Building a new website can be an expensive proposition. After all, your website represents your online appearance and you want to be perfect in all aspects.

Creating a website is never an easy task. There are so many things to look for and so many things to take care of, it is easy to get baffled.

In the 21st century, if you own a business, the need of website is crucial. If you don’t have a website for your business, you will be missing out on a lot of opportunities.

Having a website is like having a salesman which works 24/7 and 365 days. There are people who search for products you have, and you will be providing service at their doorstep.

Having a website opens a door of opportunities for you and for your business. But, you cannot simply create a website and hope it will do good for your business.

Web Development is like a delicate art. Each aspect of it needs a special attention and level of detail.

There are already billions of website live on the Internet, how are you different than others? What makes you special?

Well, there are a lot of things to take care of while developing a perfect website for your business. If you are looking to hire a web development company, you need to choose wisely.

Being an SEO expert and Web developer, a lot of people ask me the same question – What to look for before choosing a web development company?

There are tons of companies out there, looking to grab your money, how can you decide who is best suited for handling your web development needs?

Don’t worry! I am Here to help you with that. Here I have made the list of things you can look for and list of things to avoid for choosing a web development company:

What to Look for in Web Development Company?

There are so many things you can consult with your potential web development agency, so after creation, your website can produce maximum yield.

SEO-Friendly Design

Can Your Web Development Agency Create an SEO Friendly Web Design?

Hiring a web development company with very little or no knowledge of SEO can cost you a great deal of money in the future. SEO is at the core of the website.

SEO is one of the best marketing strategies which provides the highest return on per dollar you spent.

Creating a site with a SEO-Friendly design from the start makes it easier for search engines to understand your content and can save you lots of money on SEO optimization in future.

Here are some basic points (not all) that you can consult with your web development company before designing your website:

URL Structure

“Design for Humans”, the motto that should apply to your website structure. URL structure plays a key role in SEO of your website.

Having a human-readable URL structure helps search engines, as well as users, make sense of your website.

Here is an example of good URL and bad URL structure:

• Good URL Structure – https://www.eviltech.in/seo-services
• Bad URL Structure – https://www.eviltech.in/p?ID=221

Simple Navigation

Navigation is a key ingredient in SEO of your site, it helps users and search engine crawlers to navigate or follow your site links easily.

Ideally, any page of your site shouldn’t take more than 3 to 4 clicks to open. Placing a navigation bar where it is easy to reach is important.

Typically, it is standard practice to place navigation bar at top of the page or vertically down on left side of the page.

On smaller screens, it is ideal to place drop-down menus or sidebars so it won’t affect the visibility of the main content on the screen.

It is also important to not to overwhelm the users by placing unnecessary option, typically, 7-8 options are considered to be ideal.

Responsive and Mobile Friendly Design

Don’t be fooled when your web development company tells that they can create a beautiful responsive website.

The thing here is – “Not all responsive designs are mobile-friendly” and as we are only months away from Google’s Mobile First Indexing, it is very crucial for your website to be mobile friendly.

But what Mobile-friendly design really means? To understand that, first, let’s look at what responsive design means. Responsive design is a web design which adjusts its content according to change in the screen size.

But, in the process of adjusting to screen size, some responsive designs may reduce its functionality, it usually happens on smaller screens, and that’s where the need mobile friendly design comes in.

Mobile friendly design adjusts itself to look good on a variety of screen sizes without affecting its functionality.

While creating the website, you need to make sure that your website works the same way across a variety of screen sizes.

Optimizing Images

70% of global internet connection still happens on 3G. It is a relatively old and slow but most used cellular technology in the world.

Images are one of the main reasons which affect the load time of your website. Load time is one of the key ingredients in SEO of any website.

Resizing and optimizing your images can reduce your site’s load time noticeably. Ideally, the images on your site should be around 20-100 KB in size.

Before hiring any web development company, make sure that they can provide tools for your website that automatically optimize the images so, it can perform optimally on slower connections.

Social Media Integration

Can your Web Development Company provide social media integration?

Google doesn’t directly consider your social media interaction for ranking your site but, what’s the harm in putting your content in front of more people.

When people find great stuff, they tend to share it on social media. Social media is a great way promote your business.

Getting your content in front of more people get’s you more traffic, more links, and more mentions thereby increasing your authority and brand value which results in higher search engine rankings.

The best way to implement social media integration is to add easy to find social media icons on all your pages.

Security

Security is one of the most important parts of any web design. Otherwise, what is the point of spending a ton of money on futuristic design if it can easily be hacked?

Considering the history of hacking, security should be the top priority of any website. Building a website is never an easy task, it requires a lot of resources and time.

A good web development company should invest their resources in securing the site.  An unsecured code can be easily hacked using simple tricks like SQL injection and others.

As an expert in web development, I have seen many companies and websites running on unsecured scripts which can be easily hacked by someone with even amateur knowledge of hacking or cybersecurity.

While developing/building site, secure scripts should be implemented in site’s core. Personally, I use a highly secured script for developing all website, no matter how big or little a client is.

Browse our Web Development Section here.

Customer Service

Web development services can often be expensive, for the amount of money you are spending, you expect to get a good service.

Many times it happens that company handling your project make big promises and at the time of delivery, they fail to fulfill them. Often times, contacting your company or project manager becomes very hard.

Make sure to find a company that will take your call or at least returns your messages and gives updates on your project in a timely fashion.

Pricing

Money is one of the most important things in our life, and we all work hard to earn it. Spending a lot of money on your website doesn’t necessarily mean you are gonna get a great website.

Some companies are in this business only to make money. Sometimes, Some companies take a lot less money, but it may be the case that they are new in this business and don’t have the necessary skill set to fulfill your needs.

Make sure to do your research before hiring company for your web development needs. Checking peoples reviews, ratings, checking their previous work, contacting their existing customers can really help you in making your decision.

A good web development company shouldn’t charge their customers more than the expenses they need for resources.

Consulting with IT experts or multiple companies would help you in choosing the right company for your needs which only charges no more than their resource expenses.

Questions to Ask When Hiring a Web Development Company

• How long your firm has been in this business?

Older firms tend to have more knowledge about the trends in the industry. Being an older firm, they possess a lot of experience in their respective field.

When you hire some firm, you might wanna stick with them for a while. So, it is a good idea to hire a firm that isn’t going to go anywhere.

• How big is your firm? How many employees do you have?

Lots of big companies tend to charge more money for their services than others, but size has its advantages. If one worker gets sick or has some emergency, others can contribute and pick up the slack, so the work on your project doesn’t stop.

• What is the estimated timeline for completion of this project?

It is another aspect you need to clear about. What timeline did they give versus how much time it actually takes to complete the project?

Experience can matter in this aspect. Older and experienced team working on same technology for years can work quickly together and complete project in expected timeline. However, a new and inexperienced team can take a while to develop and work quickly and most likely to miss timeline.

• Can you show me your previous work on similar sites?

Checking companies history and their previous work is often a smart move as it gives you a good idea about how your site is going perform and look?

• Would I have access to all my source code files?

Often times I have seen companies holding their client hostage. It is often a good idea to clear out who owns a design.

Maybe in near future, you might get into bad shape with your company, if you find out then that you are not in ownership of design files, you will really regret not clearing things beforehand.

Well, now you know, what to look for in web development company and how to hire them.

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