Archive for November 1st, 2009

First things first. When we say professional website designer, we mean someone who offers his web design services as a business, and not just anyone who does it as a hobby. There is a fine line between the professional and the hobbyist and if you are in need of a web design for your web site, you certainly want the services of the former.

A hobbyist web designer may come cheaper, but usually you are not sure of the end results. Sometimes there is even no follow up to the web pages that he has created so you also end up hiring another web designer to clean up the designs. This is a waste of time and money on your part so it is always much better to go with a professional website designer. The advantages are many but the top ones are the following.

1. Your deadlines are met satisfactorily.

A professional contractor will stick to the deadline and not only submit his results on time, but also submit a product that is complete and has very minimal changes if there are any.

2. You will get quality feedbacks during your design planning.

A professional contractor will speak out his mind on what will work and what will not work on your requirements or recommendations for the web pages that he will be creating. This is a good exchange of opinions and ideas between you and your web designer that will contribute to a better web design.

3. You get your money’s worth.

Only a professional can provide you with all the best services that you need to create the right web pages for your business. And when everything has been set up and already on the Internet, just one look at it and you will know that it is exactly what you have both talked about during the initial planning stages.

Have you thought about starting your own submission service website? Well, now you can set up a directory submission business with php scripts like PHP Dir Submit. Webmasters often times seek to hire out these services. You will still have to do your part in advertising and a submission script can help you get backlinks to your site where visitors will discover that you offer this service.

Many of these scripts come with pre-loaded directories. Every web directory site is different. All have different screen forms to fill out in addition to the steps involved for making a submission. What is advantageous about scripts with pre-loaded directories is that you don’t have to do the searching yourself. Plus, the specifics of each directory such as login and password can be stored in the database accessed by the submission script.

Effective directory submission scripts are usually not fully automated. There are just too many variables involved even though some advertise such a feature. For example, social bookmarking sites are intended for the exchange of comments between the various members. It is next to impossible to automate comments. Many of these directories, if they detect that you are using automated submission methods, will ban you for such activity. There’s always demands for directory submission on the web because more people are jumping onto the Internet each day. So if you offer a service that can help these people to save time then you will do well and could even make it a full time job.