Blue Herring can increase your customer base
Have you sometimes wondered why your internet pages don't bring enough business your way? Are you beginning to think that the whole hype about the Net is exactly that… just hype?
There are millions of pages on the World Wide Web. Each of them aspires to be found and used by a targeted customer. In order to keep some semblance of order on the information superhighway, standards have been developed to keep these web pages readable and reasonably fast.
Believe it or not, as many as 90% of the web pages on line today, including many (if not most) major corporate web sites, do not meet W3C standards. That is, you have simple coding oversights (or errors) that can keep some computers from displaying your web site as you intend it to be displayed. While it looks great on your computer, it may look rather silly on a computer your customer may be using. Simple coding errors can cause a lot of problems, from slow loading through a disorganized look. Perhaps even error messages when someone clicks on a link to one of your pages. In fact, in some extreme cases the customer may not be able to view it at all. Furthermore, incorrectly coded pages may be hard to catalogue by some search engines and thus effectively lose prospective customers for you.
Thanks to hundreds of user-friendly programs that you or your web designer can use to create your web pages, it is an easy and not very overly complicated task, these days. The most overlooked aspect of web design, however, is the simplicity and efficiency of the code. The easier the program is to use, the more complicated the code it creates, the slower the page is and the higher the chance that an insignificant error will cause significant problems.
We all know that heavy use of graphics can drastically slow down the load time of your pages, but did you realize that improper coding can as well? It is probably the most overlooked area of coding pages. The developer codes the page, checks it in a few different browsers and doesn't have the time nor the inclination to validate their code. If it appears to work in the browsers they test it in, they are satisfied. Then you don't get the traffic you think you should simply because it is taking too long for the user to view it. You can't always blame the graphics.
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Why should you use a third party to analyze your site?
You have invested a lot of time and resources in your web pages and you only have one chance to make a good first impression. As always, the task of making sure that your first impression is a good one lies squarely on your shoulders. You owe it to yourself to have a third party certified, professional web developer analyze and validate your pages. Think of it as an investment in your company as well as in your own future.
What can we do for you?
As an answer to the constantly growing demand for consulting and web page repair services, our company offers independent, third party web site validation services. Contact us today to receive a free report showing the total number of errors and warnings on each page of your site.
When you hire us, we take a look at your pages, analyze its coding, and fix 95-100% of errors and warnings. If there are any remaining errors, we give you a complete, detailed report showing what third party scripts are the cause. In essence, we "proof read" what you don't see, but is critical to the appearance of your web site. We give you the peace of mind that your pages are not going un-noticed by some of your customers because of coding errors. Simply put, if a customer can't see your page, they can't (or won't) buy your product or service.