5 Easy Steps to Get Your Web Site Up and Running ...

1. Register a domain name.  If you have not already decided upon a domain name for your web site, NetCentric can help with this. In general, try to find a name that is unique, represents your company or organization well, is easy to spell, and is easy to remember. Once you decide upon a domain name, NetCentric will do a search for you to determine whether the name you want is available, and if not, will suggest some alternatives. Once a suitable domain name has been found, NetCentric will register it for you.
   
2. Find a Web Host.  Web sites are stored, or "hosted", on computers called servers that are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  With your web site stored on a server, anyone can access your site, at any time.  The amount of space you need, the anticipated traffic through your site, the services you require on the server and the number of email address you require all determine the cost per month. NetCentric will either set up a web hosting account that fits your needs on our servers, or help you find a suitable 3rd party host. 
   
3. Site Design. Before construction of your site begins, we go through a thorough interview process to determine what kind of site best meets your unique needs and requirements, what kind of content you want to present on your site, who your target audience is, and so forth.  Then we begin a discussion about the look and feel of your site, including colors, logos, graphics etc., for your site. NetCentric will create mockups of your site design using the specs that we agree upon and will post your site in a password-protected directory for previewing during the design stage, so that you have the ability to see what it looks like and make decisions about any tweaks you'd like to have done, without it being "live" on the Internet until it is ready.
   
4. Search Engine Optimization and Submission.  Included in the cost of designing your site, NetCentric will optimize it for the search engines. Once your site goes live, it will be submitted to all of the popular search engines including Google, Sympatico, Infoseek and Yahoo for indexing. 
   
5. Maintenance.  Once your site has gone live, NetCentric offers maintenance to help you keep your site interesting and give your visitors reasons to keep coming back.  Any changes you have, information you want added etc., can be published quickly and easily in a timely fashion.