Appleton Website Maintenance Services

Our Appleton, WI Website Maintenance Services

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

• Making sure your website's platform is up to date.
• 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 the navigation menu of your Appleton site.
• Making your page faster to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Take backups of your website's files and databases.
• Changing the look and feel of your website.
• Fixing website audit problems or Google Search Console coverage concerns.
• Adding structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Providing solutions to other website issues.

These are just a few of the Appleton website maintenance services we offer. Basically, Appleton web support is anything a internet advertiser or web developer does to change your website.

In addition to supporting Appleton-area websites, our web support company also offers Brookfield, Eau Claire, Green Bay, Greenfield, Janesville, Kenosha, La Crosse, Madison, Milwaukee, Oshkosh, Racine, Stevens Point, Superior, Waukesha, and Wausau small businesses and large corporations help with their websites.

Pricing for Appleton, WI Web Maintenance

We charge a base rate of $119.50 per hour for our web maintenance plans, though pre-purchasing blocks of time can lower the rate to as little as $99.95 per hour.

When you purchase a web maintenance retainer, there are no minimum deductions, expirations, contracts, or hidden fees.

Please note that it's uncommon for tasks to take less than 10 minutes, as reviewing emails or taking phone calls, completing the request, giving feedback, and logging the task generally takes around 10 minutes or more.

To keep you informed of the time usage on your pre-purchased website maintenance retainer, you'll receive a monthly update letting you know how much time remains on your account.

Our Appleton, WI Website Management Services

Have you grown weary of being notified about updates that are available? Concerned about the possibility of website downtime? Our web development team can tackle both problems through active website management, allowing you to rest easy!

Here is a list of what is included in our website management plans:

1.) Proactive WordPress Updates

You can rely on our team of website consultants to perform platform, template, and plugin/extension updates at a monthly or quarterly cadence for your WordPress or WooCommerce website!

1. Backup: We start by taking backups of your website files and database.
2. Update: We then manually upgrade your website by installing any available updates.
3. Test: Our next step involves testing your website for any potential glitches following the installation of updates.
4. Finalize the Work: Successfully completing the upgrades will enhance the security of your site and protect it against malware. Should the upgrades not be successful, we'll collaborate with you to determine the next steps.

2.) Remote Website Backups

To mitigate the risk of data loss, we keep remote backups of both your website and database stored safely.

3.) Site Uptime Monitoring

Our uptime monitoring system enables us to keep tabs on your website for any potential service outages.

In the event of a website outage, our website developers will receive an alert and take immediate action to identify and resolve the issue.

Pricing for Appleton, WI Website Management

We offer website management plans in both monthly and quarterly durations for your convenience. With our service, you have the option to determine the frequency at which our team conducts remote backups and updates for your website.

The Platforms We Maintain for Appleton, WI Websites

With years of experience developing websites for Appleton small 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. Therefore, we tend to only maintain Appleton websites on these platforms:

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

In the past, we provided website maintenance and support for Joomla and Magento platforms of Appleton businesses. However, we chose not to use those platforms so our website support experts could focus on training and support within the more popular platforms.

Example Web Maintenance Service List for Appleton, WI Small Businesses

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

Easy Appleton Website Changes

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

Appleton Page Speed Improvements

If your Appleton website isn't running as fast as it once was, we can review your site for hosting glitches, caching errors, unoptimized images, browser errors, broken links, poor queries, and much more. User experience and SEO will both benefit from better page load times.

Platform Upgrades / Security Updates

It's important to keep your Appleton website updated if it runs on a CMS like WordPress. This helps improve security and functionality - sometimes the updates are relatively quick to perform, which is a win-win!

Plugin / Extension Upgrades

It's important to update your Appleton website's plugins and extensions to reflect the latest modifications by the developers. It's similar to updating the CMS platform since it helps patch security and functionality errors.

Google Search Console Issues

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

Setup 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 Appleton business, or an ecommerce product.

Add Open Graph to 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 Appleton small business.

Implement 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 Appleton site and even teach you how to use it.

Implement Conversion Tracking

Tracking conversions is important if you want to understand the benefits of internet advertising for your Appleton website. It'll help you understand where your conversions come from, like direct traffic, referral links, organic search, or paid advertising.

Optimize Images

Is your Appleton website slow because of large images? 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!

Setup Live Chat

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

Resolve Errors in Log Files

Do you have a lot of error_log files on your hosting account? We can help diagnose the issue and update programming code or repair platform concerns to prevent recurring error messages.

Reduce Spam with reCaptcha

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

Setup a Caching Plugin

Looking to install a caching plugin on your Appleton website, but not sure how to configure it? We can help you figure out which caching plugins to install and configure on your website!

Send Website Emails Over SMTP

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.

IP Address Restrictions

Have you been getting fake orders, contact submissions, or live chats from a particular network? If you want to protect your website from malicious traffic, we can help by implementing IP restrictions.

Backup Your Website Files

Do you want to create a backup of your Appleton 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 update or extension installation. 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 Appleton web design updates based on statistical data? 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.

Setup 301 Redirects

Are you launching a new website or removing pages from your website? You should create 301 redirects for your Appleton website. We've seen businesses in and around Appleton 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 tweaks to your Appleton website? If your Appleton website was developed in a platform we work within, such as WordPress or Shopify, we'll be happy to help!

Questions to Ask Appleton, WI Web Support Agencies

Ask the Appleton web maintenance firm 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 expert Wisconsin website support packages prior to making payment and providing website access. Here are some basic questions to ask:

• How do you handle site security? Do you run security scans of customer websites?
• When can I expect an average Appleton website support request to be completed?
• Are you outsourcing your Appleton web maintenance services?
• What are your Appleton website maintenance costs?
• Are there any minimum deductions or minimum billable expenses for Appleton website updates?
• At what times of the day are you working and able to take our maintenance requests?
• When there are new upgrades on my platform, will you let me know?

We find it beneficial to run these questions by any Appleton website services agency before subscribing to their website maintenance packages, since it will provide much better understanding for you regarding the future relationship, the security of your website, and the expected turnaround time for important maintenance requests.

Appleton, WI Website Support Plans and Tips

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

Annual Appleton web maintenance work

• Ask your web hosting agency 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.
• Look at competitor websites (even those outside of Appleton) to see if you are missing out on new functionality for your own customers.
• Ensure your website is secure by performing a full security review.
• Ensure that structured data, open graph, and social links are all working.
• Remove any unnecessary 3rd party tracking, live chat, or heat map scripts that may have been installed in the past.
• Remove any unnecessary development or staging websites.

Semi-annual Appleton website maintenance tasks

• 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.
• 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.
• Make sure you have remote backups outside Appleton 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 browser errors.

Monthly Appleton web support duties

• Look for broken links on your website, which hurts SEO and UX.
• Make sure your website isn't having performance concerns after recent upgrades.
• Check Google Search Console for any coverage errors.
• Keep your website fresh by updating your content within one of your service pages or blog articles.
• Take a look at your website platform and extensions for any available updates.

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