Dallas, TX Website Maintenance Services

What is Involved in Maintaining Dallas, TX Websites

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

• Upgrading your website platform to the latest version.
• Installing app or plugin updates to improve security and functionality.
• Adding new pages whenever you release something new.
• Staying fresh with new blog content.
• Rearranging your Dallas site's navigation menu.
• Making your page faster to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Taking backups of your website's files and databases.
• Making your website look and feel better.
• Troubleshooting Google Search Console coverage issues.
• Adding 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 Dallas website support services. Basically, Dallas web maintenance is anything a web developer or internet marketer does to change your website.

Reactive Dallas Website Support

Most Dallas website owners wouldn't want a web developer messing around with their site without their permission. That's why we consider web maintenance a reactive service. You can count on our company to keep your Dallas website running smoothly. There are some web support services we can provide your Dallas website in a proactive manner though.

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Proactive Dallas Website Support

We're happy to help website owners in Dallas who need proactive website upkeep! 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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Who Needs Website Maintenance in Dallas, TX

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

• Hosting companies sometimes upgrade their servers, removing PHP versions that were used by your Dallas website. This means you have to refactor your app or upgrade to a newer framework that supports the new 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. This recently happened to Magento 1.x ecommerce store owners who were forced to migrate to Magento 2.x, or an alternative ecommerce platform, because Magento 1.x had reached an “End of Life” status and would no longer be maintained or updated by Magento. Because of that, Magento 1.x ecommerce businesses in Dallas were suddenly looking for an ecommerce developer to help migrate their website to a supported platform.
• 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. In most cases, this happens because the website owner didn't pay attention to the first two web maintenance examples.
• When the content on your Dallas website, which explains your organization, products, or services becomes outdated and needs to be refreshed to help ensure future visitors receive accurate information about your operation. This type of web maintenance is critical to ensuring your Dallas website is benefiting you.

There are many reasons why a website might need maintenance, other than just to update something. When planning budgets and schedules for website maintenance and support, consider your Dallas business's potential future needs.

How We Perform Dallas, TX Web Support

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

A Dallas web maintenance 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. From there, anyone on our team can work on the ticket without delay, leading to faster turnaround time and simplified internal communication.

Phone or live chat requests follow a similar process to Dallas website 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 Web Support Service List for Dallas, TX Businesses

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

Simple Dallas Website Changes

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

Dallas Site Performance Improvements

Let us check your Dallas 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 Patches

Keeping your Dallas website's content management system updated is important if it's running on WordPress. Updates help improve security and functionality - and they're usually quick, so it might be a simple task.

Plugin / Extension Upgrades

If your Dallas 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.

Google 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. Make Google happy, and you'll rank higher throughout Dallas and beyond!

Setup Structured Data

Do you ever see product prices or reviews in Google organic search results? This is structured data, which is a standardized way to describe the content on a webpage, whether it's a local Dallas business, 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 Dallas business.

Setup Google Tag Manager

Would you like to manage custom scripts more easily with Google Tag Manager? That won't be a problem! We'll happily install Google Tag Manager on your Dallas website and teach you how to use it.

Setup Conversion Tracking

If you are interested in understanding the benefit of an online advertising campaign for your Dallas website, it is important to setup conversion tracking. Then you'll know where your conversions come from, whether it be direct traffic, organic search, or paid ads.

Image Compression (Optimization)

Do you have a Dallas website that's slow because of large images? No problem at all! We can run all your images through our image compression tools and even setup recurring image compression for newly added images in the future!

Add Live Chat

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

Review Error Logs for Issues

Have you noticed large error_log files on your hosting account? If you're getting recurring error messages, we can update programming code or fix platform issues.

Reduce Spam with reCaptcha

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

Setup a Caching Plugin

Are you interested in installing a caching plugin in your Dallas website, but not sure how to properly configure the settings for best website performance? We can recommend caching plugins, or we can install and configure them for you!

Implement 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 Dallas website being bombarded with fake orders, contact submissions or live chats from a specific network? If you want to protect your website from malicious traffic, we can help by implementing IP restrictions.

Create Website Backups

Do you want to create a backup of your Dallas website? We can help you create one-time or scheduled backups that store locally or at an offsite location.

Create a Development 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!

Implement A/B Testing

Do you prefer to make design changes based on statistical data regarding how users interact with your Dallas 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 Dallas website. We've seen businesses in and around Dallas 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 Dallas website? If your Dallas 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 Dallas, TX Websites

With years of experience developing websites for Dallas 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 website maintenance firm for Dallas websites tends to service only the following platforms:

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

In the past, we provided website maintenance and support for Joomla and Magento platforms of Dallas businesses. The reason we moved away from those platforms was to let our web support experts focus more on training and support.

Questions to Ask Dallas, TX Website Support Firms

Ask the Dallas 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 Texas web support services prior to making payment and providing 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?
• What's the turnaround time for Dallas website support?
• Is your Dallas web maintenance outsourced?
• How much might it cost to maintain an average Dallas website?
• Are there any minimum deductions or minimum billable expenses for Dallas website updates?
• What are your normal hours of operation?
• How will I know about new updates to my platform?

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

Dallas, TX Web Support Plans and Tips

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

Here is a list of annual Dallas web maintenance tasks to review:

• Ask your web hosting company if they have newer servers you can migrate to.
• 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 Dallas.
• Take a look at the websites of your competitors (even those outside Dallas) to see if you're missing out on anything.
• Ensure your website is secure by performing a full security review.
• Verify structured data, open graph, and social links are all working properly.
• Check if any 3rd party tracking, live chat, or heat map scripts are installed but no longer necessary.
• Take down any unnecessary development or staging sites.

Check out this list of semi-annual Dallas website maintenance tasks to review:

• 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 can access your DNS in case anything needs to be changed.
• Make sure your SSL certificate isn't expiring soon.
• Make sure you have remote backups outside Dallas and that your website backup schedule is working.
• If you have an automated image optimization service, verify it is working properly.
• Check if the website is throwing any console errors.

Check out this list of monthly Dallas web support tasks to consider:

• Look for broken links on your website, which hurts SEO and user experience.
• Check your website for performance issues after recent updates or changes.
• Check Google Search Console for any coverage issues.
• Provide some kind of update to your content to keep your website fresh.
• See if there are any updates for your website platform or extensions.

The Cost of Website Support Service in Dallas, TX

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