Our team doesn't just build Vermont websites; we also offer website maintenance and support services because we know questions and concerns come up!
We're a web maintenance agency with a team of website experts that never outsources Vermont website maintenance to anyone.
We're the perfect choice for all of your Vermont web support needs, including platform upgrades, website speed improvements, security fixes, and issue resolutions.
You'll enjoy working with our team for your Vermont website support services because of the emphasis we put on availability and communication. You'll have no problem getting in touch with a member of our website support team if you need something simple done today or if you have a complicated question that's best explained over the phone!
We see web maintenance as a reactive support service where we provide your Vermont business with the right web developer resources to fix just about any problem. These are some examples of website issues that Vermont website maintenance agencies might fix:
Those services are just a taste of what Vermont website support might look like. In fact, Vermont web maintenance is basically anything a web developer or digital marketer does to your website.
The reason we consider web maintenance to be a reactive service is that most Vermont website owners wouldn't want a web developer going into their website and changing things around without their knowledge. Our company will be your web support team on standby for any questions you have. There are some web support services we can provide your Vermont website in a proactive manner though.
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We're happy to help website owners in Vermont who need proactive website upkeep! We can take care of platform upgrades, app/extension updates, website backups, performance monitoring, and broken link monitoring as part of our proactive website management service.
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Our website maintenance and support company is happy to provide Burlington, Colchester, Essex, Middlebury, and Milton with fast website support services.
There will come a time when every Vermont website needs some sort of maintenance. It's just that the internet changes all the time. Not to worry though, our Vermont web maintenance cost isn't expensive so it should be affordable for you to maintain your website! Website maintenance in Vermont might be needed for these reasons:
Above and beyond just updating something, there are plenty of reasons why a website might need maintenance. Plan your budget and schedules for website support and maintenance based on your Vermont business's potential future needs.
It's our job to understand your website support needs, schedule your work in a timely fashion, and follow up with your Vermont business after the work is done.
Most Vermont web maintenance services start with an email from the website owner. That email is routed into our ticket system and automatically assigned to the project manager on your account. 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 Vermont web maintenance services unfolds. 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.
After the launch of a website, we're often asked for detailed examples of Vermont web support requests. We've performed these Vermont website support services in the past, and would be happy to do it for you too!
Your Vermont website might need a paragraph updated, an image changed, or a new page added. These are just normal, routine web maintenance tasks to keep content fresh for both search engines and visitors.
Let us check your Vermont 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.
If your Vermont 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!
It's important to update your Vermont 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.
Did Google Search Console tell you about a coverage problem? If so, we can review the coverage issues, fix the problems, and update you on the results. By making Google happy, you'll boost your search engine rankings throughout Vermont and beyond!
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 Vermont business, or an ecommerce product.
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.
Would you like to manage custom scripts more easily with Google Tag Manager? Not a problem! We'll happily install Google Tag Manager on your Vermont website and teach you how to use it.
Tracking conversions is important if you want to understand the benefits of online advertising for your Vermont website. It'll help you understand where your conversions come from, like direct traffic, referral links, organic search, or paid ads.
Do you have a Vermont website that's slow because of large images? No problem at all! All your images can be compressed by our tools, and we can even setup recurring compression for newly added images!
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 Vermont business!
Have you noticed large error_log files on your hosting account? We can help diagnose the issue and update programming code or repair platform issues to prevent recurring error messages.
If spambots are attacking your Vermont website, we can setup a checkbox or invisible reCaptcha to help minimize unwanted submissions on your forms.
Are you interested in installing a caching plugin in your Vermont website, but not sure how to properly configure the settings for best website performance? We can help recommend caching plugins, or just install and configure them for you!
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.
Is your Vermont 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.
Do you want to create a backup of your Vermont website? We can help you create one-time or scheduled backups that store locally or at an offsite location.
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!
Do you prefer to make design changes based on statistical data regarding how users interact with your Vermont 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.
Are you launching a new website or removing pages from your website? You should create 301 redirects for your Vermont website. We've seen businesses in and around Vermont 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.
Do you need help learning how to make changes to your Vermont website? If your Vermont site was developed in a platform we work within, such as WordPress or Shopify, we'll be happy to help!
With years of experience developing websites for Vermont businesses (and those in other areas of the country), our web designers and web developers have been immersed in multiple platforms. Nevertheless, mastering a handful of platforms is better than trying to be an expert on everything. For that reason, our website maintenance agency for Vermont websites tends to service only the following platforms:
As a website maintenance firm, we used to maintain and support Joomla and Magento websites for Vermont-area businesses. However, we chose to move away from those platforms to allow our website support experts to focus more heavily on training and support within the other systems.
Ask the Vermont web support company some questions about their services before you sign up for a package. By doing this, you'll be able to better understand your relationship with the Vermont website support team before you give them money or give them access to your website. Let's go over some simple questions to ask:
If you ask any Vermont website services company 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.
Companies in and around Vermont often ask us for a web maintenance plan to establish routines and procedures. Whether it's your website, hosting, or domain name, we'll make sure your Vermont business has a website maintenance plan to ensure optimum performance.
Here is a list of annual Vermont web support tasks to review:
Here is a list of semi-annual Vermont website support tasks to consider:
Read through this list of monthly Vermont web maintenance tasks to review:
The starting price for our Vermont 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 Vermont 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 Vermont, 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 Vermont 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.
When talking with prospective Vermont 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 Vermont to charge a much higher hourly rate, but not bill out for communication and organization. Likewise, there are website support companies in Vermont 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 Vermont website.
Here are examples of what is considered billable time:
Here are examples of what is not considered billable time:
WebCitz offers discounted Vermont website maintenance services for clients interested in retaining our services through a pre-purchased block of time.
Example #1: You are an existing client in Vermont with a 10-hour block of time ($1,095) on your account. You have a 30-minute phone call with your project manager to discuss tasks, but 15 minutes is spent talking about golf, weather, etc. The task took 40 minutes of work to complete. In this example, you would have 55 minutes deducted from your 10-hour block of time. The time spent talking about non business-related topics isn't billed.
For Vermont site owners interested in proactive website and extension updates.
Example #1: You are an existing Vermont client with a 10-hour block of time ($1,095) on your account and a monthly website management subscription ($125/mo). During the month of website management, our team logged into your website, performed the necessary upgrades, tested your website's functionality, and reported back to you the website was upgraded without any issues. In this situation, no time would be deducted from your 10-hour block of time.
Example #2: The same situation and process as the first example, but while testing the functionality we discover something has broken. In this example, we would spend 15-20 minutes to attempt resolving the issue, at no charge to you. If we are unable to resolve the issue in that time, we would roll back your website to a previous state. From there, we would discuss resolutions with you that would be subject to time deductions from your 10-hour block of time.