Avondale Website Maintenance Services

What is Involved in Maintaining Avondale, AZ Websites

We see website maintenance as a reactive support service where we provide your Avondale business with the right web developer resources to fix just about any problem. Here are a few examples of website problems that might need Avondale web maintenance:

• Upgrading your website platform to the latest version.
• Keeping apps and plugins updated for better security and functionality.
• Adding new pages whenever you release something new.
• Staying fresh with new blog content.
• Rearranging the navigation menu of your Avondale website.
• Making your page faster to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Take backups of your website's files and databases.
• Changing the look and feel of your website.
• Troubleshooting Google Search Console coverage issues.
• Improving technical SEO by adding structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Providing solutions to other website problems.

These are just a few of the Avondale web maintenance services we offer. In fact, Avondale website maintenance is really anything a web developer or digital marketer does to your website to change it in some manner.

Reactive Avondale Website Support

We consider web support a reactive service because most Avondale website owners don't want a developer messing with their website without their permission. Our agency will be your web support team on standby for any questions you have. There are some web maintenance services we can provide your Avondale website in a proactive manner though.

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Proactive Avondale Website Support

We're happy to help website owners in Avondale who need proactive website upkeep! We can take care of platform upgrades, app/extension updates, website backups, performance monitoring, and broken link monitoring as part of our proactive website management service.

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In addition to supporting Avondale-area websites, our website maintenance agency also offers Buckeye, Casa Grande, Chandler, Flagstaff, Gilbert, Glendale, Goodyear, Mesa, Peoria, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Surprise, Tempe, Tucson, and Yuma small businesses and large corporations help with their websites.

Who Needs Website Support in Avondale, AZ

There will come a time when every Avondale website needs some sort of maintenance. It's because the internet is always changing. Not to worry though, our Avondale web maintenance cost isn't expensive so it should be affordable for you to maintain your website! There are a few reasons why a website in Avondale might need maintenance:

• Hosting companies sometimes upgrade their servers, removing PHP versions that were used by your Avondale website. This means you have to refactor your app or upgrade to a newer framework that supports the new PHP version. You can't expect custom web functionality programmed in the past to work forever without any improvements.
• Content management systems or ecommerce platforms eventually deprecate old versions so their teams can focus on the new ones. Magento 1.x store owners recently had to migrate to Magento 2.x, or an alternative ecommerce platform, because Magento 1.x was no longer maintained by Magento after it reached "End of Life". As a result, Magento 1.x ecommerce businesses in Avondale were looking for ecommerce developers to help migrate their websites.
• Whenever a website owner falls victim to malware or some other form of malicious activity, the website needs to be cleaned of malware and reviewed for security exploits. This can be a time-consuming activity, and often happens because the website owner wasn't being mindful of the first two web maintenance examples, listed above.
• You need to refresh your Avondale website content when it's outdated or doesn't explain your organization, products, or services well enough for future visitors. Maintaining your Avondale website is key to making sure it's working for you.

As you can see, there are many reasons a website may require maintenance above and beyond the obvious reasons of just wanting to update something on the website. Plan your budget and schedules for website support and maintenance based on your Avondale business's potential future needs.

How We Perform Avondale, AZ Website Maintenance

It's our job to understand your web support needs, schedule your work in a timely fashion, and follow up with your Avondale business after the work is done.

A Avondale website support service usually starts with an email from you. That email is routed into our ticket system and automatically assigned to the project manager on your account. We can then work on the ticket without delay, which leads to faster turnaround and easier internal communication.

Phone or live chat requests follow a similar process to Avondale web maintenance. We route the support request to the most appropriate web developer on our team based on the nature of the work needed on your website.

Example Website Maintenance Service List for Avondale, AZ Businesses

After the launch of a website, we're often asked for detailed examples of Avondale web support requests. The following are some examples of Avondale website support services we've provided in the past.

Simple Avondale Website Changes

Changes to your Avondale website could be as simple as updating a paragraph, swapping images, or adding a new page. Keeping content fresh for search engines and visitors is just normal, routine web maintenance.

Avondale Site Performance Improvements

If your Avondale website isn't running as fast as it once was, we can review your website for hosting issues, caching issues, unoptimized images, console errors, broken links, poor queries, and much more. User experience and SEO will both benefit from better page load times.

Platform Upgrades / Security Updates

It's important to keep your Avondale website updated if it runs on a CMS like WordPress. Updates help improve security and functionality - and they're usually quick, so it might be a simple task.

