Kelowna, BC Website Maintenance Services

Our Kelowna, BC Website Maintenance Services

We view web maintenance to be a reactive support service that provides your Kelowna business with the appropriate web developer resources to solve nearly any website problem. These are some examples of website issues that Kelowna website maintenance agencies might fix:

• Upgrading your website platform to the latest version.
• Installing app or plugin updates to improve security and functionality.
• Adding new web pages as you release new information.
• Freshen up your blog with new content.
• Rearranging your Kelowna website's navigation menu.
• Making your page faster to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Take backups of your website's files and databases.
• Modifying the look and feel of your website's design.
• Fixing Google Search Console coverage issues.
• Improving technical SEO by adding structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Providing solutions to other website problems.

The previously mentioned services are just a glimpse of what we view as possible Kelowna website support services. In fact, Kelowna web maintenance is really anything a web developer or digital marketer does to your website to change it in some manner.

In addition to supporting Kelowna-area websites, our web maintenance company also offers Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Abbotsford, Nanaimo, Victoria, and Chilliwack small businesses and large corporations help with their websites.

Pricing for Kelowna, BC Website Maintenance

The starting price for our 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.

If you purchase a website maintenance retainer, there are no contracts, hidden fees, expirations, or minimum deductions.

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, working on the request, providing feedback, and logging the task usually takes at least 10 minutes of time.

To keep you informed of the time usage on your pre-purchased web maintenance retainer, you'll receive a monthly update letting you know how much time remains on your account.

Our Kelowna, BC Website Management Services

Tired of being warned about available updates? Worried about website downtime? Let our web development team take care of both worries through proactive website management!

Here is a list of what is included in our website management plans:

1.) Proactive Website Updates

We have an in-house team of website experts ready to perform platform updates, theme updates, and plugin/extension updates on a quarterly or monthly schedule for WordPress or WooCommerce websites!

1. Backup: We start by taking backups of your website files and database.
2. Update: Next, we manually install any available updates on your website.
3. Test: After the updates have been installed, we test your website for issues.
4. Finalize: If the upgrades were successful, you'll be better protected against security threats and malware! If the updates aren't successful, we'll discuss next steps.

2.) Remote Website Backups

We store remote backups of your website and database to minimize the risk of data loss.

3.) Website Uptime Monitoring

We monitor your website for service outages within our uptime monitoring system.

If your website goes down, an alert will be sent to our web developers to allow us to investigate the issue.

Pricing for Kelowna, BC Website Management

Our website management plans are offered in monthly and quarterly options. This allows you to choose how often our team processes remote backups and installs available website updates.

The Platforms We Maintain for Kelowna, BC Websites

We have a diverse team of web designers and web developers, for Kelowna businesses, who have been immersed in multiple website platforms over the years. Nevertheless, mastering a handful of platforms is better than trying to be an expert on everything. For that reason, our web support agency for Kelowna websites tends to service only the following platforms:

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

As a website support firm, we used to maintain and support Joomla and Magento websites for Kelowna-area businesses. However, we chose to move away from those platforms to allow our web maintenance experts to focus more heavily on training and support within the other systems.

Example Website Maintenance Service List for Kelowna, BC Businesses

We are often asked for detailed examples of Kelowna web support requests that might come up after the launch of a website. We've performed these Kelowna website support services in the past, and would be happy to do it for you too!

Simple Kelowna Website Changes

A simple change to your Kelowna website might include updating a paragraph on a page, swapping out an image, or adding a new page. This is just normal, routine web maintenance to keep content fresh for both search engines and visitors.

Kelowna Website Speed Improvements

We can analyze your Kelowna website for hosting issues, caching issues, unoptimized images, console errors, broken links, poor queries, and more if it's slow. User experience and SEO will both benefit from better page load times.

Platform Upgrades / Security Updates

If your Kelowna website is running on a content management system, like WordPress, it is important to keep the platform updated. The updates improve security and functionality - sometimes they're quick, so it's an easy win!

Plugin / Extension Updates

It's important to update your Kelowna website's plugins and extensions to reflect the latest changes by the developers. This is similar to the idea of 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'll look at the coverage issues, fix them, and update you on the status. By making Google happy, you'll boost your search engine rankings throughout Kelowna and beyond!

Implement Structured Data

When you search Google organically, have you noticed reviews or prices in the search results? This is brought to you by structured data, which is a standardized way of describing the content on the web page, whether it be of a local business in Kelowna, and ecommerce product or some other common data type.

Implement Open Graph on Your Website

Adding Open Graph Tags to your website will help search engines better understand your page content and improve the appearance of your website in social media platforms when people share links of your Kelowna business.

