West Jordan Website Maintenance Services

What is Involved in Maintaining West Jordan, UT Websites

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

• Making sure your website's platform is up to date.
• Keeping apps and plugins updated for better security and functionality.
• Adding new web pages as you release new information.
• Freshen up your blog with new content.
• Rearranging the navigation menu of your West Jordan website.
• Improving page speed to help you pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Backing up your website's files and databases.
• Making your website look and feel better.
• Troubleshooting Google Search Console coverage issues.
• Enhancing technical SEO with structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Providing solutions to other website problems.

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

Reactive West Jordan Website Support

Most West Jordan 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. Our firm will be your web support team on standby for any questions you have. However, we can offer some proactive West Jordan web support services.

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Proactive West Jordan Website Support

We're happy to help website owners in West Jordan who need proactive website upkeep! There are several website support services, including platform upgrades, app / extension updates, website backups, performance monitoring, and broken link monitoring, that our website maintainers can handle in a proactive manner.

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In addition to supporting West Jordan-area websites, our web maintenance agency also offers Draper, Ogden, Orem, Provo, Salt Lake City, Sandy, small businesses and large corporations help with their websites.

Who Needs Website Maintenance in West Jordan, UT

At some point in time, every West Jordan website will require some form of web support. It's just that the internet changes all the time. But don't worry, our West Jordan website support costs aren't too high, so you can afford it! There are a few reasons why a website in West Jordan might need maintenance:

• When a hosting provider upgrades their servers, they may remove older versions of PHP that your West Jordan website was originally developed to support. That means you'll have to refactor your app or upgrade to a newer framework that supports the latest PHP release. You can't expect custom web functionality programmed in the past to work forever without any improvements.
• When an ecommerce platform or a content management system releases new versions, they eventually must deprecate the old versions so their teams can focus on maintaining the newer technologies. Magento 1.x store owners recently had to migrate to Magento 2.x or an alternative ecommerce platform because Magento 1.x had reached "End of Life" status and wouldn't be maintained or updated. Because of that, Magento 1.x ecommerce businesses in West Jordan 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. This is time-consuming, and often happens when the website owner isn't paying attention to the first two web maintenance examples.
• You need to refresh your West Jordan website content when it's outdated or doesn't explain your organization, products, or services well enough for future visitors. Maintaining your West Jordan 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. It is important to understand the future needs of your West Jordan business when planning budgets and schedules for website maintenance and support.

How We Perform West Jordan, UT Website Maintenance

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

Most West Jordan website support services start with an email from the website owner. Your email gets routed into our ticket system and automatically assigned to your project manager. We can then work on the ticket without delay, which leads to faster turnaround and easier internal communication.

The process for West Jordan web maintenance services that come from phone or chat is similar. A support request is entered into our ticket system by the person in the conversation with you, so the work order can be routed to the right web developer.

Example Web Maintenance Service List for West Jordan, UT Businesses

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

Simple West Jordan Website Tweaks

Changes to your West Jordan website could be as simple as updating a paragraph, swapping images, or adding a new page. This is just normal, routine website support to keep content fresh for both search engines and visitors.

West Jordan Website Speed Improvements

If your West Jordan 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. This will help improve page load times, which are beneficial to user experience and search engine optimization.

Platform Updates / Security Fixes

Keeping your West Jordan 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.

Extension / Plugin Updates

It's important to update your West Jordan 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 you get a report from Google Search Console telling you about a coverage issue? 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 West Jordan 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 to describe the content on a webpage, whether it's a local West Jordan business, or an ecommerce product.

Add Open Graph Tags 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 West Jordan business.

Implement Google Tag Manager

Would you like to manage custom scripts more easily with Google Tag Manager? No problem at all! We'll happily install Google Tag Manager on your West Jordan website and teach you how to use it.

Setup Conversion Tracking

It's important to setup conversion tracking for your West Jordan website if you want to understand the benefits of online advertising. This will help you understand where your conversions are coming from, such as a Google search or a Bing Ads campaign.

Optimize Images

Is your West Jordan website slow because of large images? Not 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

Is your website ready for live chat? 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 West Jordan business!

Review Error Log Files

Do you have a lot of 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

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

Install a Caching Plugin

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

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.

IP Address Restrictions

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.

Run Website & Database Backups

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

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. 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 West Jordan web design changes based on statistical data? A/B testing can help you decide between two or more design layouts based on the data collected.

Create 301 Redirects

Are you launching a new website or removing pages from your website? You will want to create 301 redirects for your West Jordan website to prevent broken pages from hurting your SEO. Businesses in and around West Jordan 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

Want to learn how to make simple edits to your West Jordan website? If your West Jordan 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 West Jordan, UT Websites

We have a diverse team of web designers and web developers, for West Jordan 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. Therefore, we tend to only maintain West Jordan websites on these platforms:

• West Jordan WordPress Web Maintenance
• West Jordan WooCommerce Website Maintenance
• West Jordan Shopify Web Support

We've managed Joomla and Magento platforms for West Jordan businesses in the past. The reason we moved away from those platforms was to let our website support experts focus more on training and support.

Questions to Ask West Jordan, UT Web Maintenance Agencies

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

• Can you tell me how you handle website security? Do you run website security scans for clients?
• When can I expect an average West Jordan website maintenance request to be completed?
• Are you outsourcing your West Jordan web support services?
• What are your West Jordan website support costs?
• Do you have minimum deductions or minimum billable expenses for West Jordan website updates?
• Can you tell me what your normal business hours are?
• How will I know about new updates to my platform?

If you ask these questions to a West Jordan 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.

West Jordan, UT Web Maintenance Plans and Tips

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

Check out this list of annual West Jordan website 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.
• 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.
• Look at competitor websites (even those outside of West Jordan) to see if you are missing out on new functionality for your own customers.
• Perform a full security review of your website to ensure nothing has been compromised or left vulnerable.
• Make sure structured data, open graph, and social links are working.
• 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.

Read through this list of semi-annual West Jordan web maintenance tasks to review:

• 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.
• Check if your SSL certificate will be expiring in the near future.
• Make sure you have remote backups outside West Jordan 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.

Read through this list of monthly West Jordan website maintenance tasks to review:

• Look for broken links on your website, which hurts SEO and user experience.
• Check for website performance issues from recent updates or changes on the website.
• Check Google Search Console for any coverage issues.
• Keep your website fresh by updating your content within one of your service pages or blog articles.
• See if there are any updates for your website platform or extensions.

The Cost of Web Support Service in West Jordan, UT

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