Plugin / Extension Updates

It's important to update your Avondale website's plugins and extensions to reflect the latest changes by the developers. It's similar to updating the CMS platform since it helps patch security and functionality issues.

Google Search Console Fixes

Did Google Search Console tell you about a coverage problem? If so, we can fix the coverage issues, and let you know how it went. By making Google happy, you'll boost your search engine rankings throughout Avondale and beyond!

Setup Structured Data

When you search Google organically, have you noticed reviews or prices in the search results? This is structured data, which is a standardized way to describe the content on a webpage, whether it's a local Avondale business, or an ecommerce product.

Add Open Graph to Your Website

By adding Open Graph Tags to your website, digital platforms can better understand the content of your page, which improves its appearance on social media.

Setup Google Tag Manager

Interested in using Google Tag Manager for managing custom scripts? That won't be a problem! We can add Google Tag Manager to your Avondale website and even give you a crash course in using Google Tag Manager.

Setup Conversion Tracking

It's important to setup conversion tracking for your Avondale website if you want to understand the benefits of online advertising. Then you'll know where your conversions come from, whether it be direct traffic, organic search, or paid ads.

Optimize Images

Is your Avondale website slow because of large images? That won't be a problem! All your images can be compressed by our tools, and we can even setup recurring compression for newly added images!

Integrate a Live Chat

Do you want to try live chat on your website? If you'd like us to recommend the best live chat system for your Avondale business, install the tracking code, and customize the design for your branding, we can do it!

Resolve Errors in Log Files

Have you noticed large error_log files on your hosting account? To stop recurring error messages, we can diagnose the problem and update programming code.

Setup reCaptcha on Forms

We can set up a checkbox or invisible reCaptcha to help minimize unwanted submissions on your Avondale website.

Setup a Caching Plugin

Looking to install a caching plugin on your Avondale website, but not sure how to configure it? We can help you figure out which caching plugins to install and configure on your website!

Send Website Emails Over SMTP

If you want to improve email deliverability, we can set up your contact form and website platform to send emails via SMTP instead of PHP mail.

Restrict IP Addresses

Have you been getting fake orders, contact submissions, or live chats from a particular network? If you want to protect your website from malicious traffic, we can help by implementing IP restrictions.

Create Website Backups

Would you like a backup of your Avondale website? Backups can be performed one-time, or scheduled at specific intervals, and stored locally or offsite.

Create a Staging Website

It is often recommended that you setup a development or staging website before proceeding with a major upgrade or extension installation. Whenever you need help with creating and managing your development site, just let us know!

Create A/B Testing Rules

Are you a fan of making Avondale web design changes based on statistical data? We can help you run A/B testing to help you decide which design or content layouts are best.

Create 301 Redirects

Are you launching a new website or removing pages from your website? You should create 301 redirects for your Avondale website. We've seen businesses in and around Avondale lose huge amounts of organic traffic due to widespread broken pages. We can help you create 301 redirects within .htaccess files, nginx templates, and CMS platforms.

Provide Website Training

Do you need help learning how to make changes to your Avondale website? If your Avondale site was developed in a platform we work within, such as WordPress or Shopify, we'll be happy to help!

The Platforms We Maintain for Avondale, AZ Websites

With years of experience developing websites for Avondale businesses (and those in other areas of the country), our web designers and web developers have been immersed in multiple platforms. Having said that, it's better to master a few platforms than try to specialize in them all. For that reason, our web maintenance company for Avondale websites tends to service only the following platforms:

• Avondale WordPress Web Support
• Avondale WooCommerce Website Support
• Avondale Shopify Web Maintenance

As a website maintenance agency, we used to maintain and support Joomla and Magento websites for Avondale-area businesses. However, we chose not to use those platforms so our website support experts could focus on training and support within the more popular platforms.

Questions to Ask Avondale, AZ Web Maintenance Agencies

Ask the Avondale website maintenance company some questions about their services before you sign up for a package. It'll give you a better idea of the experience you'll have with their premium Arizona website support services prior to making payment and providing website access. Let's go over some simple questions to ask:

• Can you tell me how you handle website security? Do you run website security scans for clients?
• What's the turnaround time for Avondale web maintenance?
• Is your Avondale website maintenance outsourced?
• What are your Avondale web support costs?
• Are there any minimum deductions or minimum billable expenses for Avondale website updates?
• At what times of the day are you working and able to take our maintenance requests?
• When there are new updates on my platform, will you let me know?

