Newport, RI Website Maintenance Services

What is Involved in Maintaining Newport, RI Websites

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

• Updating your website platform.
• Updating apps and plugins to make them safer and more functional.
• Adding new web pages as you release new products or services.
• Writing new blog content to help you stay fresh.
• Rearranging your Newport site's navigation menu.
• Making your page faster to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Take backups of your website's files and databases.
• Making your website look and feel better.
• Fixing Google Search Console coverage issues.
• Improving technical SEO by adding structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Providing solutions to other website problems.

Those services are just a taste of what Newport website support might look like. Basically, Newport web maintenance is anything a web developer or internet marketer does to change your website.

Reactive Newport Website Support

The reason we consider web maintenance to be a reactive service is that most Newport website owners wouldn't want a web developer going into their website and changing things around without their knowledge. You can count on our company to keep your Newport website running smoothly. However, we can offer some proactive Newport web support services.

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Proactive Newport Website Support

Interested in a proactive website management service for some of your website upkeep? We're happy to help! As part of our proactive website management service, our team can take care of platform upgrades, app / extension updates, website backups, performance monitoring, and broken link monitoring.

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In addition to supporting Newport-area websites, our website support company also offers Bristol, Lincoln, Portsmouth, Providence, and Warwick small businesses and large corporations help with their websites.

Who Needs Website Maintenance in Newport, RI

At some point in time, every Newport website will require some form of web support. It's just that the internet changes all the time. However, we don't charge a lot for Newport website support, so you'll be able to afford it! Website maintenance in Newport might be needed for these reasons:

• When a hosting company upgrades their servers, they may remove older versions of PHP that your Newport website was originally developed to support. When this happens, you need to refactor your application or upgrade to a newer framework that supports the newer PHP version. There's no way you can expect custom web functionality to work forever.
• 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". Because of that, Magento 1.x ecommerce businesses in Newport were suddenly looking for an ecommerce developer to help migrate their website to a supported platform.
• An owner of a Newport website who has been infected by malware or some other kind of malicious activity needs to check the site for exploits and clean it up. 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 Newport website content when it's outdated or doesn't explain your organization, products, or services well enough for future visitors. Keeping your Newport website up to date is key to its success.

There are many reasons why a website might need maintenance, other than just to update something. It is important to understand the future needs of your Newport business when planning budgets and schedules for website maintenance and support.

How We Perform Newport, RI Web Maintenance

We have an experienced website maintenance team who puts forth great effort to understand your maintenance needs, schedule your work in a timely fashion, and follow up with your Newport business after the tasks have been completed.

Most Newport web support services start with an email from the website owner. Your email gets routed to our ticket system and automatically gets assigned to your project manager. Anyone on our team can work on the ticket without delay, resulting in faster turnaround time.

For requests that originate from phone or live chat, a similar process to handling your Newport website support services unfolds. The support request is entered into our ticket system by the person in the conversation with you, which allows the work order to be routed to the most appropriate web developer on our team.

Example Web Maintenance Service List for Newport, RI Businesses

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

Simple Newport Website Updates

Your Newport website might need a paragraph updated, an image changed, or a new page added. These are just normal, routine website support tasks to keep content fresh for both search engines and visitors.

Newport Page Speed Improvements

Let us check your Newport website for hosting, caching, image optimization, console errors, broken links, poor database queries, and other potential problems that might be impacting your page speed. User experience and SEO will both benefit from better page load times.

Platform Upgrades / Security Updates

Keeping your Newport website's content management system updated is important if it's running on WordPress. 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 Newport website's plugins and extensions to reflect the latest changes by the developers. The idea is similar to updating the CMS platform since it fixes security and functionality problems.

Google Search Console Issues

Did you get a report from Google Search Console telling you about a coverage issue? If so, we can review the coverage issues, fix the problems, and update you on the results. Make Google happy, and you'll rank higher throughout Newport and beyond!

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 Newport or an ecommerce product.

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 Newport business.

Add 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 Newport 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 Newport website. It'll help you understand where your conversions come from, like direct traffic, referral links, organic search, or paid ads.

Image Compression (Optimization)

Do you have a Newport website that's slow because of large images? 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

Is your website ready for live chat? Our experts can help you pick the right live chat system, install the tracking code, and customize the design to match your Newport business branding!

Review Error 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.

Reduce Spam with reCaptcha

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

Implement a Caching Plugin

Interested in installing a caching plugin for your Newport 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

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.

IP Address Restrictions

Is your Newport website being bombarded with fake orders, contact submissions or live chats from a specific network? We can help setup IP restrictions to prevent malicious traffic from interacting with your website.

Run Website & Database Backups

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

Create a Staging 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 Newport 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 Newport website. We've seen businesses in and around Newport 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 Newport website? If your Newport 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 Newport, RI Websites

We have a diverse team of web designers and web developers, for Newport 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. Because of that, we tend to service only these platforms for Newport websites:

• Newport WordPress Web Maintenance
• Newport WooCommerce Web Maintenance
• Newport Shopify Website Maintenance

As a web support agency, we used to maintain and support Joomla and Magento websites for Newport-area businesses. The reason we moved away from those platforms was to let our web maintenance experts focus more on training and support.

Questions to Ask Newport, RI Website Maintenance Agencies

Before signing up for any Newport website support package, it is important to ask the Newport 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 Rhode Island website maintenance services before you submit payment or provide website access. You can ask these simple questions:

• What kind of security do you have on your site? Do you scan client websites for security?
• What is the turnaround time for Newport web support requests?
• Do you outsource your Newport website support services?
• How much might it cost to maintain an average Newport website?
• Are there any minimum deductions or minimum billable expenses for Newport website updates?
• At what times of the day are you working and able to take our maintenance requests?
• How will I know about new updates to my platform?

If you ask any Newport website services company these questions before subscribing to their website maintenance 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.

Newport, RI Web Support Plans and Tips

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

Read through this list of annual Newport web maintenance tasks to consider:

• Check if your web hosting provider has newer servers that your account can be migrated to.
• Check if your website platform has a new major release that will require an extensive website migration.
• Attempt to restore a website backup to ensure the data being stored is sufficient for full recovery. Also make sure you are storing backups in a remote location away from Newport.
• Take a look at the websites of your competitors (even those outside Newport) to see if you're missing out on anything.
• Ensure your website is secure by performing a full security review.
• Ensure that structured data, open graph, and social links are all working.
• Check if any 3rd party tracking, live chat, or heat map scripts are installed but no longer necessary.
• Delete any development or staging websites you don't need.

Here is a list of semi-annual Newport website maintenance 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 your hosting account credentials and make sure it's not about to expire.
• Make sure you can access your DNS in case anything needs to be changed.
• Check if your SSL certificate will be expiring in the near future.
• Verify your website backup schedule is working properly, and you have remote backups outside of Newport.
• If you have an automated image optimization service, verify it is working properly.
• Make sure the website doesn't throw any console errors.

Read through this list of monthly Newport web support tasks to review:

• Ensure your website doesn't have any broken links, which affect 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.
• Take a look at your website platform and extensions for any available updates.

The Cost of Website Support Service in Newport, RI

The starting price for our Newport 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 Newport 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 Newport, 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 Newport 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 Newport 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 Newport to charge a much higher hourly rate, but not bill out for communication and organization. Likewise, there are website support companies in Newport 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 Newport 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.

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