Domain Name Choice and Registration
You will need a domain name (ie website name) for your site.  You will also need to arrange web hosting - that is 'renting' your little bit of the web where your site sits.  Both these services can be organised for you by Waving Moose.

Not sure what you want to be called? We can help you and offer suggestions.  We are then able to carry out a domain name search and register on your behalf. 

As an added bonus, we offer a .com or .co.uk domain name with all our hosted web sites.

Search Engine Optimisation
At Waving Moose we cannot guarantee the performance of your website and how much business you will get from it.  But we will do our best to help you get the most from it.  Everybody wants to be at the top of the list in Google and other search engines.  That's why not everybody can be!  But there are things you can do to help improve your position.  This is referred to as SEO - Search Engine Optimisation. 

There are numerous companies out there who offer SEO services - and they will charge you appropriately for it!  There are also possibilities for paying search engines for pole positions - eg sponsored links in Google.  At Waving Moose we do our best to give your site a good chance by designing it with optimised content in mind in the first place - including appropriate text and embedded coding (keywords, meta tags etc.).  We will also submit your site for indexing to the major search engines - including Google and Yahoo (this is a helpful step to alert them to your site, although it does not guarantee position).

This is all covered in our design costs. 

And remember, it's not just about web searches, there are lots of ways you can use a good website to publicise your services - we will help you recognise and use these. 

Web Hosting, Site Maintenance and Support
If you choose to have us host your website, our Basic Annual Web Hosting Package offers 12 months domain registration, web hosting and basic maintenance.  Throughout the year we will check that your site is running properly.  Troubleshooting, error correction and minor tweaks or text amendments are included.  If you need more major changes - an additional section or page for instance - we will agree a price with you based on development time involved (at £20 per hour).

If you are keen to keep your website current and updated, you may prefer our Annual Web Hosting Plus Package which includes development time during the year (representing a reduction on our usual rates), as well as statistical reporting about how your website is being used, if needed.

E-mail
No doubt you have an e-mail account in use already.  You can also have an e-mail address or addresses associated with your website (eg info@websitename.com, contact@websitename.com etc).  All mail received at these addresses will be automatically redirected to the destination e-mail account you specify (ie your normal e-mail address).  This feature is included in our web hosting packages.