If you ask these questions to a Avondale website services company, you'll gain a better understanding of the future relationship, the security of your website, and the turnaround time for important maintenance requests.

Avondale, AZ Web Maintenance Plans and Tips

Companies in and around Avondale often ask us for a web maintenance plan to establish routines and procedures. We can help your Avondale business set up a website maintenance plan so all aspects of your website, hosting, and domain name are monitored regularly.

Here is a list of annual Avondale web support tasks to review:

• Message your web hosting firm to see if they have upgraded servers you can switch your website to for faster page speeds.
• Ask your web developer if your website has a major platform release coming up that will require a lot of work to install.
• Try restoring a website backup to make sure the data is good enough for a full recovery. Also, make sure your backups are stored somewhere else besides Avondale.
• Look at competitor websites (even those outside of Avondale) to see if you are missing out on new functionality for your own customers.
• Ensure your website is secure by performing a full security review.
• Ensure that structured data, open graph, and social links are all working.
• Remove any unnecessary 3rd party tracking, live chat, or heat map scripts that may have been installed in the past.
• Take down any unnecessary development or staging sites.

Here is a list of semi-annual Avondale website support tasks to consider:

• Check that your domain name doesn't expire soon and that you have access to it. You'll appreciate this when it's time to renew your domain.
• Check that your hosting account isn't about to expire and you can access it.
• Ensure you have access to your DNS in case you need to change anything.
• Find out if your SSL certificate will expire soon.
• Make sure your website backup schedule is working and you have remote backups.
• Make sure you're running an image optimization service.
• Check if the website is throwing any console errors.

Read through this list of monthly Avondale web maintenance tasks to review:

• Look for broken links on your website, which hurts SEO and user experience.
• Make sure your website isn't having performance issues after recent updates.
• See if there's anything wrong being reported within Google Search Console.
• Provide some kind of update to your content to keep your website fresh.
• Take a look at your website platform and extensions for any available updates.

The Cost of Website Maintenance Service in Avondale, AZ

The starting price for our Avondale website maintenance services is $119.50/hour, but we offer discounts for pre-purchased blocks of time that bring the rate as low as $99.95/hour. We also offer website management for Avondale websites, starting at $50/month, if you'd like the peace of mind knowing a company is proactively upgrading your site.

To get started, if you are new to our web maintenance company, we'll need you to pre-purchase a block of time which includes a discount on our hourly rate. If you are an existing client in Avondale, you are welcome to choose monthly billing at our higher hourly rate or continue to pre-purchase time and receive discounted hourly rates for your website updates.

If you pre-purchase a block of time for your Avondale web maintenance services, you will be happy to know there are no contracts, there are no hidden fees, the time never expires, and there are no minimum deductions for small website update requests. Please keep in mind we rarely see tasks take less than 10 minutes, since the process of reviewing an email or taking a phone call, checking on whatever was asked, providing some form of feedback, and then logging the task usually takes at least 10 minutes of time. To keep you informed of the time usage on your pre-purchased block of web maintenance time, you will receive a monthly email update letting you know how much time remains on your account.

What is Considered Billable Time?

When talking with prospective Avondale website maintenance clients, we are often asked what is considered billable time. You will find the answers to vary greatly within the website support industry. In some situations, you may find a website maintenance company in Avondale to charge a much higher hourly rate, but not bill out for communication and organization. Likewise, there are website support companies in Avondale who charge a more affordable hourly rate, but also bill out for most communication and organization. This is the approach we take. To help provide clarification, let's go over some examples of what we consider billable time when it comes to maintaining and supporting your Avondale website.

Here are examples of what is considered billable time:

• Reading through lengthy emails to understand what is being requested.
• Preparing responses to lengthy or complex email messages.
• Helping you figure out your domain name or web hosting provider.
• Scheduling your website maintenance to be completed by the best team member.
• Talking with you on the phone about ideas or tasks you want to discuss.
• Reviewing completed work for quality control purposes.
• Providing you training on how to handle administrative tasks.
• Researching unique solutions to difficult questions you present our team.
• Providing more detailed time usage reports, beyond the automated monthly update email.
• Helping you figure out email client issues within Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail, etc.
• Almost any other task not specifically mentioned in the list below.

Here are examples of what is not considered billable time:

• Talking with you about personal matters, such as the weather, a recent vacation, or a sporting event.
• Responding to simple email messages that don't require research or lengthy feedback.
• Handling accounting-related tasks, such as invoice generation, payment confirmations, etc.