Common Questions:

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• Will our website be built from the ground up? [ top ]

BevacquaClark can build your website from start to finish. We can even take care of domain name registration and website hosting if required.

The majority of web design agencies focus on either developing websites (databases, coding) or on the design of the site. We build websites that are visually attractive but also highly functional and search engine friendly. This benefits our clients as the whole process is in-house.

Once the site is built, we will upload and test it on either our hosting server, or on your existing host server.

• Will our website take long to load? [ top ]

Loading time can differ dramatically from one user to the next depending on connection speeds, images, etc.

All sites produced by BevacquaClark Interactive are optimized for fast download times - not, however, at the expense of image-scarce pages. All images are optimized to the smallest file sizes, still retaining the same visual pixel quality. All scripting is stripped down to essential code, also to reduce download time.

• Will our site be registered with any search engines? [ top ]

BevacquaClark Interactive submits sites to 150 search engines and directories as part of the construction process. Although there are thousands of search engines sites can be registered with, only a few will produce results. Search engines also share their databases with other search engines, so submitting to one specific search engine can have the same effect as submitting to 30.

We produce detailed reports when the site is submitted and when the search engines' databases have updated their site rankings, new reports are produced.

• How do we measure the popularity of our site? [ top ]

Affordable analytics packages are available that will provide very detailed data and contain graphs and charts to accurately gather data on visitors, countries, times, data transfers, where visitors entered and left the site, and how long they viewed a certain page.

If you host your site with us, analytics tracking will be applied to each page of your site at no additional cost.

If you use another host, they may provide server log files for clients to evaluate the number of visitors (hits) for their site. With the help of our analytics team, we can convert these log files into meaningful documents from which you will be able to extract the desired information on site visitors, etc. depending on the server logs.

• Can e-commerce functionality be added to our site? [ top ]

Yes, we have experience in producing secure e-commerce sites.
We use a third party credit card authenticating and transaction service that allows us the freedom to build our code behind it.

We use an off-the-shelf e-commerce package so that the pages are styled exactly the same as the rest of the site - giving a more professional and trustworthy feel to your site.

• Will we be able to talk directly to the designer? [ top ]

Yes. You will be able to get in touch with the designer or designers working on your project. As our work is always based on your feedback, we feel that it is very important to have regular contact throughout the development of the project so that the end result meets our clients' every need.

• What is new media? [ top ]

'New media' refers to electronic, interactive media as opposed to the 'traditional' media such as newspapers, magazines, television, radio and movies.

Traditional media is pre-planned in its message and delivery, in such a way that you can't actively choose what you want to see. New media is different in that you play an active role in finding what you want, whether it be information or entertainment. As it is all electronic, it can be updated or changed frequently in response to customers' requests or changes in the industry.

Interactive media can be very cost-effective, often letting the client update content without ever needing to contact the design agency. Typical new media applications are games, email newsletters, websites, animations, CD ROMS andpresentations.