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Web Site and Internet Presence Design ...
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Ten years ago,
you were not considered a legitimate business by your customers unless you had
a Yellow Pages™ listing. Today, you are not considered a legitimate
business if you don't have an Internet Web Site.
Mercury
can not only design and build your Web Site, we can establish your Internet
Presence in such a way that your organization is represented on-line in a
complete, up-to-date and professional manner.
Quite frankly, a Web
Site is one of the best investments you can make.
- It's just about mandatory these days (see above),
- It's inexpensive - typically less than $2,000 for
initial site design and setup of a simple 10-page Web Site and typically less
than $600 per year to maintain on-line. Try buying a 10-page ad
in the Yellow Pages™ for $600 per year,
- You can deliver more information and manage
communication with your customers and suppliers better than you can through any
phone book, brochure, newsletter or catalog,
- Once you use the Internet, you'll think of more and
better ways to get value from it.
An additional benefit is that you can modify the content
on your web site quickly and easily at no cost or low cost - not a practical
option with printed advertising.
Our clients have had
Mercury design and build web sites and Internet Presence for a wide range of
functions - from local services advertising, to real estate property
advertising, to national product sales and international e-commerce. The
Internet may be one of the most powerful - and affordable - new information
technology tools available to small and mid-sized organizations.
We can
help you to make the best use of it for your organization.
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Internet FAQ's
Visit a few of the sites
Mercury has built for its clients...
American Institute of Architects (conference site)
Association Management
Pryor Creek
Golf Club
Beartooth
Environmental
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Internet
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Q. What would I put on my web site?
A.
Everything you would like your customers to know about you - your Logo and
Business name, your products or services, where and how to find you and do
business with you, brochures, newsletters, order forms, catalogs - and the list
goes on.. The content of a web site can be virtually unlimited. Most
organizations use their web site to advertise and to communicate with their
customers and suppliers in a dynamic way.
Q. What can Mercury do
to create an Internet Presence for my organization?
A. All of it
- Domain name registration, Web Site design, graphics, site and hosting
setup, e-mail accounts setup, specialized programming, merchandising,
e-commerce setup, search engine registration, site administration - the works.
Developing an Internet Presence is more than just having a web site - it's
making certain that your web site serves you as a communication tool that's far
more powerful than any brochure or advertisement.
Q. What is a
Domain Name?
A. Domain name registration is the first step -
registration basically entails "leasing" a name, like www.mybusiness.com
that uniquely identifies your web site with your business or organization.
Q. What is a Site Host?
A. Site Host selection
and setup ... Selecting a hosting service for your site is critically
important. The host is the computer system that stores your Web pages, graphics
and site content, and makes them available to visitors via the Internet.
Mercury can help you select a site host, based on your site requirements,
hosting services and facilities, and cost. Additionally, since the host is a
computer, it can be programmed to react certain ways or perform certain tasks,
based on preferences or actions taken by visitors to your web
site.
Q. What is Specialized
Programming?
Specialized Programming ... Your site may
require some specialized programing beyond just HTML - the programming language
used to create web pages. There are two basic types of special programming -
Client-Side (usually Java Script or
other scripting language code that is embedded in your web page as an "applet"
to have the visiting computer do something), and
Server-Side (referred to as CGI, server
side programs run on the host server and can perform a variety of
tasks.)
An example of Client-Side programming
(Javascript in the HTML code for this page) -
the 2 lines below should tell
you the Date and Time of day your computer thinks this is and the Browser type
and version you're using ...
Server-Side programs include "hit
counters".
There are, of course, a virtually unlimited number of effects,
actions and programs that can be added to your site with specialized
programming. Mercury can even create a database on
your host (server) computer that can be used to store data such as your Product
Catalog, orders, etc. and allow you and your customers and suppliers controlled
access via Forms on your Web pages.
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