I am in the process of building web pages to use as an example of each of the following Web Page Plans so you can better choose what fits your needs.

One time setup fee: $50

InterNIC Domain Name registration (paid to InterNIC): $70

that is for the first 2 years (required by them), then it is paid yearly in the amount of $35 per year.

Computer host: $9.95 per month

(You pay me for these things and I pay them. So the Computer Host and InterNIC fees would need to be paid to me for one year (at least) in advance.)

Total for InterNIC and one year of SoftCom plus the one time set up fee = $239.40

Your web page(s) would be on a template of your choice (samples up soon)

It would include:

2 scanned graphics (logo is a scanned graphic)

one hour update

$35 per page

Your web page(s) would be built using your printed material, such as brochures, flyers, etc.

It would include:

4 scanned graphics

one hour update

guest book

basic animations

$50 per page

Your web page would be built from scratch

It would include:

8 scanned graphics

one hour update

guest book

basic animations

5 of the top search engine submissions (initial); Alta Vista, AOL Netfind, Yahoo, Excite, MSN

$65 per page

Your web page(s) would be built from scratch and be a highly animated custom design

It would include:

10 scanned graphics

one hour update

guest book

all animations

10 of the top search engine submissions (initial); Alta Vista, AOL Netfind, Yahoo, Excite, MSN, WebCrawler, HotBot, Infoseek, Lycos, Magellan

$100 per page

Newsletter (includes subscription form) Cost the same as web page(s) being designed

Can do them monthly, quarterly, or yearly

All of the following will be charged at the rate of $25 per hour:

Search engine submission and resubmission’s

Forms

Additional graphics (scanning and configuring on page, simple to custom, usually doesn’t take a whole lot of time)

Joining and listing with Web Rings

Updates (minimum of $20)

 

The setup fees plus half of the purposed page(s) of web site is required to be paid up front. The remaining balance(s) are due when the web site is finished.

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Search engines are how we find what we are looking for on the Internet. They are populated via submissions and result in large databases or indexes, that Web surfers query to find Web sites. When you use a search engine and type in a keyword, you are initiating a database query. The search engine then calls up a list of sites that match the query.

Most engines use a scoring or "probable relevance" method to call up the sites. There are methods of increasing your ranking in the search engines. They are not listed alphabetically, or by date submitted, each search engine uses different criteria for rating your site. Even after you have appeared in the first 10 sites listed, you could easily be bumped to number 345 or lower on the next round of data upgrades. Some engines upgrade daily and others weekly. If you are counting on your site to draw a large audience it is an absolute necessity to rank high in the search engine results. Monitoring this and resubmitting your pages to ensure your continued high profile presence is a time consuming but necessary process. You can have regular resubmission’s performed to help keep your site ranking in a good position on the search engines for a monthly fee. And there are a lot more than 10 search engines!

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Thank you for giving me this opportunity to serve you,

Julie