How to find BEST WEBSITE DEVELOPMENT COMPANY?

Website is the first building block to the growth of any business. In today`s time, where you might find a website developer in every nook and corner, it is indeed a challenge to find an appropriate website developer or in other words “the Best Website Developer” for your business .There is a huge clutter in this space and everyone claims to be “the best” and the “expert” of this field.

We need to understand that a website can be as simple as a single profile page, simply stating company information or as huge a project like amazon etc.

Few things we should never forget while choosing a website designer for us are mentioned below:

1) What`s the Purpose of your Website?

Every website has a purpose of why it is developed. The purpose defines how it should be designed. So, do your home-work first and clearly state the reason of building your website. Now, this motive will elucidate what your expectations should be from your developer.  To put this simpler, let me take an example.  While designing a website for my SME, I need a basic website with all the information clearly stated. The purpose of such a website can be to generate leads or simply giving information to the clients. Conversely, think of an event management website. It is apparent that this website has to be a fancy, creative and a very attractive one. The layout, design, content, structure, navigation etc for both these websites will immensely vary. So, decide you website purpose before you choose your developer!

2) What is the complexity of your project?

A simpler project calls for very less communication between you and the developer. And this might not require researching too much about the development team and the code, etc. While, on the contrary, a complex project requires a lot of research regarding the capability of the developer, quality of code, similar past projects, technology worked upon and so on. So, you have to see, whether your project is more on a simpler side or it is a complex one.

3) Experience & Knowledge of the developer.

Excellence comes from experience. So, this is crucial while choosing the best website designer for you. The knowledge acquired varies with the no. of years served in the industry, the no. of projects delivered, the capability of the team, the qualification and the attitude of learn new things, technology being a fast-changing field. Initially, websites were mostly informative and its “design” was sufficient to make it a “good” or a “bad” one!

Today, the meaning has changed altogether. We talk of Bounce Rates, ease-of-navigation, Page views, “fold”, Call-to-action button, and rankings etc. A website has ideally no meaning without these.  Right from the logo design, to the color combination used, the structure of the website, the layout chosen, the breadcrumbs, the site map, all these things are targeted to make the experience of the user good so that he love to spend time on your site.  This UI and U-Ex are very important and comes from experience and knowledge. Hence, do not forget to check this with your website developer.

4) Past Work or portfolio.

This is just a way to ensure that the designer and the developer have the capability of developing dynamic designs. You can also ask the website designer to share a few demo designs that he thinks should be apt for your business need. This gives you a fairly good idea of what exactly his choice is and whether it matches to your ideology or no.

5) Are they providing you Guidance too?

Many of us do not know too much about websites and even those who think that they know should make sure that the website developer they choose should be willing to do frequent discussions. Developers are very rough and tough people. They have more of technical understanding and usually miss the business view many a times. As the development of your website progresses, you become clearer of your needs and that is the time you need maximum support from your developer. The developer should be patient enough to incorporate that newly thought features without being too complaining about it.  In addition, the willingness to share his knowledge and views on the project should be there rather than blindly following your instructions. This helps in building a better product, anyways!

6) Does the location of the "Best website developer" matters?

Well, in today`s Global world, honestly, the location of your website developer does not matter provided you are landed at the right developer. Rather, it is always a good idea to make a purchase decision where the cost of manufacturing is low. Eg: Developer cost/ hour is very high for people in Delhi and Mumbai region whereas in Kolkata it is relatively lower.  But certainly, the developer should be authentic and reliable. This can be cross checked by talking to few of the references or clients of your prospective developer.

9) Are they giving you a complete Package?

It is always a good idea to take the complete solution from one vendor. This enables you to focus into your area of competency rather than wasting your time and managing multiple vendors for various things. The minimum that a complete solution includes, building of the website, hosting, domain booking, official email/web mail booking, internet marketing support, and the right guidance through-out!

11) Are they willing to share the control panel and your website`s code?

Many developers are comfortable sharing the code and the control panel. While some are not. Please preferably do not opt for a developer who is not willing to share your code and the control panel. This gives the black-mailing power to the developer, in case he is not delivering a good service or product, he restricts you from moving to some other developer. So,friends, beware!

12) What about website Maintenance?

Often the mistakes that most people make is that they think that we will think of website maintenance later!  This is a blunder! Making a website is not sufficient. Simply making a website and floating it in the world wide web is like adding a drop in the ocean.

You need to have a distinguishing mark, something noticeable about your website that makes it interesting and unique, and uncommon than others. This also calls for following the W3C validation and other basic rules to design a website before rolling it out in the web universe.

Frequent and regular updates in the content, regular submission of the website in several webmaster tools, checking the website code against any malware, etc are all crucial for the success of any website. Apart from this the analysis of the page views, the bounce rate etc can reveal many information and help in taking strategic decisions.

I hope reading this will help you find your "Best website developer" for your project!

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