Web Development Agencies, Features And Costs

There are thousands of web development companies around the world and it seems that everyone is having a blog or website of his own. Moreover, a laptop is all the investment needed to offer this service and thus, at every corner we have someone offering this service. The price of web development has gone down drastically and nowadays, a few hundred dollars are all you need to have a running website. 

So, how do you differentiate a good web design company from another? There should be some unique selling propositions which you need to check before you pick your next web development company.

  

The answer of this question depends heavily on what type of business you are in because the website would be built accordingly. If you have a chain of restaurants across cities, you would surely want a more upmarket website, compared to a local plumber or electrician. This would also reflect on the cost of development for obvious reasons. Moreover, the features you want on your website also decides how much the website would be costing you. If you want to update the website content regularly, that would cost you more because CMS needs to be implemented on your website. 

If you are looking for a local web design company, a simple web search would suffice. You can find them listed on Google Maps where you can read about their reviews and also the address. However, many people outsource the work to a cheaper country. There are many agencies providing excellent website design in Bangkok, for example, and if you employ one of them, the price cut would be huge. These agencies don't lack the skill, experience or expertise and most probably, they would give you the same quality you can get locally but the development cost would be much lower. 

Now, you have to decide on search engine optimisation so that you can end up on the first page of Google. The effort starts with website development itself and not afterwards. The website should have a SEO-friendly structure and the metadata and other on-page elements should be present. The interlinking of the webpages is another important issue. The images should be optimised and the website map should be updated on Google Webmasters. The content should be written according to the chosen keywords and location. Finally, the website should have no broken links either because that confuses the search engines.