Manchester, NH Website Maintenance Services

Our Manchester, NH Website Maintenance Services

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

• Updating your website platform.
• 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 Manchester 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.
• Troubleshooting Google Search Console coverage issues.
• Enhancing technical SEO with structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Investigating the cause and providing a solution to any other website issue.

The previously mentioned services are just a glimpse of what we view as possible Manchester web support services. In fact, Manchester website support is basically anything a web developer or digital marketer does to your website.

In addition to supporting Manchester-area websites, our web maintenance firm also offers Bedford, Concord, Durham, Milford, Nashua, Portsmouth, Rochester, and Salem small businesses and large corporations help with their websites.

Pricing for Manchester, NH 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 Manchester, NH 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 Manchester, NH 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 Manchester, NH Websites

With years of experience developing websites for Manchester 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. Because of that, we tend to service only these platforms for Manchester websites:

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

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

Example Website Support Service List for Manchester, NH Businesses

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

Simple Manchester Website Updates

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

Manchester Website Speed Improvements

We can analyze your Manchester 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 Manchester website is running on a content management system, like WordPress, it is important to keep the platform updated. Updates help improve security and functionality - and they're usually quick, so it might be a simple task.

Extension / Plugin Updates

If your Manchester website has functionality developed and maintained by a third-party, it is important to update those plugins and extensions to include 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.

Fixing Search Console Issues

Has Google Search Console told you there's a coverage problem? If so, we'll look at the coverage issues, fix them, and update you on the status. This will help your search engine rankings, throughout Manchester and beyond, by making Google happy!

Implement 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 of describing content on the web, whether it's a local business in Manchester 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? No problem at all! We can add Google Tag Manager to your Manchester website and even give you a crash course in using Google Tag Manager.

Implement Conversion Tracking

Tracking conversions is important if you want to understand the benefits of online advertising for your Manchester website. Then you'll know where your conversions come from, whether it be direct traffic, organic search, or paid ads.

Image Compression (Optimization)

Are large images slowing down your Manchester website? 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!

Add Live Chat

Is your website ready for live chat? If you'd like us to recommend the best live chat system for your Manchester business, install the tracking code, and customize the design for your branding, we can do it!

Review Error Log Files

Are your error_log files big? To stop recurring error messages, we can diagnose the problem and update programming code.

Integrate reCaptcha on Contact Forms

If spambots are attacking your Manchester website, we can setup a checkbox or invisible reCaptcha to help minimize unwanted submissions on your forms.

Install a Caching Plugin

Interested in installing a caching plugin for your Manchester website, but don't know how to set it up? We can help you figure out which caching plugins to install and configure on your website!

Setup SMTP Email

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 Malicious IP Addresses

Is your Manchester website getting fake orders, contact submissions, or live chats? Our team can help set up IP restrictions so your website doesn't get hit with as much malicious traffic.

Run Website & Database Backups

Do you want to create a backup of your Manchester website? Let us help you create one-time or scheduled backups that you can store locally or offsite.

Create a Testing Website

It is often recommended that you setup a development or staging website before proceeding with a major upgrade or extension installation. If you'd like help creating and managing that development / staging site, just let us know!

Create A/B Testing Rules

Would you like to make changes to your Manchester website 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

Have you launched a new website or removed pages? You will want to create 301 redirects for your Manchester website to prevent broken pages from hurting your SEO. Businesses in and around Manchester have lost a lot of organic traffic because of broken pages. It is a very common mistake when launching new websites, removing content pages, or disabling product pages. We are happy to help you resolve broken pages through the creation of 301 redirects within .htaccess files, nginx templates, and CMS plugins.

Offer Website Training

Do you need help learning how to make changes to your Manchester website? We'll be happy to help if your Manchester site was built on a platform we work with, such as WordPress or Shopify.

Questions to Ask Manchester, NH Website Support Firms

Ask the Manchester web 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 professional New Hampshire web support services prior to making payment and providing website access. You can ask these simple questions:

• How do you handle website security? Do you run security scans of customer websites?
• When can I expect an average Manchester website support request to be completed?
• Are you outsourcing your Manchester web maintenance services?
• How much does Manchester website maintenance cost?
• Are there any minimum deductions or minimum billable expenses for Manchester 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 these questions to a Manchester website services agency, you'll gain a better understanding of the future relationship, the security of your website, and the turnaround time for important maintenance requests.

Manchester, NH Website Support Plans and Tips

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

Annual Manchester 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 Manchester) 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.
• Take down any unnecessary development or staging sites.

Semi-annual Manchester web support tasks

• Ensure you have access to your domain name and that it isn't expiring soon. This will be helpful when you have to process a domain name renewal.
• Ensure you have access to your hosting account and that it isn't expiring soon.
• Make sure you have access to your DNS.
• Make sure your SSL certificate isn't expiring soon.
• Make sure you have remote backups outside Manchester and that your website backup schedule is working.
• Check if you have an automated image optimization service running.
• Make sure the website doesn't throw any console errors.

Monthly Manchester website support tasks

• Ensure your website doesn't have any broken links, which affect user experience and SEO.
• 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.

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