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6 Phases of the Web Design and Development Process

What to expect when working with a web designer

by Selene M. Bowlby  |  891 views  |  1 comment  |        Rate this now! 

That’s where the help of a your web designer comes in, once again, as they can take over the web site maintenance for you -- one less thing for you to do is always a good thing in these busy times!

Other maintenance-type items include SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and SES (Search Engine Submission). This is the optimization of you web site with elements such as title, description and keyword tags which help your web site achieve higher rankings in the search engines. The previously mentioned code validation is something that plays a vital role in SEO, as well.

There are a lot of details involved in optimizing and submitting your web site to the search engines -- enough to warrant it’s own post. This is a very important step, because even though you now have a web site, you need to make sure that people can find it!

The Bottom Line

All in all, your web designer should work closely with you on a very similar process to this one. A good working relationship with your designer, including an open line of communication, is important to ensure they are creating a successful web site that will help your business grow.

About the Author

Selene M. Bowlby is the owner of iDesign Studios - www.idesignstudios.com - specializing in creating custom web sites that are uniquely styled and well coded. Selene is an entreneur, web designer and front-end web developer with ten years of professional experience in the design industry. She just took the freelance plunge and just happens to be a work at home mom, too!

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  • As someone who has now worked on several sites, including WIM:), I thought this was great and very practical advice -- frankly, I wish I had something like this to guide me conceptually through the process before we started. Thank you for sharing this!

    Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 29th March 2008

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