W E B   H O S T I N G

Each website needs to be hosted, or stored, in order to be viewed on the internet. Your web hosting provider can be changed at anytime (if you are without a contract) and does not have to be the same as your internet service provider (ISP).

D O M A I N   N A M E   R E G I S T R A T I O N

The first step is finding a unique, memorable dot com domain name - your address on the web.

Most domains cost $14.95 per year with a one time setup fee of $10. Versatile Designs offers domain name registration, renewals and domain transfers to make owning a website simple.

DO: make it easy to spell, pronounce and remember. You don't want your potential clients to end up on someone else's site.

DON'T: use numbers, abbreviations, slashes or hyphens. How will users know if it's 2, two, to or too?

S E A R C H   E N G I N E   S U B M I S S I O N

Get your site registered* into major search engines including: Google, Yahoo, MSN, DMOZ (open directory project) as well as all sites powered by them. *This $20 fee is waived for sites by Versatile Designs.

Submission simply helps speed up the process of having a search engine find your site, but does NOT guarantee placement for specific key words.

For improved search engine results, site optimization is a MUST. Search engines change their algorithms for finding sites all the time. So in order to maintain top placement in search results, one must understand the most recent trends and best practices in the SEO industry. Certain techniques for improving performance have gotten many sites "blacklisted" from major search engines, which makes it vital that a qualified SEO professional optimize your site for better user and search engine performance.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ABOUT SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION IS CONTENT! Create the site for the user...optimize for the search engines. These services are available at an hourly rate of $80.