Web Design
There are many, many "free" and low-cost build-your-own web hosting companies available on the Internet. Almost all have some fill-in-the-form "site builder" and cookie-cutter page templates. The end result is pretty - just like the 100's of others that have used the service.
But can your business be found in these "ticky-tacky" Internet subdivisions? If you have questions about how to best display your information, who do you ask? And when you finish, don't you have a nagging feeling that there is something more you should be doing to get your website found? Do you know where to find the web analytics for visitors to your site? Do you know what all that data means and how to use it?
For just a little more initial cost, Guy Friday can custom design a website just for your business. And once the initial site is complete, hosting charges are the same - or even lower - than those cookie cutter sites.
As part of the site building process, we can help you compile keywords to use on your site that help it be found in the major search engines like Google and Bing. We can help you read your website reports, interpret the information and make useful suggestions on making the website work better and get found faster.
User-Friendly Sites - We at Guy Friday pride ourselves on designing clean, highly functional and user-friendly websites. We observe the "Three Click Rule" in organizing your site's information, with special attention on how visitors will use your site, not just how they see it.
Standard Web Design Best Practices - Guy Friday also follows standard web design best practices of keeping your website content and web page design separate. This means that should you want or need to update the design of your site, it can usually be done economically by making changes to a single Cascading Style Sheet file rather than page-by-page modifications. Conversely, changes in content to keep your information current won't break your pages or interfere with the website design.
Custom-Designed Graphics - Guy Friday uses only custom designed graphics for your site - no off-the-shelf template sites where you have to force your content to fit the design. The design of your site is uniquely yours, not a clone of dozens of other sites.
Custom graphics also means that Guy Friday can take your current marketing materials and create a website that follows the branding you have already established: logos, colors, fonts and styles that your clients already recognize as "you".
If you're just starting your business or looking to change your branding, Guy Friday can help with that too! We can help you create branding for your company in the form of a logo, corporate style sheets and marketing materials consistent with the design of your website.
Fast loading pages - Guy Friday designs websites to load quickly, even for visitors still using slowing dial-up connections. No gratuitous "tech" - just clean, functional pages that get your message across.
