, and will be billed separately, upon an approved proposal or at our standard hourly rates:
- Design
- Creative design work 65.00 US Dollars
- Adaptation design work 40.00 US dollars
- Development
- Development work depends on the requested type of work, however the average hourly rate is 65.00 US Dollars
- Design
- Tailor-made maintenance plans – Available upon request
Is there a minimum commitment?
- Normally, website maintenance services are billed annually. So, there is a 1 year (12 consecutive months) commitment, renewable upon approval.