Add Google Tag Manager

Are you interested in adding Google Tag Manager to your website to help you manage custom scripts more easily? Not a problem! We'll happily install Google Tag Manager on your Kelowna website and teach you how to use it.

Setup Conversion Tracking

It's important to setup conversion tracking for your Kelowna website if you want to understand the benefits of online advertising. It'll help you understand where your conversions come from, like direct traffic, referral links, organic search, or paid ads.

Image Compression (Optimization)

Are large images slowing down your Kelowna website? Not a problem! We can run all your images through our image compression tools and even setup recurring image compression for newly added images in the future!

Integrate a Live Chat

Do you want to try live chat on your website? We can make recommendations on the best live chat systems for your business requirements, install the tracking code, and configure the design to match the branding of your Kelowna business!

Review Error Logs for Issues

Are your error_log files big? If you're getting recurring error messages, we can update programming code or fix platform issues.

Reduce Spam with reCaptcha

To reduce unwanted submissions on your Kelowna website, we can setup an invisible or checkbox reCaptcha.

Setup a Caching Plugin

Interested in installing a caching plugin for your Kelowna website, but don't know how to set it up? We can help recommend caching plugins, or just install and configure them for you!

Send Website Emails Over SMTP

To help improve email deliverability, we can configure your contact form and website platform to send emails through an SMTP account instead of PHP mail.

Restrict IP Addresses

Have you been getting fake orders, contact submissions, or live chats from a particular network? Our team can help set up IP restrictions so your website doesn't get hit with as much malicious traffic.

Backup Your Website Files

Would you like a backup of your Kelowna website? Let us help you create one-time or scheduled backups that you can store locally or offsite.

Create a Development Website

Before you do a major update or extension installation, it's a good idea to setup a development or staging site. If you'd like help creating and managing that development / staging site, just let us know!

Implement A/B Testing

Do you prefer to make design changes based on statistical data regarding how users interact with your Kelowna web page? If so, we can help you implement A/B testing to gather data to help inform you of the best choice between two or more design layouts.

Create 301 Redirects

Are you launching a new website or removing pages from your website? You should create 301 redirects for your Kelowna website. We've seen businesses in and around Kelowna 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 Kelowna website? If your Kelowna site was developed in a platform we work within, such as WordPress or Shopify, we'll be happy to help!

Questions to Ask Kelowna, BC Website Maintenance Agencies

Before signing up for any Kelowna website support package, it is important to ask the Kelowna web maintenance company some questions about how their services work. By doing this, you'll be able to better understand your future experience with their expert British Columbia website maintenance services before you submit payment or provide website access. Let's go over some simple questions to ask:

• How do you handle website security? Do you run security scans of customer websites?
• When can I expect an average Kelowna web support request to be completed?
• Are you outsourcing your Kelowna website support services?
• How much does Kelowna web maintenance cost?
• Are there any minimum deductions or minimum billable expenses for Kelowna website updates?
• At what times of the day are you working and able to take our maintenance requests?
• Will you keep me informed about new updates within my platform?

If you ask any Kelowna website services firm these questions before subscribing to their web support packages, you'll have a much better idea of the future relationship, the security of your website, and the expected turnaround time for important requests.

Kelowna, BC Website Support Plans and Tips

We are often asked for a web maintenance plan by larger companies in and around Kelowna looking to establish routines and procedures within their IT department. Whether it's your website, hosting, or domain name, we'll make sure your Kelowna business has a web maintenance plan to ensure optimum performance.

Annual Kelowna website maintenance tasks

• Ask your web hosting company if they have newer servers you can migrate to.
• Check if your website platform is releasing a major upgrade in the near future which will require a major overhaul of your website.
• Restore a website backup to make sure the data is enough for full recovery. Also, make sure your backups are stored remotely.
• Check out competitor sites (even those outside of Kelowna) to see if you're missing out on any competitive advantages they have over you.
• Ensure your website is secure by performing a full security review.
• Ensure that structured data, open graph, and social links are all working.
• Verify the necessity of any 3rd party tracking, live chat, or heat map scripts that are installed.
• Delete any development or staging websites you don't need.

Semi-annual Kelowna web support tasks

• 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.
• Ensure you have access to your hosting account and that it isn't expiring soon.
• 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 you have remote backups outside Kelowna and that your website backup schedule is working.
• Make sure you're running an image optimization service.
• Make sure the website doesn't throw any console errors.

Monthly Kelowna website support tasks

• Check for broken links on your website, which negatively impact user experience and SEO.
• Check your website for performance issues after recent updates or changes.
• Check Google Search Console for any coverage issues.
• Update some of your service pages or blog articles to keep your website fresh.
• Check if there are available platform or extension updates.

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