Monday, December 19, 2011

How to Interview a Web Developer

As we come upon our 17th year of service to our customers, I look back on all the interviews and proposals we have created in the hopes of gaining new customers and relish the experiences as each has brought new insight in one manner or another. One thing that always happens is the the following question always arises, "Why should we choose Over The Net for our web presence and website hosting needs?" I have a very good answer, but the following additional questions you can ask any web developer to see how they respond.

  1. Is your work done in-house?
  2. Is all of your labor domestic or is it sent abroad?
  3. Do I own the work done on my behalf and can I move it if I feel necessary?
  4. What language would you code my site in?
  5. Is the site built for search engine recognition?
  6. Do you have any examples of cause and effect where you built a website and it now ranks on page #1 of major search engines?
  7. How will I be able to access the site usage statistics and what numbers are included in your reporting?
  8. How often is my website backed-up?
  9. Who has access to my customer's data and what is stored and how?
  10. Who has access to my email accounts and how are the protected?
If at this point you are comfortable with the responses then you've found yourself a good partner on the web, but if not get in touch with us and we can assure you that your trust and your business could not be in better hands.

Over The Net - Bringing business to your business since 1995


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