5 Questions You Should Ask a Web Developer Before Hiring

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5 Questions You Should Ask a Web Developer Before
Hiring
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• You can determine the quality of a web
  development service to some extent by looking at
  past projects. However, this will tell you little
  about whether the professional can develop a
  website to your specifications and needs. To
  fully assess any web developer in Edmonton, you
  need to ask a few key questions.

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1. What Technologies Do You Use?

• Familiarize yourself with major web
  technologies before you start the interview. This
  will help you decide if the web developer is
  giving you a valid answer. You should hear names
  of programming languages (like Javascript, PHP,
  and Python) and databases (for instance, MySQL,
  Oracle, and Redis).

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• One essential answer to this question is a
  mention of web standards. Only by using web
  standards is a website able to adapt to new
  technology and visitors. Web developers that use
  standards will likely mention CSS, XHTML, or ECMA
  Scripts.

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2. What Does the Service Include?

• A basic service can consist in little more
  than developing your website. However, with
  custom web development, you may have the option
  to add many other services, possibly including
  hosting, domain name registration, responsive web
  design, social media marketing, and SEO.

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3. Do You Offer Ongoing Support?

• You need to know if your web developer will
  be available if something goes wrong, such as if
  the site breaks, malfunctions, or suffers a hack.
  If the developer does offer support, find out if
  this is 24 hours a day or just during business
  hours.

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4. Do You Use SEO Best Practices?

• Developing for SEO will get your website off
  to a good start. The web developer should be
  knowledgeable of best practices, like using CSS
  to reduce code, creating script files instead of
  including script on the page, and maximizing the
  amount of text on a page.

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5. Who Will Own the Site?

• Finally, ask if the domain name and hosting
  will be registered in the developers name or
  yours. It is always best to register in your
  name, as this gives you the freedom to change to
  a different developer in the future. It also
  prevents you from losing the site if the
  developer goes out of business.

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• Before you make a decision, ensure that the
  professional is able to offer custom web
  development to meet your wishes. The right
  developer in Edmonton will be able to answer all
  the above questions to your satisfaction, and
  will provide you with a solution that adds great
  value to your business.