There are over 100 website designers in York, ranging from Google Partner agencies, to freelancers.
The challenge you face is finding the ‘right’ web design agency. Who do you choose? A freelancer, an expensive established agency?
Do a quick search on Google and you will get 480,000,000 results. Do you go with the first agency, since if they are at the top of the results, they must be the best?
This is where we can help, by getting you a few quotes to compare.
Just fill out the form to receive free quotes and advice from web design companies in York that know your industry sector.
These days, every business needs to have a website, however every business needs one for a different reason.
Online companies such as Amazon.com rely on their website to sell their products. Companies such as dog walkers require them just to showcase their services rather then relying on it to function.
We do live in a digital world now, but even companies that are not online do need to have that online presence.
Government organisations, schools, healthcare companies, all require a website and each need them for a different reason.
Even the oldest running business in York (which is Rowntree’s, established in 1862) has a website and they sell confectionary in shops and supermarkets.
All websites are built on a website platform, such as GoDaddy or Wix.
Which web platform is best for your business.
All website design platforms are different, offering advantages and disadvantages. Certain types of businesses would work better on one web platform than another.
Talking to a few web designers in York to get advice on the most suitable web platform for your business. However not all web designers in York work with all web platforms. Some specialise on certain web platforms and some on others.
There are some very experienced freelance web designers in York, small web designers and large web designers. Which is best for your business?
Freelancer web designers tend to be cheaper since they do not have the overheads that established agencies have such as rent for offices and staff costs. But is a freelancer best for your business? Do they have the experience or resources you need?
Typically the larger a business is, the larger the agency they will require.
Jorvik viking centre for example is a fairly large business and has a modern and impressive website. Most likely they will not have a freelancer design or maintain their website but an established web design company.
This is a difficult question, as there are a number of things to consider:
Costs of a website can range from a few hundred pounds up to tens of thousands. Factors involve the size of the website, and how much the agency charges. Website design prices are set by the agency, and vary massively.
Just fill in the form and we can help you get some quotes to compare. Your do not get what you pay for, the most expensive web design agency does not make them the best.
Most web design agencies can offer SEO advice, or be able to assist with getting SEO done on a website, to get it up the page ranks on search engines.
Being seen on popular search engines like Google and Bing is important. A website without visitors is like a shop without customers.
There are over 5,000 website design agencies in Yorkshire, so if the perfect designer is not based in the city, then certainly there will be one not too far away.
PPC advertising is also popular with lots of companies, but can be tricky to set up and monitor. Not all web designers in York do handle PPC advertising, so you may require a PPC company.
There are tens of thousands of websites in Devon, so being on page 1 of the search engines is essential. However if you are in a crowded market, being 1 of the 10 websites on page 1 for your search terms is going to be a real challenge.
The main thing you want to do is to optimise your existing websites for the following search engines:
These are the main search engines in the UK, Google is the most popular, since it is the default search engine for most smartphones and desktop computers.
SEO or website optimisation is very much an unknown, as each of the search engines mentioned above have their own formula (known as an algorithm) to rank all the websites in Devon. Few web designers in Devon know how to do SEO, which is split into two areas:
Most web designers in York would advise you to be on the main social media websites.
Being seen on social media websites like Facebook and Tik Tok will also help your marketing exposure.
Social media is the latest form of marketing and has spawned the dawn of social media influencers, a new career path for many generation Z.
The main search engines do place a lot of trust on social media and will rate your ‘social media footprint’ as part of your organic rankings (SEO). So it is good to be visible on social media platforms if you want to appear higher on the organic rankings on the search engines.
Social media marketing is an important part of digital marketing, as social media website have million of users in the UK (billions globally).
Have you considered using a social media influencer to support your brand, they can market you to their millions of followers. In fact since the lockdown periods of 2020, many people have started a full time career as a social media influencer.
Selecting a web designer is not easy. There are lots of companies offering cheap web design; however a cheap website does not make it a good one.
We have put together a few tips on choosing a web designer that may help.
Your website is an investment (your shop window so to speak) and does need to be carefully planned as opposed to rushed into.
Just fill in the form to get quotes from local web design companies in York that know your industry.