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10 Questions about Web Development

1. What is Web Development?

Web development is the process that takes a website from the drawing board to the millions of viewers on the World Wide Web. A professional website takes talent and expertise to produce. Web development can include several project phases: site planning, graphic design, coding of pages, back-end programming (for example, an e-commerce shopping cart), and internet marketing.

Cutting-Edge Web Development for the Small Business Budget
Bravo Web Solutions provides small to mid-size businesses and organizations with professional web development and ongoing support services. Our small size allows us to custom design each and every project, so our clients get high-end design and programming usually only accessible to larger businesses. Our lower overhead allows us to offer better prices than some of our larger competitors on the features your business needs: stand-out design, dependable e-mail and hosting, e-commerce, internet marketing, and more. At the same time, because Bravo is an established company, we can offer a level of security, dependability, and technical know-how you won't find when you work with a freelancer or independent developer.

2. What is a Search Engine?

A search engine searches for information on the World Wide Web. The results of the search may be web pages, images and other types of files. Search engines also search freely available data and information from newsgroups, databases, and open directories. Search engines operate algorithmically or are a mixture of algorithmic and human input.

3. What is SEO?

SEO is Search Engine Optimization, and is the act of "optimizing" a web page in order to achieve a high position in a search engine result. From Wikipedia, "Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" ("organic" or "algorithmic") search results for targeted keywords."

As of 2007, search engines consider a wide range of undisclosed factors for their ranking algorithms. Google says it ranks sites using more than 200 different signals. The three leading search engines, Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft's Live Search, do not disclose the algorithms they use to rank pages.

4. How do I get my website to show up on the first page in Google?

Because the top search engines, such as Google, do not disclose their ranking algorithm, it is nearly impossible to answer this question. There are many factors that affect your rankings with these search engines, and they tend to change frequently according to the SEO community. Staying on top of the reasons that determine how your site is ranked takes time, skills, and persistence. We employ techniques that apply primarily to the Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo! search engines. As with most anything, it is possible to learn this yourself, however, if you'd rather have a certified professional place your business right - the first time - then consider Bravo Web SEO services (we're Google Certified).

5. What is web hosting?

Web hosting is a service that allows a website or web application to be accessible on the World Wide Web. Like your house needs land to sit on, your website needs a web host to live on. Web hosting and a web server go hand in hand.

6. What is a web server?

A web server is a super computer that has publicly viewable files on it; your website files, which consist of images, computer code, and databases.

7. What are the prices for web development?

Bravo Web custom prices and designs every job based on the level of design, functionality, promotional budget, and other requirements.

8. How much does Pay Per Click Advertising cost?

Google Adwords Ads, or any other Pay Per Click (PPC) advertising costs a variable amount each time your potential customer clicks on your ad. Advertisers compete for space; the one who places their ad in a #1 position will be willing to pay more than the person in a #2,3,4, etc. position. When the ad is clicked on, the budget is depleted by the market rate for one click for whichever keyword was used in doing the search. Click through rates (CTR), Bounce Rates, and Conversion Rates are other terms you will learn about once you've decided on this type of online advertising. Bravo Web charges a percentage of your online advertising budget to manage your Google Ads. Please fill out our free analysis and proposal form for an estimate.

9. What is Flash and how much does it cost?

Flash is a technology used to deliver animation and other rich media formats to the web. It is a proprietary technology owned by Adobe, but it can utilize open source technology like PHP, Mysql, XML, etc. to deliver data or other information. Flash design requires a special set of skills to implement: design and creativity, ability to envision, design and produce movement or animation, and knowledge of the Flash programming language; Actionscript. Bravo Web's hourly cost to design and program a Flash piece is $150.00.

10. How do I get started with Bravo Web?

Getting started requires a retainer to fund your project. You can use the following options to select a retainer that fits your budget. Basic full-service web development includes up to 25 hrs web design, css programming, cross browser programming, domain registration 1st year, email, and web hosting for the 1st year - $1,500.

$1,500.00 - Web Development Retainer $2,500.00 - Web Development Retainer $3,500.00 - Web Development Retainer

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We first need some basic information from you, and we have a simple form you can fill out on the right side of this page. This information will only be used for our business with you. Upon receipt of your submission we'll review and contact you with a custom quote, or to get more information if that is needed to more accurately estimate your job.

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Stuart: Going through design with a client, it was nice to hear her say, "Ooooh, that's a neat idea!"
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